pilights

Raspberry Pi Controlled Christmas Lights

Instructions for installation and use

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/lriley2020/pilights.git

2. cd pilights

3. (Optional) Create a virtual environment: python3 -m venv venv ... and activate it: source venv/bin/activate

4. Install the required packages: pip3 install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the API: python3 api.py

Next steps...

Adding the API as a systemd service to start automatically

Run the systemd-setup.sh script as root (you may need to change some paths before running): sudo ./systemd-setup.sh

Adding an Apple Shortcut to trigger the lights

You can use the "Get contents of" block in an Apple shortcut to trigger the webhook with the API key. Example: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/963fe4e9c4984912a7da0d90fec2f4a0

You can now ask Siri to "Turn the Christmas lights on"!

Note: you will need to change the URL in the "Get contents of" block for this to work.