Unique setup for wall-mounted iPad

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I have settled on very nice setup for my wall-mounted iPad I figured I would share with the community. It revolves arround the app Kiosker Pro:

  • The app has a screensaver function, which I have directed to Immich Kiosk. So the ipad functions as a photo frame when not being interacted with.
  • The home page is set to my home assistant dashboard. So tap the screen to dismiss the screensaver/photos.
  • I am using the API functionality of the app in conjunction with NodeRed: when my doorbell is rung, the app is navigated to a page that displays my front-door camera feed.

Only issue is the app is a bit expensive ($34.99) - but everything described is working perectly.

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Could you post your node-red stuff for the api? I’ve been using kiosker for a few years and on the whole it’s been pretty good. I did ask the dev about MQTT integration and he seemed interested but nothing yet…

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Sure thing, it is pretty straightforward using an http request node. Here is an example to navigate to a particular page. Just set the payload to the page URL right before this

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The API is documented here: Swagger UI (kiosker.io)

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Thanks! Just setting this up. I can get POST requests working for navigate/refresh etc but I don’t get any json returned if using a GET request for the status etc.

Trying a simple GET request for status: http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/v1/status into a debug node but getting nothing back.

Have you set up any GET requests?

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okay it seems to be a node-red issue. Accessing Node-Red directly via the correct port rather than ingress enables the debug nodes…