My overall goal is to have my sonoff rf bridge flashed with tasmota send REST API commands directly to my home-built ESPhome devices, without going through an MQTT broker. However, that means I first have to understand how to send a POST request to the esp device. If I send:
‘http://192.168.1.14/light/bedroom_lamp_light/’
It returns
{"id":"light-bedroom_lamp_light","state":"OFF"}
which is great. But if I send,
http://192.168.1.14/light/bedroom_lamp_light/toggle
(or turn_off’) it does not change the state of the light. My understanding from the documentation is that should toggle the state. Can anyone tell me what I am missing?
(If anyone has accomplished something similar to my overarching goal, I will take help there, too!)
Does turn_on
work. (with or without setting bright,ness?)
No, it does not turn on. BTW, it is really just a relay that I have set up so:
# Light Bulb Relay
output:
- platform: gpio
pin: D7
id: lamprelay2
# Light entity
light:
- platform: binary
id: lamp_light2
name: $entity_name
output: lamprelay2
What does the log say?
The console doesn’t register anything.
How are you sending the rest commands?
I want to ultimately send them via tasmota rules, but right now just through a browser.
Yeah, I think that you are right. I was hoping for a simple check that all my syntax was right.
It is probably OK, since the GET works. I just need to figure out how to send this via tasmota.
Thanks!
There is a simple way. I installed httpie (linux) and then ran
$ http POST 192.168.1.14/light/bedroom_lamp_light/toggle
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Accept-Ranges: none
Connection: close
Content-Length: 0
and it works fine.
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