Alexa To Excel

Exports data from your Alexa account to an XLSX file. Currently exports reminders from all your Echo devices, polling on a schedule so your history keeps growing.

You could probably automate this using Claude Cowork but here is a free standalone version you can run on your own machine, no subscription required.

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Why use this ?

Alexa does not keep the full history, you can only see the last few reminders but I often need the full list to see what I did and when.

How to use

On first run, a login window will open automatically — just sign in to your Amazon account and the app takes care of the rest.

# Run once for a US account
AlexaToExcel.exe --country us --poll-interval 0
or AlexaToExcel.exe -c us -p 0

# Poll every 30 minutes for a UK account
AlexaToExcel.exe --country uk --poll-interval 30
or AlexaToExcel.exe -c uk -p 30

How to run on startup

1. Download AlexaToExcel.exe from the releases
2. Right-click on AlexaToExcel.exe and select Copy.
3. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog.
4. Type shell:startup and click OK.
5. In the folder that opens, right-click and select Paste.

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Command-line Arguments

Arguments override the corresponding values in config.json for that run only — they are never written back to the file.

Argument	Short	Description
--country <code>	-c	Set the Amazon country. Overrides BaseUrl in config.json.
--poll-interval <mins>	-p	Poll interval in minutes. Use 0 to run once and exit. Overrides PollIntervalMinutes in config.json.
--debug		Print raw HTTP request/response details.
--help		Show usage summary and exit.

Supported country codes:

Code	Store
us	amazon.com (United States)
ca	amazon.ca (Canada)
uk or gb	amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom)
de	amazon.de (Germany)
fr	amazon.fr (France)
es	amazon.es (Spain)
it	amazon.it (Italy)
au	amazon.com.au (Australia)
jp	amazon.co.jp (Japan)
in	amazon.in (India)
mx	amazon.com.mx (Mexico)
br	amazon.com.br (Brazil)

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How to get your cookie

You don't need to copy anything manually. The app handles this automatically:

1. On first run, if no cookie is configured, a built-in browser window will open.
2. Sign in to your Amazon account as normal.
3. Once the app detects your session is ready (it looks for the required csrf and session-id cookies), the window closes automatically and your credentials are saved to config.json.

From that point on, the app runs silently in the background using the saved cookie. If your session expires, the login window will appear again automatically.

⚠️ If the login window never closes after signing in, it means the csrf cookie was not set. Try navigating manually to https://alexa.amazon.<your-country>/spa/index.html inside the login window and wait for it to fully load — this triggers the csrf cookie to be set.

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Troubleshooting 401 errors

Run with --debug to see exactly what's happening:

AlexaToExcel.exe --debug

This prints:

• The exact URL being called
• The HTTP status code returned
• The response body (which often contains a helpful error message)
• Which cookies were found (by name only, not values)
• The csrf value being sent

Common causes:

Symptom	Fix
Login window never closes after signing in	csrf cookie not set. Navigate to alexa.amazon.<country>/spa/index.html inside the window and wait for it to fully load.
401 after working previously	Session expired. Delete CookieString from config.json and restart — the login window will appear again.
csrf shown as (NOT FOUND) in debug output	The saved cookie is stale. Clear CookieString in config.json and re-login.

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Configuration

Field	Description
BaseUrl	https://www.amazon.ca for Canada, https://www.amazon.com for US, etc.
CookieString	Full cookie: request header value from Chrome DevTools
OutputPath	Where to save the XLSX file
PollIntervalMinutes	How often to poll. Set to 0 to run once and exit.

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Potential future exports

The same cookie authentication gives access to other Alexa data. Planned candidates:

• Shopping list — items added via voice or the Alexa app (/api/todos?type=SHOPPING_ITEM)
• To-do list — tasks created on your Echo devices (/api/todos?type=TASK)
• Voice history — a log of everything said to Alexa, with timestamps (/api/activities)

Exporting Google Sheet as CSV from HTML

a) To export a Google Sheet as HTML, you can replace the /edit portion of the spreadsheet URL with specific parameters such as :

1. Preview Mode: Replace /edit with /preview.
2. HTML View: Replace /edit with /htmlview.
3. Direct HTML Export: Replace /edit with /export?format=html.

b) I tested with /preview and I was able to download it as HTML using right-click -> Save As ...

c) Get the latest release here : https://github.com/tetj/AlexaToExcel/releases/

d) Then using a command prompt :

AlexaToExcel --html-to-csv "file.html" output.csv