# Beast, show me pictures of Paris

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/beast-show-me-pictures-of-paris/429>\
**Category:** Project help\
**Created:** [December 2, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/beast-show-me-pictures-of-paris/429 "2016-12-02T17:56:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/beast-show-me-pictures-of-paris/429/1 "2016-12-02T17:56:36Z")

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Hey, here’s a project for today’s Hack Friday. I’ve just got an [Amazon Echo Dot](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Echo-Dot-Generation-Black/dp/B01DFKBG5Y?th=1), and now trying to control everything I can by voice.

The Beast is our demo rig with a bunch of Raspberry Pi 3 and PiTFTs, they are used to showcase some [resin.io](http://resin.io) quickly. Today I’ve set up a little Alexa skill that looks up pictures from [Flickr Search](https://www.flickr.com/search/) and shows them on the Beast’s screens, based on the voice request.

All the parts are on GitHub already:

- the code running on the Pis is [https://github.com/resin-io-playground/beast-parametric](https://github.com/resin-io-playground/beast-parametric)
- the Alexa Skill’s source is here: [https://github.com/resin-io-playground/voicebeast](https://github.com/resin-io-playground/voicebeast)

Will add more info on how to set things up, readme, etc. I’ve based all of this on [this great tutorial](https://developer.amazon.com/public/community/post/Tx14R0IYYGH3SKT/Flask-Ask-A-New-Python-Framework-for-Rapid-Alexa-Skills-Kit-Development).

The other forum thread with the full Beast, mentioned in the video [is here](https://talk.resin.io/t/some-beast-photos-120-and-144-piece-versions/329/3?u=imrehg).