node-monitor-control-linux (nmcl)

Node server to control your screens (linux). Can be used in conjunction with the home-assistant REST switch integration

Installation

Requirements

pm2 : run the script as a daemon
The program must run as the current user logged into the current X Session

sudo npm i -g pm2
git clone https://github.com/mj-sakellaropoulos/node-monitor-control-linux ~/nmcl
cd nmcl
bash ./deploy.pm2.bash

To change the default username and password, modify the contents of opts.txt

Troubleshooting

pm2 logs nmcl

home-assistant

Example configuration:

configuration.yaml

Replace all relevent values in <> brackets.
You must replace the value of the Authorization header with a base64 encoded string of "username:password"

...
switch:
- platform: rest
  name: 'screens'
  resource: 'https://<hostname>:<port>/dpms'
  body_on: '{"monitor":"on"}'
  body_off: '{"monitor":"off"}'
  headers:
    Authorization: 'Basic <BASE64: username:password>'
    Content-Type: application/json
  verify_ssl: false
...

Building and Development

Recommended IDE : VSCode

npm run build
node ./build/main/index.js

CLI usage

node index.js port username password

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