Persistence And rest api

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
1

Hi guys,

I’m trying to use the spotify integration. There is a prerequisite that says you must have persistence turned on as to not loose settings after reboot. I have installed the persistence add on but cannot see a switch to turn it on. Can someone help me on where I would find it or how to turn it on.

Also in the installation instructions it says to copy client secret to spotify_client_secret in openhab e.g. through rest Api. In the rest api I can’t find anything about spotify. After some searching I found a command

curl -X PUT --header “Content-Type: text/plain” --header “Accept: application/json” -d “/[Your spotify_client_secret]” “http://openhabianpi.local:8080/rest/items/spotify_client_secret/state "

Do I put the whole code in the url bar at the top of the rest api? Or do I put it in the karif console?

Hope someone can help.

2

How did you set up the persistence.
Which service mapdb, influxdb…?
Please publish your item and *.persist file

In the normal console.

3

I just installed the add-on for persistence. I haven’t set up a service as I’m not sure which to choose. I will set the service up with the mapdb once I get home from work. Or do you recommend another service?

Bit of a silly newb here thinking it was a simple switch to turn it off and on.

Thanks for quick reply

4

Which one?

For restore on start up the one designed for that is mapdb

Then you need to edit the mapdb.persist in the persistence folder

Mine looks like this:
It saves everyChange and restores EVERYTHING on startup

// mapdb persistence

Strategies {
	default = everyChange
}
Items {
	* : strategy = everyChange, restoreOnStartup
}
5

Thanks a lot,
That’s exactly what I’m looking for. I will try it out when I get home from work.

Thanks again

6

It’s all in the docs, mate

7

OK edited a file in the persistence folder and put code from above in.

// mapdb persistence

Strategies {
default = everyChange
}
Items {
* : strategy = everyChange, restoreOnStartup
}

Is there a way I can confirm its working?

I’m really struggling to put my client id and secret from spotify into the rest api panel.

Using this code

curl -X PUT --header “Content-Type: text/plain” --header “Accept: application/json” -d “/[Your spotify_client_secret]” “http://192.168.1.107:8080/rest/items/spotify_client_secret/state "

And

curl -X PUT --header “Content-Type: text/plain” --header “Accept: application/json” -d “/[Your spotify_client_id]” “http://192.168.1.107:8080/rest/items/spotify_client_id/state "

I just keep getting reply

Can’t read swaggerJSON from etc

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Can someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong.

8

Yes restart openHAB. The items should take their last value