Verification Request: @vandubois/homebridge-virtual-switch

[Plankske]

Plugin Name

@vandubois/homebridge-virtual-switch

Link To GitHub Repo

https://github.com/Plankske/hb-virtual-switch

Plugin Icon (Optional)

No response

The plugin does not offer the same nor less functionality than that of any existing verified plugin.

🟢 Yes

The plugin successfully installs and does not start unless it is configured.

🟢 Yes

The plugin does not require the user to run Homebridge in a TTY or with non-standard startup parameters, even for initial configuration.

🟢 Yes

The plugin does not contain any analytics or calls that enable you to track the user.

🟢 Yes

If the plugin needs to write files to disk (cache, keys, etc.), it stores them inside the Homebridge storage directory.

🟢 Yes

The plugin does not throw unhandled exceptions, the plugin must catch and log its own errors.

🟢 Yes

More Information

The plugin is Homebridge 2.0 compliant and provides for virtual switches. The primary novelty is that the plugin can be used to monitor the Homebridge log file for user defined keywords (e.g. warning/alert messages that a plugin has lost API connection) . When they occur in the log file, a virtual switch is set (stateful or not, normally closed or not). These switches can then be used in advanced HomeKit automations (e.g. to send messages to the admin via Pushover, blow a horn, blink a light, etc.). This increases the practicality and reliability of Homebridge integrations of other (IoT) plugins greatly. Lastly, the plugin also allows for the creation of a variety of traditional virtual switches.

[github-actions[bot]]

🔴 The following checks failed:

• Package JSON: engines.node property is not compatible with Node 18
• GitHub Repo: should have issues enabled
• GitHub Repo: should contain releases
• Config Schema JSON: does not contain a name schema property

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🟢 The following checks passed:

• Installation: successfully installed
• Package JSON: homepage exists
• Package JSON: bugs.url exists and seems a valid URL
• Package JSON: keywords exist and contain 'homebridge-plugin'
• Package JSON: 'preinstall' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: 'install' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: 'postinstall' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: engines.node property is compatible with Node 20
• Package JSON: engines.homebridge property is compatible with Homebridge 1.8.4
• Package JSON: initializer function found
• GitHub Repo: repository is public
• GitHub Repo: repository is not archived
• NPM Package: has not been deprecated
• Config Schema JSON: exists and is valid JSON
• Config Schema JSON: contains a valid pluginAlias
• Config Schema JSON: the pluginType is set to 'platform'
• Dependencies: homebridge was not installed as a dependency
• Dependencies: hap-nodejs was not installed as a dependency

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⚠️ Please action these failures and then comment /check to run the checks again. Let us know if you need any help.

If updating your package.json and config.schema.json files, don't forget to publish a new version to NPM.

[Plankske]

/check

[github-actions[bot]]

🔴 The following checks failed:

• GitHub Repo: should have issues enabled
• GitHub Repo: should contain releases

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🟢 The following checks passed:

• Installation: successfully installed
• Package JSON: homepage exists
• Package JSON: bugs.url exists and seems a valid URL
• Package JSON: keywords exist and contain 'homebridge-plugin'
• Package JSON: 'preinstall' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: 'install' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: 'postinstall' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: engines.node property is compatible with Node 18
• Package JSON: engines.node property is compatible with Node 20
• Package JSON: engines.homebridge property is compatible with Homebridge 1.8.4
• Package JSON: initializer function found
• GitHub Repo: repository is public
• GitHub Repo: repository is not archived
• NPM Package: has not been deprecated
• Config Schema JSON: exists and is valid JSON
• Config Schema JSON: contains a valid pluginAlias
• Config Schema JSON: the pluginType is set to 'platform'
• Config Schema JSON: contains a name schema property
• Dependencies: homebridge was not installed as a dependency
• Dependencies: hap-nodejs was not installed as a dependency

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⚠️ Please action these failures and then comment /check to run the checks again. Let us know if you need any help.

If updating your package.json and config.schema.json files, don't forget to publish a new version to NPM.

[Plankske]

/check

[github-actions[bot]]

🟢 The following checks passed:

• Installation: successfully installed
• Package JSON: homepage exists
• Package JSON: bugs.url exists and seems a valid URL
• Package JSON: keywords exist and contain 'homebridge-plugin'
• Package JSON: 'preinstall' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: 'install' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: 'postinstall' in scripts is not present
• Package JSON: engines.node property is compatible with Node 18
• Package JSON: engines.node property is compatible with Node 20
• Package JSON: engines.homebridge property is compatible with Homebridge 1.8.4
• Package JSON: initializer function found
• GitHub Repo: repository is public
• GitHub Repo: repository is not archived
• GitHub Repo: issues are enabled
• GitHub Repo: contains releases
• NPM Package: has not been deprecated
• Config Schema JSON: exists and is valid JSON
• Config Schema JSON: contains a valid pluginAlias
• Config Schema JSON: the pluginType is set to 'platform'
• Config Schema JSON: contains a name schema property
• Dependencies: homebridge was not installed as a dependency
• Dependencies: hap-nodejs was not installed as a dependency

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🎉 All checks passed successfully, nice work! Your plugin and/or icon will now be manually reviewed by the Homebridge team.