How do you control a dimmer with REST API?

[astrandb 1]

I cannot figure out how to control a dimmer with the REST API.

 

According to documentation the command should be :

POST /api/devices/157/action/setValue

 

But where should the value be inserted?

 

Have tried numerous variants without success:

 

POST /api/devices/157/action/turnOn and turnOff works fine.

 

I can update some of the properties with a PUT with json data e.g. { "name" : "Ceiling2", "properties": {"userDescription" : "New descr", "value" : "50" }}. 

name and userDescription will change but value is not changed.

 

Please advice how setValue should be used

 

Best regards

 

Åke

[astrandb 1]

Found the answer myself after a deep dive into the debugging facilities in Chrome.

 

To set device 157 to value = 50

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[Krikroff 199]

You could take a look on REST API Active Documentation here : YOUR_HC2_IP/docs

 

it can help you for further questions

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[astrandb 1]

I did look there, but the documentation is incomplete. It does not mention how the JSON should be constructed for paramaters to setValue, setParameter etc.

[kavaa 0]

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Where the 0 is the value of the dimmer and of course the device ID

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[j.nowacki 5]

Generally you can always use Firebug plugin to your browser to look up all details of communication between browser and device.