Extract apple user id from homekit integration

megapearl · August 9, 2021, 8:57am

Is it possible to find out who is initiating an action via the homekit integration?
For example when I say “Unlock frontdoor” from my iPhone iOS client which connects to homeassistant homekit that I can sent a telegram message notification ‘User X has unlocked frontdoor via Homekit’ ?
Any idea’s how to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Donald.

bdraco · August 12, 2021, 11:16pm

The homekit protocol only sends the UUID of the user that did the action (‘the authenticated in user’). We don’t have a way to tie that UUID to an apple id. Its possible the Mobile app could have access to it via one of the apis, but HAP-python would have to also add an api to expose it to Home Assistant.

megapearl · August 18, 2021, 2:04pm

UUID would be nice too, if I know that UUID x is me and UUID y is a friend?
How to get that UUID from the homekit integration in homeassistant?
If the UUID’s are different from homekit user 1 and homekit user 2, then I can map an UUID to a user and create an automation for it to send out messages.

bdraco · August 18, 2021, 2:16pm

It is not exposed in the current version HAP-python so its not possible to access it.

megapearl · August 18, 2021, 7:24pm

Ok, thanks for sharing!

bdraco · August 23, 2021, 9:48pm

HAP-python 4.1 (coming in 2021.9) exposes the property on the HAPServerHandler instance

github.com

ikalchev/HAP-python/blob/6e88070c6dbab4bd8dc9233697822ba8f5b4b5c0/pyhap/hap_handler.py#L142


def __init__(self, accessory_handler, client_address):
    """
    @param accessory_handler: An object that controls an accessory's state.
    @type accessory_handler: AccessoryDriver
    """
    self.accessory_handler = accessory_handler
    self.state = self.accessory_handler.state
    self.enc_context = None
    self.client_address = client_address
    self.is_encrypted = False
    self.client_uuid = None

    self.path = None
    self.command = None
    self.headers = None
    self.request_body = None

    self.response = None

def _set_encryption_ctx(
    self, client_public, private_key, public_key, shared_key, pre_session_key

Joao-Sousa-71 · January 19, 2024, 9:14pm

Sorry for reborn this topic nut would like to know if the uuid is now exposed and can be used. I have HA 2023.12.4 but don’t see it when an event is tiggered:

event_type: homekit_state_change
data:
  entity_id: switch.shelly_luz_wc_servico_switch_1
  display_name: Luz WC Serviço Espelho
  service: turn_on
  value: null
origin: LOCAL
time_fired: "2024-01-19T20:55:37.016093+00:00"
context:
  id: 01HMHR3Y9REKKK21K76MEF4AKT
  parent_id: null
  user_id: null

I don’t have any issue to receive the the internal apple user since I can’t map after it in HA. Thank you.

megapearl · January 26, 2024, 3:46pm

I don’t see it either, I don’t think it is implemented.
Still looking for a solution also.

andrei7 · February 2, 2024, 8:05am

I’ve made a feature request for this here. Please leave a vote on it to increase the chances of being implemented.

Joao-Sousa-71 · February 5, 2024, 1:19am

Done! I believe that @bdraco might support on this

megapearl · October 9, 2024, 12:26pm

Still looking for a solution, at the moment I got ‘null’ at user_id.

event_type: homekit_state_change
data:
  entity_id: lock.frontdoor
  display_name: Voordeur
  service: unlock
  value: null
origin: LOCAL
time_fired: "2024-10-09T12:19:04.782646+00:00"
context:
  id: 01J9RKFWEECHD68C3G7ZCPMZ0S
  parent_id: null
  user_id: null