HubSoapAction documentation

[user6099]

How do I send a HubSoapAction to a particular ip and port? There is no documentation for HubSoapAction - but the call does exist. HubAction has a (Map, dni, options) version of the call, but that version is not working on HubSoapAction..

	def soap = new hubitat.device.HubSoapAction([
		path:    path ?: "/MediaRenderer/$service/Control",
		urn:     "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:$service:1",
		action:  action,
		body:    body,
		headers: [Host: "${ip}:1400", CONNECTION: "close"]]
	)
	sendHubCommand(soap)

does not generate any response on the parse method.. Assuming it is not sending to the ip specified in host header. I don't know where to specify the ip and port to send it to..

Also, I am trying to do this in an app rather than device.. The documentation I THINK says you can only do sendHubCommand from devices not apps - is that correct? If that is the case, I will need to create a device driver just to do the communication.

[aaiyar]

@user6099

The documentation I THINK says you can only do sendHubCommand from devices not apps - is that correct?

The documentation is pretty clear on this point - sendHubCommand() is a method only available in driver code.

@user6099

If that is the case, I will need to create a device driver just to do the communication.

Yup.

[user6099]

Thanks - can I do an httpPost myself to create the equivalent of hubsoapaction from an app - since that method is available?

I ask because that is also giving me an error (apache.ClientException) - assuming that httpPost cannot be used to local devices - only to the cloud?

[sburke781]

httpPost should be ok, that is what Maker API can do to send events. Perhaps post a sample of your code.

[user6099]

def sonosRequest(sonos, cmd, values) {
	def ip = convertHexToIP(sonos.getDeviceNetworkId())
	def meta = getCommand(cmd)
	def params = meta['commands'][cmd]['params']
	def paramXml = ''

	params.each {k,v ->
		paramXml = paramXml + sprintf("<%s>%s</%s>", k, 
		groovy.xml.XmlUtil.escapeXml((values.containsKey(k) ? values[k] : params[k]) as String), k)
	}

	def req = sprintf("""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
      <s:Body>
        <u:%s xmlns:u="%s">
        %s
        </u:%s>
      </s:Body>
    </s:Envelope>""", cmd, meta['urn'], paramXml, cmd)

	def headers = [
        Host : ip+':1400',
        soapaction : meta['urn']+'#'+cmd,
        'Content-Type' : 'text/xml; charset="utf-8"',
        'Content-Length' : req.length()
    ]

	def url = 'http://'+ip+':1400'+meta['control']
	debug("${url} -> ${headers} -> ${req}")

	httpPost([uri: url, headers: headers, body: req], { data -> parseResponse(data) } )
}

[sburke781]

What does the url come out as in the debug log?

[user6099]

http://192.168.2.91:1400/MediaServer/ContentDirectory/Control

and the exact error is..

org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException: null 

[sburke781]

Is that error coming out in parseResponse? (I'll soon exhaust my knowledge here )

[user6099]

Nope - httpPost call is causing that error - never gets to parseResponse.

[sburke781]

So I assume the headers map and req also come out as expected in the debug log....? From what I've read it could have something to with the contents of the header.

[user6099]

Yeah, thanks that was it.. I removed my content-length and content-type headers and used the contentType param instead and it seems to have gone through! Thanks for your help!!

[sburke781]

Cool.

Out of interest, are you trying to develop a driver / app to control Sonos speakers?

[user6099]

not exactly - just an add-on to allow me to pick and play favorites/playlists - which does not seem to be possible with the built-in integration.