openHAB Command Proxy for example QR Codes

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@Michdo93

What I do here is that I build my own REST API via Flask that takes a GET request and then forwards it to openHAB as a POST request so that a sendCommand is executed.

There is an unofficial webhook binding which might be an easier overall approach to running a separate proxy service.

[webhook] New, very simple binding for listening incomming http requests

Hello, I have scratched a simple binding for listening to incoming http requests. What problem does it solve? There are quite a few devices which are able to perform http requests on a given webhook (like Synology Surveillance Station in rules or some intercoms/ip doorphones like akuvox). Those httprequest cannot be simple utilized in openhab straight away. You could translate it at nginx level from the simple form of http get/post those devices can perform to openhab REST APIs or create a si…

If you have BasicUI installed, you can also use the way it works to send commands to Items through a GET request, but I wouldn’t rely on that as it unofficial, not supported, and could go away without warning.

I think all your same advantages and disadvantages apply, only perhaps it not quite as undermining of the REST API security since the API security token or username/password doesn’t need to be exposed externally to OH.

@Michdo93

This way, you wouldn’t require a separate app as a QR code scanner for openHAB;

I wonder if it would make sense for the Android/iOS app to include a QR code scanner. That’s not all that different from the NFC use case really. Though it probably wouldn’t even need to be a built in scanner so much as an application URL that tells the phone to open the app and that tells the app what command to send to which Item.