Hubitat/Sharptools, authorize a token per hub at different locations

[kampto]

Issue:
Currently Hubitat is only authorizing a single token regardless of hub location and different LAN's. So sharptools can only authorize one location at a time or one hub which means you can only access devices from one or the other hubs in Sharptools. Not both at same time.

Solution:
Authorize a separate sharptools token per hub. Allowing sharptools to get device information from all hubs, not just one or the other.

Background:

Authorizing Multiple Hubitat Locations

SharpTools with Multiple Hubs

I have two C7 hubs at different locations and want to keep them separate from one another and have them operate locally (do not wish to use HubConnect). I signed up for a Sharptools.io premium account so that I can create some high level separate dashboards that I can control from anywhere. It seems that adding multiple Hubitat hubs (this works with Smartthings) to Sharptools is not possible. That is when I add one hub it is fine but when I add a second hub it replaces the first hub. Sharpto…

[josh]

I'm putting the kids to sleep, so my apologies in advance for the short reply, but I can comment on this further later if needed. A new token per hub is actually part of the challenge.

Quoting from the first thread you linked to:

@josh

For the SmartThings authorization process, when you proceed through the authorization process a second time, access to the second location effectively gets added to the existing authorization and SmartThings returns a token which has access to both locations.

With Hubitat, when you proceed through the authorization a second time and select a different location, Hubitat returns a token which is valid for a single hub at a time.

[kampto]

Thanks for clarifying, I dont know all the internal details so maybe you can provide some more when possible, but the issue still stands. Only one Hubitat location can be accessed at a time.

[josh]

I don't have much more to add regarding the challenge, but quoting from the thread linked above again:

@josh

That being said, I believe there are things we could do on the SharpTools side to workaround it (eg. storing a token per hub), so if you wanted to create a feature request for it, please feel free to.

There hasn't been a ton of interest in the feature request that was created to authorize more than one Hubitat location in SharpTools even though the question has been brought up a few times.

If I had to take a guess why the feature request hasn't received many votes, I would think it's because there are workarounds with HubConnect or HubMesh:

@josh

There’s a few different approaches you can take for this, but the most common solution is the community developed HubConnect:

[RELEASE] HubConnect - Share Devices across Multiple Hubs (no longer SmartThings!)

For hubs that are on the same network, the new Hubitat Hub Mesh could be used. Usually hubs at two different physical locations are not on the same network so HubConnect would be the preferred alternative, but in theory it is possible with advanced networking.

[kampto]

Hub Mesh is not an option for multiple Hubs at different locations/LAN's. HubConnect is not easy to implement when hubs are miles apart.