how to PUSH BUTTON SYNC with webthing.io

levananhlhu · June 16, 2021, 12:22pm

Hello everyone, I’m a newbie to webthing.io
I’m still interested in the button sync with LEDs on webthing. I came across the webthing-arduino library at this link (https://github.com/WebThingsIO/webthing-arduino/tree/master/ examples), but it doesn’t mention what I’m looking for.
i would love to have an example part with results like this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePW3nJNGt9M&list=LL&index=1)
I really hope someone reads it and can help me, thank you

EricEdberg · June 16, 2021, 5:21pm

WebThings includes an API allowing remote applications to use HTTP calls to change thing “parameters”, such as a virtual device’s “push button” property. I wrote a monitor bash script that parses a logfile, and when necessary, execute an http put request to WT. You must generate a static API KEY and include this as the authorization in a put request. In my case, I used the Virtual Things add-on, and created a push button thing. Suprisingly, it’s been working great for me.

I started learning the API using this example:

github.com

WebThingsIO/curl-examples/blob/master/README.md

This repository contains some simple bash scripts which demonstrate
using the REST API of the gateway using curl.

When prompted for the URL, include the http: or https: and any ports. Some example URLs:
* http://gateway.local:8080
* https://mydomain.mozilla-iot.org
* https://localhost:4443

The --insecure is required when using gateway.local. If you instead use
your NAME.mozilla-iot.org name then you no longer need to use --insecure.

## login.sh
```
$ ./login.sh
Enter      URL: https://mydomain.mozilla-iot.org
Enter    email: your-email@company.com
Enter password:
```
Running login.sh will retrieve the JSON WebToken for the user and store it in a local file called `.jwt`.
It will also store the URL in a local file called `.url`.

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Here is a link to anohter thread I posted to:

Here is a link to the GitHub repository I wrote that tails the X10 Mochad logfile which I translate to WebThing property changes:

I could probably dig up or create some notes on how to create a Virtual Thing “button” as it’s not straight forward…

levananhlhu · June 20, 2021, 1:01pm

Can you guide me step by step. please

levananhlhu · June 20, 2021, 1:03pm

I use esp8266 to control the device and I want to synchronize the physical buttons with the website