How to create an openhab rule via rest api?

[Wolfgang_S]

@akibnafis

I have bunch of rules in a .rules file. I want this file while creating rules via rest api. Is there any tool for that?

As far as I understand the api-explorer online documentation you would have to use “POST /rules”.
I didn’t find any example but these two threads:

Can i create rules via the REST-API?

Hi i just recently started playing with openhab2 and one thing that i’m missing is an easy way to do scenes. So i was looking into creating a little web-app to help with that. So what i want to do is this: get a list of all Items filtered by group and/or type let the user select multiple items let the user enter a name for the scene create a Switch Item for the scene create a rule that sets the state of all selected items to their current states Now i have been playing with the REST-API and …

Python or other language REST API

Hi all, I have been experimenting with the python REST API python-openhab · PyPI and it seems to be working well for basic commands and what I want it to do. I was just wondering if there was any useful info/tips anyone has gained from using the REST API through python that they would like to share? Possibly even if anyone has had a better experience using the REST API with a different language other than python? Thanks

Based on the first one I would suggest to create a rule manually via the UI and compare the parameter that you havein the code explorer via the code in your rule.