LUA scripting

[trevorbr 0]

I have a HC2 with V 4.018 Beta.

I also have a Heavy duty switch that i would like to switch on/off.

There is an issue with Beta and the controller.

If i use the URLhttp://192.168.1.30/api/callAction?deviceID=120&name=turnOn or same for turnoff. I'm able to switch the device on or off.

I have looked at 100 examples and can not get this right in any manner.

Assistance would be greatly appreciated if someone could assist with some LUA coding.

[sve 1]

Show us what you got till now; then it might show where the problem is in your code.

[trevorbr 0]

Hi sve.

Thank you for the reply. The one method i tried was:

HC2 = Net.FHttp('192.168.1.1',8080)

HC2:setBasicAuthentication('admin','admin')

HC2Reponse = HC2:POST('/api/callAction?deviceID=120&name=turnOff')

It gave me an error of [ERROR] 21:37:20: line 1: attempt to index global 'Net' (a nil value)

I also tried something simple like:

--[[

%% properties

%% globals

--]]

fibaro:call(120, "turnOff")

this option didn't give an error, but didn't actually do anything.

I also started to grasp at straws and tried using :

POST

Please login or register to see this link.

With out any luck. I tried to look for a tutorial on Lua but focused at Fibaro but most of it was more focused at Lua as general programming.

Regards

Trevor

[sve 1]

Net is not available in scene which means that it will never work.

Second does HC2 not allow authentication like you mention.

The LUA code should work... which type of switch are you using? Does it support the turnOff command?

[Krikroff 199]

for http request on beta you should use

Please login or register to see this code.

and now the correct way for the API is: /api/devices/xxx/action/turnOff

and finally in scene you're right "fibaro:call(120, "turnOff")" seems not work on the V4.018 beta, wait V4.019beta

Please login or register to see this image.

/emoticons/default_icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" />

[trevorbr 0]

Dear KrikRoff

Thank you very much for that.... Clearly i have a lot to learn. So i made i minor change:

local url = "http://192.168.1.30/api/callAction?deviceID=120&name=turnOn"

local httpClient = net.HTTPClient( { 1000 } )

httpClient:request( url , {

options = {

method = 'POST',

headers = {

["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

}

},

success = function(result)

local status = tonumber(result.status)

local response = result.data

local log = ""

if (status ~= 200) then

log = "Error while sending request. Status code: " .. tostring(status) .. ", Body: " .. tostring(response)

elseif (status == 200) then

log = "success"

end

print(log)

end,

error = function (error)

print('error: '.. error)

end

})

But i'm getting an error:

[DEBUG] 19:20:06: Error while sending request. Status code: 401, Body:

I have looked up the error and it appears to refer to access rights. So i changed the url to

Please login or register to see this link.

Still received the same error. I also tried to change the url to read as the example you send me.. /api/.... (but knew i was taking a chance)

Any ideas?

Thanking you in advance.

[A.Socha 133]

401 - error = authorization problem

you got 2 solutions add to url password or use it locally

Please login or register to see this code.

[trevorbr 0]

Hi.

Thank you.

So i tried option 1. It still gave me 401 error message. I made triple sure of the username and password.

Option 2 then gave me a 405 error implying that method not allowed.

really baffled.

Appreciate the help.

[Krikroff 199]

try

Please login or register to see this code.

GET Method is the best option for turnOn / turnOff

[trevorbr 0]

Im really not winning with this. hehe.

So i made the changes.

local url = "http://127.0.0.1:11111/api/callAction?deviceID=122&name=turnOff"

local httpClient = net.HTTPClient( { 1000 } )

httpClient:request( url , {

options = {

method = 'GET'

},

success = function(result)

local status = tonumber(result.status)

local response = result.data

local log = ""

if (status == 200 or status == 202) then

log = "success"

else

log = "Error while sending request. Status code: " .. tostring(status) .. ", Body: " .. tostring(response)

end

print(log)

end,

error = function (error)

print('error: '.. error)

end

})

It says successful, but still doesn't actually change the status of on/off of the device. It is a aeotec heavy duty smart switch. It says successful, but nothing happens.

[Krikroff 199]

And if you change local url = "http://127.0.0.1:11111/api/callAction?deviceID=122&name=turnOff" tunrOff parameter with turnOn ?

[trevorbr 0]

Neither turnoff or turnoff are working.

So something strange.

It works once, then doesn't work again. Ie. The first time tried it by switching it on and then off it worked. When i tried it again, it didn't. Without changing anything between the 2 sessions.

[ Added: 2014-11-25, 20:20 ]

Hi guys.

Not actually sure what sorted the problem out.

But un-installed the device and reloaded it. All working fine now.

Thank you to all who contrabuted.

Thank you.