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Modify global variable using REST API with HTTP.PUT


parper

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Hello,

I'm trying to modify a already define global variable using the REST API for the HC2.

This is done from a ESP2866 (nodeMCU-isch) board.

 

I can do a http.get towards the HC" and I get the correct JSON information.

When I do http.put I seem not to be able to set the variable.

My message headers contains a basic auth, and I have payload that looks like this

{"value":"On"}

The address looks like this http://1.2.3.4/api/globalVariables/thevariable

 

According to the httpclient i'm using i seem to get return code 200 but no result and the variable is not changed.

 

Using the hc2ip/docs link I can test this out with the correct payload and it works fine.

However I'm logged in as an Admin then.

Trying to change the user from my ESP2866 I just got that the HC" banned me for 30 min.

 

So is there a problem using normal users when trying to modify a global variable ? Do I need to be admin ?

Or is there something else I need to check ?

 

Regards P

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Hi @parper,

 

You probably missing Content-Lenght property.

 

Please, check my testing VD

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. I believe it helps.

 

 

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  • Hello, 

    I have checked that and that is not the problem, length variable that is.

    How ever I can see that normal users in Fibaro HC2 only has read access to the global variables.

    This is probably the cause of this.

     

    I do not want to login with my admin account so how do I give access to the global variables from a normal user ?

    Anyone know ?

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  • Ok I got the solution:

     

    Since 4.530 of HC2(can't tell if this is the case on earlier versions).

    1. To read global variables you can use any of the registered HC2 users.

    2. To write you need to be administrator. I needed to use my whole email to the super user and password. Then I could set the global variables.

           [email protected]/password when generating the basic auth secret.

     

    So this is a working pseudo code package structure:

     

    PUT /api/globalVariables/myvar HTTP/1.1
    Authorization: Basic thiscontainsthehashedsecretstring
    Content-Length: 14(is calculated depending on the payload)
    Host: 192.168.xx.xx:80
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"value":"tothevalueyouwant"}

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    Hi Parper,

     

    Good to see you have solved this. I'm still struggeling a bit to get my lolin32 sending variable values to my HC2.

    Do you sent the Username/Password in the URL? If you add it before the IP like HTTP:[email protected]:password@HC2IP:80/api/globalVariables/yourvariable it doesn't seem to work with the email adress.

     

    Or do you add the authentication in the header? Can you share an example?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Erik

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    Thanks for the reply. Can you please share an example.

    This is what I have now in my arduino sketch: 

     

    http.addHeader(" {\"Content-Type\" : \"application/json\"",
                   " \"login\": \"admin username\"",
                   "\"password\": \"admin password\"}");

     

    This results in a 401 response code....

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    Thanks for the code. I had all but

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    But when I insert it (with the right credentials of course) it returns an error:


    HTTP_Put_temp_and_hum:71:1: error: stray '\357' in program
     http.setAuthorization("[email protected]", "Micro$oft");
     ^

     

    Without this line, I get no errors in the script. any thoughts? Am I using the wrong library?

    (now using #include <WEMOS_SHT3X.h>
    SHT3X sht30(0x45);
    #include <Arduino.h>
    #include <WiFi.h>
    #include <WiFiMulti.h>
    #include <HTTPClient.h>)

     

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    #include "ESP8266WiFi.h"
    #include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
    #include <ESP8266mDNS.h>
     

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    On 6/8/2019 at 8:49 PM, 10der said:

    @EK

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    Hi @10der

     

    Thanks for sharing the above

    What does the 'param' represent in the function call above

     

    I want to start scene  269  so I use 

    doCall(269) but not sure what else to pass in the function call

     

    I tried leaving it blank but it wouldn't compile

    full sketch attached

     

     

     

     

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    51 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

     

    Hi @10der

     

    Thanks for sharing the above

    What does the 'param' represent in the function call above

     

    I want to start scene  269  so I use 

    doCall(269) but not sure what else to pass in the function call

     

    I tried leaving it blank but it wouldn't compile

    full sketch attached

     

     

     

     

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    All sorted  - thanks 

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    10 hours ago, AutoFrank said:

     

    All sorted  - thanks 

    param - it's json.

     

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    after this trick you can get any data in your scene 

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    This is what works for me when updating global variables using a wemos.

     

    Some other example used a POST but that didn't work. PUT does work

     

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    7 minutes ago, EK said:

    This is what works for me when updating global variables using a wemos.

     

    Some other example used a POST but that didn't work. PUT does work

     

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    Thanks @EK

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    This is far too complicated ... Is it  so that we have to make fibaro to poll outside system with http (because https does not wok either) ,  or open fibaro web interface to internet via NAT just to do the update manually.

     

    Not fun at all :-(

     

     

     

     

     

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    Is there a way to send a HTTP post to a virtual device so that the message is passed that way and then the VD could change the global variable?  

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