Node-SmartHomeServer

A small Node Server to interact with the Vera Smart Home system (http://getvera.com/).

Features:

Set device states via command line
Weekly schedules
Set schedules at exact times or relative to local sunrise/sunset times
All times are relative to the Timezone setting in the config file
Vera UI7 remote url support. Given your vera username/password the system will fetch a remote url session
API Server. When in server mode you can send RESTful API calls to control your vera system

Some scheduling examples:

Turn on the living room light every Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm
Set the main thermostat to 70 degrees every weekday at 8am

Global Dependencies

Docker
Docker Compose (Optional)

Setup

cp config/config.sample.js config/config.js and modify accordingly. See comments in Sample config for more details.
cp config/schedule.sample.js config/schedule.js and modify accordingly. See comments in Sample schedule for more details.
docker-compose up -d

CLI

List all available devices: smarthome-cli --list
Preview the current schedule: smarthome-cli --preview
Change the state of a device: smarthome-cli [deviceId] [state]
Execute a scene: smarthome-cli [sceneId]

API

Set the port in api.port section of the config. The default is 8080 which is also exposed in the docker container. Basic Authentication is used to authenticate API calls. Simply pass a valid pre-shared key that you have placed in the api.accessTokens section of the config as the username portion and leave the password blank.

Example API Call:

curl -u "{accessToken}:" http(s)://{host}:{port}/api/devices

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 220
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:05:47 GMT
Connection: keep-alive

{
  "switches": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "name": "Den Light"
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "name": "Outside Light"
    },
    {
      "id": "3",
      "name": "Master Bedroom"
    }
  ],
  "dimmableSwitches": [
    {
      "id": "4",
      "name": "Dining Room Light"
    }
  ],
  "thermostats": [
    {
      "id": "5",
      "name": "Thermostat"
    }
  ]
}

GET /api/devices

Returns an array of all the devices on your vera system

POST /api/devices/{deviceId}/{state}

Sets a new state given a device id

POST /api/scenes/{sceneId}

Runs a scene given a scene id

GET /api/schedule

Returns an the schedule for the current week

License

Copyright 2014-2017 Michael Barany

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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