Control Hyperion through a small web server

Quote from milhouse

Just going to make a stab in the dark, based on this error line:
AssertionError: View function mapping is overwriting an existing endpoint function: index

I wonder if flask doesn't like the same variable name used more than once. Maybe change each def to be something different?
@route('/color/<colorid>')
def indexc(colorid):
subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/hyperion-remote', '--color', colorid])
return "done"
@route('/effect/<effectname>')
def indexe(effectname):
subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/hyperion-remote', '--effect', effectname])
return "done"
@route('/clearall')
def indexclear():
subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/hyperion-remote', '--clearall'])
return "done"

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And like i said, something stupid simple, that worked! More upset now that i didnt see that. Now i just gotta get my pi's accessible from google home outside the network.

Thank you thank you thank you!

Quote from milhouse

You are most welcome - glad it worked!

Can't help you with the rest, no idea how Google Home works. My SmartThings hub is on my local network, so it can call the endpoint directly. You are probably going to have to open a hole in your firewall and port forward from your router to port 8080 on your Pi's internal IP address. Good luck!

milhouse

Yep, i've got that part working now. Now i just have to set up different recipes on ifttt. Right now its just set to the one effect and i can have it set any color i specify. One thing to note is that google does not capitalize the words said so it calls /effect/candle instead of effect/Candle. I could rename all my effects to all lower case, but figure its probably just as easy to set a recipe for the few i actually want to use via voice. I do want to go in and create an option to control the brightness. Then i will have to go back and redo my pi setup on my tv to openelec and run the same.

Not sure if anyone mentioned it above, but an alternative (pretty simple) solution is to use Google Assistant SDK to turn your Raspi into another "smart device" (which in turn controls Hyperion over its localhost API): https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/overview

milhouse, if you're still around, I wanted to reach out here bc something happened a couple months ago and for the life of me I cannot figure out the issue.

I have not changed anything on my setup, yet I can no longer send HTTP commands to my rasp pi hyperion server. Hyperion and the web control/remote still work just fine. I've tried reinstalling bottle and bottledaemon (though I'm not sure if I should have done a clean uninstall). I also checked for leftover files that need to be cleaned up.

I think my main problem is I do not know how to troubleshoot why the server will not accept requests or that it is even running properly on the pi. Is there something on the pi I can do to confirm this?

Here's the same command I've always used after rebooting my pi:

Here's the expected web message I'm getting.

Just hoping someone can help with an idea as not being able to automate this is killing me!

Thanks, but I'm not really sure how to do that. Is it a simple URL that I can put into my browser? I was previously using an HTTP switch inside Smartthings.

I'm somewhat technical but do not fully understand the concept behind JSON and how to send commands.

To clarify, I'm simply looking to create a virtual HTTP switch (this part I know how to do) where I can send a URL that disables Hyperion (or sends a black color command) when switched off. I've tried following the JSON instructions but I believe I would need a console to post those commands. In addition, I've turned off API authentication and I'm getting "no authorization" issues. I tried turning on and creating a token but still no luck.

nards1134 just an idea, if you are iOS user.

You could make 2 shortcuts to send SSH commands to the hyperion host.

These can start and stop the hyperion service. not sure if something like shortcuts could be done with android as well...

Hey Lord-Grey,

question to your post #29
I´ve multiple instances, so is it possible to send this POST command for a definied instance? In normal case I start my hyperion with "command = system" but in a few times I must start an instace manuell.

So you have a solution for me?

Thx Joe

Thanks for suggestions all. It still may be a bit too advanced for me. I'm mostly android, although I do have an iPad that I could potentially use for this.

I'd really love some method I could setup using my imac or even on the pi itself that runs hyperion. I'm not sure why the bottle server method stopped working. I've tried reinstalling it to no avail, and there are no files to clean up anymore so that tells me that maybe it's not even starting up anymore.

Basically I was hoping to be able to pop a URL into Smartthings HTTP switch as I used to do. This way I can automate it using the power meter smart plug on my TV. When it detects a certain amount of power, turn on Hyperion. Currently I have a shortcut to the remote and I just open it on my phone and turn it on. I'm not sure if trying to use HTTP bot on iOS gives me any real advantage over that other than maybe one less click?

Lord-Grey, are you 100% sure that this is not possible anymore, even with the instructions by milhouse? Did something change with Hyperion that disables or does not allow the bottledaemon to function? The original point of this thread was using a RaspPI setup and giving the ability to send an http command. I was using this fine up until a few months ago.

I do not understand what would have changed, but I can say for sure everything was working fine. I do not know how to test whether the server is running on my Pi and I have not gone through the process of starting from scratch (which I may consider). I don't think the JSON is an option for me bc I do not know how to program and create an automation with my ST hub. The easiest option is using the Hyperion remote on my phone at the moment.