nest-cli

An unofficial command-line tool for managing your Nest thermostat. This was built as an exercise for learning the API. Pull requests are welcome if you experience issues or want to improve the feature set.

Requirements

• node 6

Installing

From Source

• git clone [email protected]:jasonmit/nest-cli.git
• cd nest-cli && npm install && npm link

From npm

• npm install nest-cli

Configuring the application

• Register a Nest application https://developers.nest.com/products/new
  • Be sure to check: Away, Thermostat, Smoke+CO Alarm all with read/write access
  • Copy the generated client ID and secret
• nest-cli config PRODUCT_ID <ID> && nest-cli config PRODUCT_SECRET <SECRET>
• nest-cli login (if a window does not open, navigate to http://localhost:3000/auth/nest)
• Done, you never have to do this again.

Usage

nest-cli --help

Commands:

  login                                login to your nest account via oauth
  logout                               logout of nest account
  config <key> [value]                 get/set a configuration option
  default-thermostat <thermostatId>    sets the default thermostat device id
  devices|ls [options]                 get a list of known devices
  temp|t <mode> <temp> [thermostatId]  modes: cool, heat, heat-cool
  away <mode> [structureId]            available modes: home, away, auto-away, unknown
  structures [options]                 list of structures associated with account
  state|s <mode> [thermostatId]        available modes: cool, heat, heat-cool, off
  read|r [thermostatId]                read a thermostat by device id
  off [thermostatId]                   turns off the HVAC

Options:

  -h, --help     output usage information
  -V, --version  output the version number

Set Default Thermostat

To avoid the tedious task of entering in your thermostat device ID each time, you can mark a thermostat as the default.

List all devices linked to your account:

nest-cli ls

Once you determine which device you want to mark as your default:

nest-cli default-thermostat <deviceId>

TODO

• Live UI for monitoring stats (https://github.com/yaronn/blessed-contrib)
• Fan mode
• Fan scheduling
• Away mode
• Support Nest cam and Nest protect

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015

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