Need OpenHAB code to change a Motion configuration

Add-ons Bindings
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On an RPi with an RPi Camera, I am running the Motion software that detects motion.

On a computer in the same local network, I can use a browser to turn off saving detection images with this:

http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off

I can use a browser to turn on saving detection images with this:

http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on

I need the OpenHAB entries to achieve these changes in a Motion configuration, but I’m having trouble getting the correct ones.

I would prefer an item (switch?) perhaps using the HTTP Binding.
A rule or rules would also be helpful. Thanks

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You dont need a rule. Just create an item and configure that item for the HTTP Binding. It will be a single line in your .item file. Everything you need is here:

https://docs.openhab.org/addons/bindings/http1/readme.html

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Thanks for replying, Lucky. I am aware of the official OpenHAB docs on http binding, esp about item configuration & am trying to model my item on that.

In my motion.conf, webcontrol passworth authorization is OFF. Again in a computer’s browser in the same local network, this turns on output_pictures in the Motion Software:

http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on

& …=off turns it off.

    I've tried these versions of the item:

Switch GarageCamOutput { http=">[ON:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on] >[OFF:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off]" }

Switch GarageCamOutput { http=">[ON:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on&type=text] >[OFF:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off&type=text]" }

Switch GarageCamOutput { http=">[ON:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on&type=text/plain] >[OFF:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off&type=text/plain]" }

Switch GarageCamOutput { http=">[ON:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on&type=html] >[OFF:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off&type=html]" }

Switch GarageCamOutput { http=">[ON:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on&type=text/html] >[OFF:POST:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off&type=text/html]" }

As a result, in the openhab logs, no errors show for the item.

When I click the User Interface switch to the on position, the logs show:

Item 'GarageCamOutput' received command ON
GarageCamOutput changed from OFF to ON

But the output_pictures setting in the Pi’s Motion software does not change to on.

Can someone see what I need to get this to work?

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You need to distinguish between GET and POST requests

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Thanks much, Flole, that works. The GET request did not seem logical for a command to change a state.

  Changing POST to GET like the following works great.

Switch GarageCamOutput { http=">[ON:GET:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=on] >[OFF:GET:http://192.168.1.104:8080/0/config/set?output_pictures=off]" }
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That really depends on how the other end (receiving end) is processing the rest calls