HTTP Sensor

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Im a little stuck with the HTTP sensor. I am trying to create a presence for a JSON post from IFTTT.

No matter what I do I cant seem to create the or update the identity using the curl commands as per the examples

Anyone got any idea or examples how they did it. Does the post create the sensor? It doesnt seem to no update and existing.

Thanks

2

Can you post the response you get if you run the curl command? Thanks.

The example works on 0.25.0.dev.

If the sensor doesn’t exist, it will be create. Otherwise the state is updated

3

If I run the GET command on an existing sensor I get the expected result
If I run the POST curl returns with no error (just returns to next line on the command line) but existing sensor is not update nor a new one created.
I am running the site over https this is my only variation from the example

I am am on 0.24

4

How does your curl command looks like?

5

So have tried it with ssl on and off. It works with SSL off. Does the POST need to be modified to work with SSL?

curl -X POST -H "x-ha-access: XXXXXX" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -d '{"state": "test"}' \
       https://192.168.1.30:8123/api/states/sensor.iantest

returns

{"attributes": {}, "entity_id": "sensor.iantest", "last_changed": "2016-07-19T08:47:08.028826+00:00", "last_updated": "2016-07-19T08:47:08.028826+00:00", "state": "test"}

but doesnt update sensor

curl -X POST -H "x-ha-access: XXXXXX" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -d '{"state": "test"}' \
       http://192.168.1.30:8123/api/states/sensor.iantest

returns same but does do update so something is not working on the https

6

I retried this one and it seems to be working,. strange

curl -X POST -H "x-ha-access: YOUR_PASSWORD" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -d '{"state": "20", "attributes": {"unit_of_measurement": "°C", "friendly_name": "Bathroom Temp"}}' \
       **https**://localhost:8123/api/states/sensor.bathroom_temperature

Attached it working in IFTTT , I will be making a trigger from Life360 presence detection to update a family presense sensor

If the first one in the family comes home front door is unlocked. It is relocked when last person leaves

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7

Does your sensor state switch back to the previous value after ~10 seconds? I have been trying to set the state of a custom sensor I created and I can successfully change it with a POST, but then it reverts back to the previous value.