Sending Message to EventGhost Webserver

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I have HA running on my Raspberry Pi 3 equipped with Aeon USB stick. All is well. My problems is finding the right documentation to explain how to properly setup what I am trying to do. Basically, I want to send events to my Server running Eventghost Webserver. For example, to send an event to this server a URL may look like: http://theIP:thePort/?This.is.an.Event.String I have this working but only through trial and error. No idea if this is the right way to achieve what I need. My config file for looks like:

automation:
 trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: switch.leviton_unknown_type1a02_id0334_switch_4
    state: 'on'
  
 action:
    service: notify.EG
    data:
      message: 'De-Humidifier.On'
      
  
notify:
  name: EventGhost
  platform: rest
  resource: 'http://192.168.1.231:88/'
  method: GET
  message_param_name: 'RaspPi.'

notify:
  name: EG
  platform: command_line
  command: "curl http://192.168.1.231:88/?RaspPi.De-Humidifier.On"

In the above, I am using notify.EG however, notify.EventGhost method works just as well. My questions are:

  • Is this the correct way to send a URL to a server?
  • Do I have to repeat this for the “Off” state?
  • Most important, where can I find complete documentation/Reference that would describe things such as “Platform”, “State” and what values can be used?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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It would probably be better to use a shell_command instead of notify to send the event to EventGhost. That’s what I currently do and it works great. :smile_cat:
And yeah, you’ll have to create another automation to send the off state to EventGhost.

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How do I go about doing this/