Google Home Window Opener Service

Getting Started

If you haven't already, install git and node.js on your device.

Requirements

Rrb3 package

sudo pip install rrb3

Node js

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.9.0/node-v8.9.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz
tar -xzf node-v8.9.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz
cd node-v8.9.0-linux-armv6l/
sudo cp -R * /usr/local/
sudo npm install forever -g
sudo npm install axios

Service

(more info https://www.instructables.com/id/Nodejs-App-As-a-RPI-Service-boot-at-Startup/)

Note that this repository should be cloned in /home/pi/tools, which is hardcoded in the service/googleHome file. If you use a different directory, be sure to change that in the googleHome file.

sudo cp service/googleHome /etc/init.d/
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/googleHome
sudo update-rc.d googleHome defaults

First Time

1. Fork or clone this repository onto your device.
2. In your console, run npm install to install the required components.
3. Run touch .env to create your hidden, gitignored environment config file.
4. In .env, configure your environment as follows:
   • DEV= TRUE if you are on desktop, or FALSE if you are on your raspberry pi
   • PORT= 8000 for development, 80 or 443 for HTTP or HTTPS
   • PASS= Whatever you want your password to be
5. Run npm start to launch the server

When you make a POST request to the server, follow this structure: http://ipaddresshere/API/switches/sw1?password=yourpasswordhere

Next Steps

You will want to configure the Python files to suit your project's needs.

To add or edit a switch, go into saveState.json. Use the first switch as a guide, and add a new object to the switches array.

You can serve your own frontend out of the public folder, and it will be accessible on the root route if you make a get request to your IP address.