Qwikswitch API

Third party integrations
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Hi All. I’m new to HA and struggling to setup Qwikswitch relays using the Qwikswitch wifi bridge (no QwikSwitch QSUSB Hub). The following GET calls to the QS API works perfectly to switch a Qwikswitch relay on, of or get the status of the switch:

#switch off:
https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/control/:API_KEY?device=:DEVICE_ID&setlevel=0

#switch on:
https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/control/:API_KEY?device=DEVICE_ID&setlevel=100

status:
https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/state/:API_KEY/

Any idea how to get this working in HA as a switch? Restful command or restful switch doesn’t work, I suspect I need to create a custom component?

Thanks for the assistance

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A command_line switch using curl would probably work, I think (if you are on a linux box of some descirption)

3

Hi Keith

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I’ve added the following to my config file, but unfortuneately it doesn’t work:

switch:
platform: command_line
switches:
bedroom_light:
command_on: “/usr/bin/curl -X GET https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/control/APIKEY?device=@257ba0&setlevel=100”
command_off: “/usr/bin/curl -X GET https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/control/APIKEY?device=@257ba0&setlevel=0”
friendly_name: Bedroom Light

When I SSH to home assistant as root, the curl command works fine to switch on/off the light. However, when I try running the curl command from the HASS configurator “execute shell command” tool, I get the error:[Errno 2] No such file or directory ‘usr/bin/curl’ Not sure if this is related to the issue, perhaps some permissions issue?

Thanks again

4

You may need to add sudo /usr/bin/curl … and/or give HA permissions to use curl/any command, I think you can do this by adding HA to the sudoers list.

5

Thanks, seems like not even root can use sudo if I run Hassio. Sounds like I need to start over using Hassbian instead :frowning:

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Hmmm well you would be better off using the Hassio forum page to get better results :stuck_out_tongue: As I understand it Hassio doesn’t use a standard linux distribution and is in a docker container so cannot use the standard commands. Try asking in the Hassio forum pages :slight_smile:

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Hi Guys, I have plugged my USB QS hub into my Raspberry pi 4 B and tried installing the code from the Joulco-Square/ qsusb source as none of the other braches of code above seem to be compatible with pi 4 or the latest
HA 2020.12.2 (and newer). Can anyone help me get the custom integration installed from the HACS in HA?

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Not sure of answer was ever done here… I got mine to work like this.

rest_command:

hallwaylight_on:

url: “https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/control/1234-5678-9012-1234?device=@0c000&setlevel=100”

method: get

hallwaylight_off:

url: “https://qwikswitch.com/api/v1/control/1234-5678-9012-1234?device=@0c000&setlevel=0”

method: get

and then created a script to to call on and off, and then a switch so i can call individual scripts to turn it on and off.

as added created a helper to chnage the switch from switch to light.

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@Jaco_Muller @HybridRCG I’ve created a rudimentary integration for the Qwikswitch API at GitHub - rhanekom/hass-qwikswitch-api: Home Assistant Integration for Qwikswitch switches, using the API.

Still early stages, so I’m sure there are some issues to resolve - but should be a lower friction route to control your Qwikswitch lights.