Can I trigger an event by calling a BATCH or SH file and return true or false

[geeTee]

Can I trigger an event by calling a BATCH or SH file and return true to trigger then event or false to not trigger it.

[lveatch]

Your batch / shell script can do this via homeseer's JSON interface / API. Clearly , logic to determine if event should be triggered will need to be within the script. Or the script could update a virtual device via JSON where a homeseer event could use that to trigger the appropriate event.

[mterry63]

It would probably be simpler to have the batch file execute the event directly with a JSON call. No virtual devices necessary.

[lveatch]

It would probably be simpler to have the batch file execute the event directly with a JSON call. No virtual devices necessary.

I'll leave that for geeTee to decide. I think it would depend on how isolated the script is from needing additional homeseer device status' to determine true or false.

[geeTee]

JSON interface / API? a link to this please?

Any "Hello World" samples of either of the proposed solutions would be awesome.

[lveatch]

JSON interface / API? a link to this please?

Any "Hello World" samples of either of the proposed solutions would be awesome.

Here is the HS4 documentation ... https://docs.homeseer.com/display/HSPI/JSON+API
I use this for HS3 ... https://homeseer.com/support/homesee...nk/default.htm

Here is the base json call to run an event

 /JSON?request=runevent&group=GROUPNAME&name=EVENTNAME

linux example:
curl -s 'http://homeseer.local/JSON?request=runevent&group=_forum&name=eventA'

[geeTee]

sweet. thanks. will try. now I want HOMESEER to call my CODE to check periodically and if my code returns true, HOMESEER will act on it