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

First, see section How to get your cookie below

# 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

The most common cause of 401 errors is copying the cookie from the wrong place. Follow these steps exactly:

Step 1 — Open the right URL in Chrome

Open Chrome and navigate to:

https://alexa.amazon.ca/api/devices-v2/device?raw=false

(Use alexa.amazon.com if you're on a US account — always alexa. not www.)

You should see a JSON response listing your Echo devices. If you see a login page, sign in first then try again.

Step 2 — Open DevTools Network tab

Press F12 → click the Network tab → press F5 to reload.

Step 3 — Find the request

In the Network tab, click the request named device (it will be the first one after reload).

Step 4 — Copy the cookie header

• Click the Headers sub-tab → scroll to Request Headers
• Find cookie: (lowercase, not Cookie: or Set-Cookie:)
• Click the value to select it, then press Ctrl+A to select all and Ctrl+C to copy

⚠️ Do NOT use the browser console (document.cookie) — it cannot read HttpOnly cookies, which are required for authentication. Copy only the value from the Network tab.

Step 5 — Paste into config.json

Open config.json and paste the value as the CookieString:

{
  "BaseUrl": "https://www.amazon.ca",
  "CookieString": "session-id=xxx; csrf=1234567890; ubid-acbca=xxx; ...",
  "OutputPath": "alexa_reminders.xlsx",
  "PollIntervalMinutes": 60
}

Step 6 — Verify csrf is present

Your cookie string must contain csrf= (a number, like csrf=1465446206).
If it's missing, do this first:

1. Go to https://alexa.amazon.ca/spa/index.html
2. Wait for the page to fully load (this sets the csrf cookie)
3. Then repeat from Step 1

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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
csrf shown as (NOT FOUND)	Cookie was copied from www.amazon.ca, not alexa.amazon.ca. Redo Step 1.
csrf value looks wrong	Make sure you copied the value of the cookie: header, not a single cookie.
401 after working previously	Session expired. Re-copy cookie from browser.

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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