Alexa Event gateway returns 400 BAD REQUEST on AddorUpdateReport

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Raghav Gautam asked Mar 23, '19

Alexa Event gateway returns 400 BAD REQUEST on AddorUpdateReport

I'm trying to send async report to alexa event gateway but receiving 400 error.

Can't figure out whats wrong with the JSON when I have literally copied the exact template from the official docs

I'm even sending Authorization header with the oauth token

{
    "event": {
        "header": {
            "namespace": "Alexa.Discovery",
            "name": "AddOrUpdateReport",
            "payloadVersion": "3",
            "messageId": "abc-123-def-456"
        },
        "payload": {
            "endpoints": [
                {
                    "endpointId": "appliance-001",
                    "friendlyName": "Living Room Light",
                    "description": "COB Light",
                    "manufacturerName": "dummy",
                    "displayCategories": [
                        "LIGHT"
                    ],
                    "capabilities": [
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.ColorTemperatureController",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "colorTemperatureInKelvin"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.EndpointHealth",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "connectivity"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa",
                            "version": "3"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.ColorController",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "color"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.PowerController",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "powerState"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.BrightnessController",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "brightness"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        }
                    ],
                },
                {
                    "endpointId": "appliance-002",
                    "friendlyName": "Bedroom Panel",
                    "description": "Touch Based Bedroom Panel",
                    "manufacturerName": "Dummy",
                    "displayCategories": [
                        "SWITCH"
                    ],
                    "capabilities": [
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.EndpointHealth",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "connectivity"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa",
                            "version": "3"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "AlexaInterface",
                            "interface": "Alexa.PowerController",
                            "version": "3",
                            "properties": {
                                "supported": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "powerState"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "proactivelyReported": "true",
                                "retrievable": "true"
                            }
                        },
                    ]
                },
            ],
            "scope": {
                "type": "BearerToken",
                "token": "FdeTi6Q2YJobuRU0dToXU2EwFRKHrW"
            }
        }
    }
}

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Answer 1 · 2019-03-23T23:29:20Z

Raphael answered Mar 23, '19

I think it is just broken right now. I also get a 400 for messages which were working before.

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Answer 2 · 2019-03-28T14:49:31Z

Amazon_Bernardo Bezerra answered Mar 28, '19

Hello @Raghav Gautam and thanks for your message.

Are you still facing this issue?

The JSON you copied from the documentation is supposed to be just an example. It is not necessarily a working example.

Your endpoint should be sending the message.

Regards,
Barry

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Answer 3 · 2019-04-04T18:31:57Z

Raghav Gautam answered Apr 4, '19

hey @barry@amazon , Thanks for the response but still cant get it to work

I think its obvious that my server is hitting the API.
I have confirmed that the token is correct and I had sent the same endpoint even in the discovery.

Just out of curiosity - is there any special reason why you guys don't send back a detailed responses with the detailed error what is happening.
I had a tough time even getting the TLS to work which was due to certificate chain incorrect and your API response could have easily pointed that out to me and save a couple of weeks.

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Amazon_Bernardo Bezerra ♦♦ · Apr 09, 2019 at 08:59 AM

Hello @Raghav Gautam and sorry for the delayed reply.

Can you please share the JSON being sent by your endpoint?

Regards,
Barry

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Answer 4 · 2020-02-16T05:03:13Z

newuser-e65d3160-ec56-48d1-ad6c-1f30e53e33ab answered Feb 16, '20

I am facing similar issue.

I am sending the same endpoints as in the initial Discovery Response, to AddOrUpdateReport but am getting 400 as an error.

Is there a solution yet?

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Anand@Amazon ♦ · Feb 16, 2020 at 04:54 PM

Hello there,

Please share "AddOrUpdateReport" payload with us for further investigation.

Please also share how you are getting access token to call this event api?

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Answer 5 · 2021-01-07T22:14:52Z

Mike answered Jan 7, '21

I just hit the same issues as above; error 400 Bad Request, invalid request exception.

Even if this is an old thread, there is no feedback as to how the issue got resolved, so I decided to contribute with a possible solution.

In my case the authorization header was missing. I'm using the same code for Change Reports & Doorbell events. Both are working fine without the authorization header. Even if the documentation indicates the header needs to be included, I did not think this was the problem since the other events (ChangeReport, Doorbell) were working fine.

The GW API should reply with an error 401 if the Auth header is missing. Error 400 is very misleading, you concentrate on the JSON format, not on the headers.

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Alan Stone · Jan 13 at 08:34 PM

Thanks so much, Mike! I was missing the auth header and was spending all my debugging time looking at the request body instead. I agree that a 401 response would be ideal, though the inconsistency for other events would still be confusing.

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