Consuming Rest API

[wurban]

Hello guys.
I am new in the Hubitat, but already like it a lot. I wonder about some possibilities which I'd like to achieve and I am not sure if HE allows it. I am interested in creating some communication with some Rest APIs. Ideally, I would like to use them the same as some physical devices, so I would like to have them available in dashboards, rule engines etc.

I assume that I would need to create custom driver. Am I right? I would appreciate if someone point me the right direction to start.

Thank you and it is nice to meet you

[tomw]

Which devices are you trying to control?

Regardless, this driver example may be a useful starting point: HubitatPublic/httpGetSwitch.groovy at master · hubitat/HubitatPublic · GitHub

[wurban]

thanks for the response. This action in Rule Machine sounds promising. I definitely would need to give it a try. From my understanding, I am able to handle only GET using this method, but is there any out of the box possibility to handle POST methods as well?

Regarding Maker API, as I can see it can be used only for exposing API from HE, but in my scenario, I am looking for a way to consume 3rd party APIs.

Thanks a lot!

[erktrek]

This is an old link but still useful?

Async HTTP calls

Asynchronous calls are now available in the Hubitat Elevation system. The following methods are available: void asynchttpGet(String callbackMethod, Map params, Map data = null) void asynchttpPost(String callbackMethod, Map params, Map data = null) void asynchttpPut(String callbackMethod, Map params, Map data = null) void asynchttpDelete(String callbackMethod, Map params, Map data = null) void asynchttpPatch(String callbackMethod, Map params, Map data = null) void asynchttpHead(String callbackM…

Also this thread as well maybe..

New Dev: Request for httpPost Groovy Examples

Hola all, I am new to Hubitat. I have cobbled together some Groovy apps in the past, and edited some others, but I really haven't written one top down. Right now I have some Particle devices integrated into my system, and these are controlled via http Posts with JSON as an argument. At the moment, I am controlling them through webCore with web calls, but I would like to code up a simple all that has buttons to allow me to change settings. If anyone knows of some example code or apps/drivers…

[wurban]

I don't have any of it yet, but I am during building my house and as I can see, for sure there will be some incompatible devices which will not be supported. For example, I would like to have switchers for window shutters grouped in one place on a single panel, so it is hard to handle it using just zigbee/z-wave devices, so I am thinking maybe about knx for that, expose API and handle it in HE, but we'll see.

BTW your link is great, it seems understandable and I think it is a good place to start.

Thanks a lot

[wurban]

Thanks for the examples, for sure it will be helpful!

[wurban]

Awesome, thank you guys. Didn't even imagine that I would receive so much help from your side in just 1 hour. It is more clear now!

[erktrek]

@wurban

Awesome, thank you guys. Didn't even imagine that I would receive so much help from your side in just 1 hour. It is more clear now!

I'm not an employee of Hubitat, Inc (and assume @LibraSun isn't either).. that's one of the really cool things about this community, a lot of folks are very active and helpful.