Question: Header

[mbierman]

To connect to my device, I need to send a header for auth. Is that supported?

[metbosch]

Currently there is only support for basic http auth (see auth option in README).

Adding support for custom headers should not be a hard work. However, I cannot promise any deadline, but pull requests are welcome ;) Anyway, would you be able to test an experimental module version if I find the time to develop the changes?

[mbierman]

Thanks. I think that would be a great improvement! Yes, I would be happy to help with testing.

I was actually trying to use this to replace another plugin which seems to be deprecated. My thought was to show voltage rather than temperature. I started to hack around and it sort of worked, but I ran into some issues and haven't had enough time to work through them. Ideally, I could use the API to fetch the current Watt consumption and display it. I don't know if this would be better as a fork of your plugin or if you would consider broadening the purpose of yours to support Watts in addition to temperature perhaps with a few flags (max wattage, min wattage, units, etc.)

[metbosch]

Let's go step by step.

First, can you try latest changes in master branch? Version 0.9.0 It is not published in npm yet, I will wait until your feedback. The changes remove the deprecated request dependency and add support for custom headers.

Regarding, the power accessory. If you provide the link to the homebridge documentation, we can take a look. The official page is: https://developers.homebridge.io/#/

[mbierman]

@metbosch sure will do.

Also am I doing this wrong? Do I need to manually pull down the files?

[mbierman]

O.K. so I manually updated the install. Here is what I have

       {
            "accessory": "HttpTemperature",
            "name": "Neurio",
            "manufacturer": "Neurio",
            "serial": "300",
            "url": "http://neurio.lan/current-sample",
            "http_method": "GET",
            "field_name": ".channels[1].p_W",
            "units": "F",
            "update_interval": 10000,
            "min_temp": 10,
            "max_temp": 10000,
            "debug": true,
            "auth": {
                "user": "X",
                "pass": "XXXX"
            }
        }
    ],

Questions should these values be quoted?

"min_temp": 10,
"max_temp": 10000,
"update_interval": 10000,

The overall response from my URL looks like

{
    "sensorId": "0x0000C47F51019A27",
    "timestamp": "2022-03-18T18:25:38Z",
    "channels": [
        {
            "type": "PHASE_A_CONSUMPTION",
            "ch": 1,
            "eImp_Ws": 74225753311,
            "eExp_Ws": 639931,
            "p_W": 399,
            "q_VAR": 28,
            "v_V": 121.144
        },
        {
            "type": "CONSUMPTION",
            "ch": 2,
            "eImp_Ws": 89193271933,
            "eExp_Ws": 96708,
            "p_W": 399,
            "q_VAR": 28,
            "v_V": 121.144
        }
    ],
    "cts": [
        {
            "ct": 1,
            "p_W": 399,
            "q_VAR": 28,
            "v_V": 121.144,
            "i_A": 3.704
        },
        {
            "ct": 2,
            "p_W": 242,
            "q_VAR": 2,
            "v_V": 121.106,
            "i_A": 2.130
        },
        {
            "ct": 3,
            "p_W": 0,
            "q_VAR": 0,
            "v_V": 0.258,
            "i_A": 0.000
        },
        {
            "ct": 4,
            "p_W": 0,
            "q_VAR": 0,
            "v_V": 121.147,
            "i_A": 0.000
        }
    ]
}

This is what I see in the log:

^[[37m[3/18/2022, 11:17:31 AM] ^[[39m^[[31mERROR LOADING PLUGIN homebridge-http-temperature:^[[39m                                       
^[[37m[3/18/2022, 11:17:31 AM] ^[[39m^[[31m/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-http-temperature/index.js:2^[[39m                         
^[[31mimport request from "http";^[[39m                                                                                                  
^[[31m^^^^^^^[[39m                                                                                                                       
^[[31m^[[39m                                                                                                                             
^[[31mSyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module^[[39m                                                                    
^[[31m    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18)^[[39m                                                                               
^[[31m    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1032:15)^[[39m                                                                   
^[[31m    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1067:27)^[[39m                                                            
^[[31m    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:10)^[[39m                                              
^[[31m    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)^[[39m                                                                 
^[[31m    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)^[[39m                                                       
^[[31m    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)^[[39m                                                             
^[[31m    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)^[[39m                                                                    
^[[31m    at Plugin.load (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge/src/plugin.ts:197:93)^[[39m      

[metbosch]

Thanks for the feedback, I will try to take a look tomorrow. The issue is that I no longer use the homebridge, so I have to create a test env.

Jaume Bosch at 📲

El 18 mar 2022, a las 19:32, Michael Bierman @.***> escribió:

 O.K. so I manually updated the install. Here is what I have

  {
       "accessory": "HttpTemperature",
       "name": "Neurio",
       "manufacturer": "Neurio",
       "serial": "300",
       "url": "http://neurio.lan/current-sample",
       "http_method": "GET",
       "field_name": ".channels[1].p_W",
       "units": "F",
       "update_interval": 10000,
       "min_temp": 10,
       "max_temp": 10000,
       "debug": true,
       "auth": {
           "user": "X",
           "pass": "XXXX"
       }
   }

], Questions should these values be quoted?

"min_temp": 10, "max_temp": 10000, "update_interval": 10000, The overall result looks like

{ "sensorId": "0x0000C47F51019A27", "timestamp": "2022-03-18T18:25:38Z", "channels": [ { "type": "PHASE_A_CONSUMPTION", "ch": 1, "eImp_Ws": 74225753311, "eExp_Ws": 639931, "p_W": 399, "q_VAR": 28, "v_V": 121.144 }, { "type": "CONSUMPTION", "ch": 2, "eImp_Ws": 89193271933, "eExp_Ws": 96708, "p_W": 399, "q_VAR": 28, "v_V": 121.144 } ], "cts": [ { "ct": 1, "p_W": 399, "q_VAR": 28, "v_V": 121.144, "i_A": 3.704 }, { "ct": 2, "p_W": 242, "q_VAR": 2, "v_V": 121.106, "i_A": 2.130 }, { "ct": 3, "p_W": 0, "q_VAR": 0, "v_V": 0.258, "i_A": 0.000 }, { "ct": 4, "p_W": 0, "q_VAR": 0, "v_V": 121.147, "i_A": 0.000 } ] } This is what I see in the log:

^[[37m[3/18/2022, 11:17:31 AM] ^[[39m^[[31mERROR LOADING PLUGIN homebridge-http-temperature:^[[39m
^[[37m[3/18/2022, 11:17:31 AM] ^[[39m^[[31m/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-http-temperature/index.js:2^[[39m
^[[31mimport request from "http";^[[39m
^[[31m^^^^^^^[[39m
^[[31m^[[39m
^[[31mSyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module^[[39m
^[[31m at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18)^[[39m
^[[31m at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1032:15)^[[39m
^[[31m at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1067:27)^[[39m
^[[31m at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:10)^[[39m
^[[31m at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)^[[39m
^[[31m at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)^[[39m
^[[31m at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)^[[39m
^[[31m at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)^[[39m
^[[31m at Plugin.load (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge/src/plugin.ts:197:93)^[[39m
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[metbosch]

@mbierman Can you try again with the new code in master branch?

Regarding your config:

• The min_temp, max_temp and update_interval are fine, they are numbers
• Remove the units config. It will make the values being interpreted as Fahrenheit and converted to Celsius (homebridge always needs to receive Celsius)
• Not sure about the field_name syntax. Maybe should be: channels.[1].p_W

[mbierman]

Thank you! That is working perfectly except it is converting the watts from C to F because my homebridge is set to F. I suppose I can just hack that myself, but this is where I thought if there was a way to specify a different unit that did not convert it would be perfect. Note, I did not try the header yet. I'm not quite sure how that is supposed to work. Can you give an example?

[metbosch]

The F conversion is handled by the home app in ios, I don't know if you can change the units just for 1 device.

The headers example would be:

"accessories": [
  {
    "accessory": "HttpTemperature",
    "name": "Outside Temperature",
    "url": "http://IP/path/to/endpoint",
    "http_headers":  {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "My-Header": "SECRET_TOKEN"
    }
  }
]

[metbosch]

@mbierman I'm going to publish the 0.10.0 version to npm now. Then, you would be able to test the plugin with the regular install methods.

[mbierman]

Thanks! Maybe I'll try putting a conversion in the plugin to take the value and convert it and report that value!

[mbierman]

That worked perfectly! When I have a chance, I'll try to make it more elegant. Right now I just changed the C>F conversion you already had. Thank you again!

[metbosch]

I think that the best approach would be to use a different kind of sensor, but I don't know which is the appropriate one...

[mbierman]

I don't know either. I looked at the list you sent and nothing seemed obvious. This used to work, but the author isn't maintaining it. https://github.com/homespun/homebridge-accessory-neurio

[mbierman]

I just noticed this.

Any idea what the issue is?

[metbosch]

Try enabling the debug option to get some verbose prints

[mbierman]

So i changed the frequency to 3 minutes and it seems to be o.k..