im moving this code from ST but in HE its not return the data
So this line in the driver sets the alarm and gets the response
def data = parent.ArmDisRef(mode)
log.debug "POSTCMD $data"
this processes it in the app and returns it to drive which called it, it work fine in ST, but in HE it arms/disarms fine but never returns the message details from the http just null
log.debug "Incoming Mode CMD ${mode.value} "`
def paramsMode = [
uri: "https://mob.yalehomesystem.co.uk/yapi/api/panel/mode/",
body: [area: 1, mode: "${mode.value}"],
headers: ['Authorization' : "Bearer ${state.Token}"],
requestContentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
//in event of error// requestContentType: "application/json",
contentType: "application/json"
]
try{
httpPost(paramsMode) { response ->
def respstatus = response?.status
def respdata = response?.data
if (respstatus == 200){
def respmsg = response?.data?.message
if (state.errorCount != 0) {
state.errorCount = 0
}
if (state.currentError != null) {
state.currentError = null
}
log.info "Mode $mode - '$respstatus' - '$respmsg' $respdata"
if (respmsg != 'OK!'){
send("Alarm mode change to '$mode' issue, message $respmsg") //if door left open
}
return respdata
}
else { //response status not 200
log.error "Error in MODE '$respstatus' to $mode, ${state.currentError} - $respdata"
state.currentError = "error mode pannel $respstatus - $respdata"
respdata = 'error'
errorhand("Error Arm/Dis/Ref NOT 200")
}
/* def isChild = getChildDevice('RF:YalePan1')
if (isChild) {
log.info "Sending status of '${respdata}"
isChild.datain(respdata)
}
*/
return respdata // this isnt returning data to driver
}
}
catch (e){
log.error "Error arm/dis/Ref: ${e}, ${e?.message}"
state.currentError = e?.message
errorhand("Error Arm/Dis/Ref Catch")
}
}
In general, when pasting code on the forum it is helpful if you use the code "pre-format" button.
This will prevent Discourse from changing any of the formatting for your code, making it next to impossible to read.
How are you calling to the parent app within the device? Are you broadcasting an event it subscribes to?
This driver you posted above is doing an HTTP call, not sending data to a parent app. So, I am confused how your example relates to your question. If this method in the driver is being called from a parent app, you would have to show how that is being called.
But also, that would be in the wrong direction. You are asking for data to be return FROM the parent. In this case, the parent is the one that would be waiting for the return. Not the child device. Do you have an example of what you mean?
Can I ask a couple of questions that might make things a lot easier?
#1, why are you calling this from a device? You can just as easily subscribe to the mode in an app and handle this all within the app. Conversely, your device could just as easily make the HTTP call itself.
I believe this combo is using the service manager model from ST because you can't make internet HTTP calls from a DTH. But Hubitat has not such restrictions. You can make that HTTP call directly from the device.
I think doing it either of those ways would be easier.
the app pulls in and creates all the child contact sensor,
to reduce polling (and because one call to yale brings in the data) the app makes one call and then pushes the data to all the children (instead of every contact sensor making a call to yale)
only 1 driver makes (to arm/disarm) sends a request to the app.
also my log in details and token are only used in the app
That little helper function can be used to pull any setting from the parent app into the driver.. I dont' recommend the practice as a matter of course since settings can be stored in devices too.. However it does get around the 256 character limit on string settings in device drivers.
That is what he's doing. The function ArmDisRef is defined in the parent app.
@mark.cockcroft, have you tried changing the response to a constant to just see if anything can be returned or if there is something wrong with your structure?
If you did:
So, the problem isn't in the driver...it's in your app. Something in the HTTP call is not being parsed correctly, that's why it's returning nothing. There's nothing to return.
I think I see what's happening here.. Unfortunately the code formatting is making it difficult to read..
You've got a scoping issue. You are returning respdata from within the httpPost enclosure.. That only returns from the enclosure, not your ArmDisRef method. Since nothing is captuing the return data, there's nothing to return.
The simple fix is to move "def respdata" outside of the enclosure and return it at the end of the method.
You mean after you close out the try/catch, right? (Just checking to make sure I'm following you, not questioning if you're right. Self-taught programmer so sometimes the jargon gets me confused.)
