homebridge-http-ambient-light

Homebridge plugin for a light sensor that can be accessed via HTTP. I would suggest getting an ESP8266 or an Arduino with an Ethernet shield as well as a light sensor that is compatible with those like the BH1750 for instance.

Installation

Run the following command

npm install -g homebridge-http-ambient-light

Chances are you are going to need sudo with that.

Config.json

This is an example configuration

"accessories" : [
    
    {
        "accessory": "http-ambient-light",
        "name": "Outdoor Light Sensor",
        "getUrl": "http://192.168.2.86:22222/bh1750",
        "serial" : "CA2B60B4213E",
        "updateInterval" : 15
    }
]    

| Key | Description | |---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | accessory | Required. Has to be "http-ambient-light" | | name | Required. The name of this accessory. This will appear in your homekit app | | getUrl | Required. The url from where this plugin will try to update its data. | | serial | Optional. Assigns a serial number. Not really required but I would advise in making up some arbitrary string. | | updateInterval | Optional. If you set a number here, the plugin will periodically fetch data from the URL. The value is in minutes. |

Format of the data source

This plugin expects a JSON formatted output when fetching data like this example shows

 { "light": 0 }

The value is expected to be an integer.