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[ROBBshop 2]

Hi everyone,

I want to create to virtual device to display my ICY thermostat in the HC2. Later I want to extend this with the ability to change the set point. People already found out the system it works with and programmed around it.

I know (I think I know....) how to pull the token from the JSON feedback. I just don't know how I can parse it into the GET requests.

In linux terminal:

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The output of the file in json:

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I also pulled the actual return of the TOKEN request:

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My attempt so far:

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This code is not working because I will need to implement the security token.

[Krikroff 196]

ROBBshop, FHttp not support https request

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[jeroenberg 0]

Hi Robbshop, i'm really interested in your "end product", i hope it will work on "the e-thermostaat" as well. Can you keep me updated?

bests jeroen

[ROBBshop 2]

@jeroen sure thing

@krikroff unfortunatly they implemented decent security into this thermostat, so https is required....

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Can this be done in he HC2? (it is LUA, but might have a few faults in it...)

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[Krikroff 196]

No you can't do that in LUA with HC2 :

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[ROBBshop 2]

So my idea fails here? or is there a work-around solution?

[Krikroff 196]

if https is absolutely necessary there is no way, sorry

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[ROBBshop 2]

Ok, will see if there is a way around it. I know it is possible to use a internal IP address but the documentation is very limited

[ROBBshop 2]

So, now that HTTPS is supported in 4.033, how to get this to work?

[Krikroff 196]

Supported only in scene, not in VD.

[ROBBshop 2]

Not ideal, but I could use a scene to set a variable and plug that into a VD?

 

So mainly, how to post username password to https and get back a token.... Any sample code would help

[pkleingu 0]

So my idea fails here? or is there a work-around solution?

I hope not, I have also a  ICY thermostat, I want to connect 

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[ROBBshop 2]

So, reading around I found another post that confirms this should work, but unable to get it to play

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But how to apply this with a post, answer and strip part.

 

I used the pushover scene and tried to edit it, but does not work yet:

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The debug:

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[ROBBshop 2]

Ok, so revisiting this project I have made a bit of progress but still do not get the desired result. I created 2 functions in a scene.

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This first function works flawless and gives me a 200 responds and the security token. I write it to a globalvariable because the token will not be parsed outside the function (not sure why)

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This always ends up in a 401 unauthorized access. Not sure why..

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[petergebruers 1,257]

This is a long shot, but could it be that the argument to "headers" is incorrect? I'd expect it to be a lua table.

Something different, but maybe related: if you need to pass arguments, you may need encoding of the arguments. An example of that, and of a header, is in my posts here:

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[ROBBshop 2]

I did try another method of parsing the header:

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but the responds I get then is:

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[ROBBshop 2]

BINGO!!!

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And now it works (not sure where the content length messed it up

[petergebruers 1,257]

Super!

[ROBBshop 2]

Unfortunatly this does limit the functions of a thermostat to a scene. Which is unfortunate, but it will work if https support is added to virtual devices (or someone can combine these into a plugin)

[ROBBshop 2]

Ok, making progress here. I know created a Virtual device with just 2 labels. the ID in my case is 232

Current temp (TempNow)

SetPoint (TempSet)

 

I also created 2 global variables to store the Security Token and the thermostat UID.

 

Then I created 1 scene to retrieve the data from my thermostat:

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I also created a scene to set a new setpoint:

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Now I want to create a way of setting a more flexible setpoint. Either via a global variable or different. Not sure how yet