Read device attribute from inside an app

nclark · November 24, 2020, 9:29pm

Is there anyway to read a devices attribute from within an app without actually subscribing to the event attribute and saving this in a State Variable for latter use?

This is for an app / child device setup.

dkilgore90 · November 24, 2020, 9:34pm

Check out device.currentValue('attribute'): Device Object - Hubitat Documentation

nclark · November 25, 2020, 12:51pm

ok I'll check that out, I was under the impression that the device object was only available within the device driver code not from an app, so I didn't even think of trying that

Thanks!

dkilgore90 · November 25, 2020, 1:08pm

from the App, you can call getChildDevices(), or getChildDevice(networkId), to find the device object you want to call currentValue. Example: google-sdm-api/sdm-api-app.groovy at develop · dkilgore90/google-sdm-api · GitHub

nclark · November 25, 2020, 1:39pm

Even more details, thanks a bunch!