Toggle a smart bulb to let others know you're actively on a video call
- Node.js
- macOS 10.11 or later
- Supported TP-Link Kasa plug or bulb
- Firebase Realtime Database (for sharing a plug or bulb between multiple people)
To run on your machine, clone the repository and run:
npm install
Once all of the dependencies are installed, make a copy the sample .env file:
cd busy-bulb
cp .env.sample .env
Provide the IP address of the plug or bulb to toggle:
DEVICE_IP=192.168.1.22
If there are multiple people sharing the same smart plug or bulb, the status of each person is persisted to Firebase Realtime Database to prevent the plug or bulb from turning off before all video calls have ended.
To configure busy-bulb for multiple people, provide the following environment variables in your .env file:
DEVICE_IP=192.168.1.22
DB_USER=brian //unique for each user, no spaces or special characters
DB_URL=https://your-app-id.firebaseio.com
FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=your-app-id
FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n ..."
FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL=firebase-adminsdk@your-app-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com
Learn more about setting up a Firebase project and service account.
To test out busy-bulb you can get started by running the following in the project directory:
node index.js
To keep busy-bulb running in the background you can use forever:
npm install forever -g
Once installed, start busy-bulb by running the following in the project directory:
forever start index.js
To stop busy-bulb from running:
forever stopall
To make sure busy-bulb runs automatically after a reboot, you can add busy-bulb to your crontab:
crontab -e
@reboot <path-to-node> <path-to-forever> start <path-to-index.js> > <path-to-log-file>
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