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Web Interface (or App Interface) control with Alexa?

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Web Interface (or App Interface) control with Alexa?
« on: December 12, 2017, 03:05:12 pm »
So I have managed to create workarounds for almost all my devices (mostly through IFTTT and webhooks) or through some Tasker plugins, but this ...

My washing machine and Microwave are Candy - they use an App called Candy simply-fi that is really weird. Do you think there is a way I can somehow introduce that to Alexa? I have thought of many things but haven't achieved a solution yet...

My heating radiators are using an awful web interface based on a Raspberry Pi that I can't do anything with (not allowed to...). I am a Web Developer and I've thought of creating a simple API that logs into this website and clicks the "On/Off" or temperature sliders and connect that to Alexa via webhooks on IFTTT.

Do you have any suggestions? :) I am open to give more information if someone wishes to help me on that project because I've ran out of ideas :)

Donny Bahama

Re: Web Interface (or App Interface) control with Alexa?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2017, 10:21:50 am »
I haven’t done it myself but I’m told that you can use Home Assistant to setup unique links for every action. (I.e. On separate from Off.)

Home Assistant is open source, well-supported, very powerful and runs on a Raspberry Pi.

Re: Web Interface (or App Interface) control with Alexa?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2017, 07:13:39 pm »
You might look at using the smartthings cloud https://graph.api.smartthings.com/
or HA-Bridge https://github.com/bwssytems/ha-bridge
no physical hub is required for either.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2017, 07:33:40 pm by tuicemen »