openhab-webhook

A nodejs webhook server to use Locative & Geofency iOS apps to conrol OpenHAB presence items.
When a geofence or iBeacon is entered/exited, ON/OFF command is sent.

No authenication is implemented.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Nodejs
NPM
PM2 (Optional. For running node apps as a background services)

Update your local package index:

sudo apt-get update

Install Node.js:

sudo apt-get install nodejs

The nodejs-legacy package installs a node symlink that is needed by many modules (including openhab-webhook) to build and run correctly.

sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy

Install NPM (Node Package Manager):

sudo apt-get install npm

Installation

Install openhab-webhook from NPM:

sudo npm install openhab-webhook -g

By default, the OpenHAB server is set to localhost at port 8080, and the webhook listener listens on port 8000.
To change this, edit the settings.json file in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/openhab-webhook

Test it!

Run openhab-webhook in terminal:

openhab-webhook

It should print out what port the webhook listener is running on, and the OpenHAB connection status.
You should be able to visit serverip:8000 from a browser.
(to quit, hit Ctrl + C)

Locative (iOS app) configuration

In GLOBAL HTTP SETTINGS on the settings page:

• Set the URL to: http://serverip:8000
• Select POST and leave HTTP Basic Authentication off.

When you add a Geofence or iBeacon:

• Give Custom Location ID or Custom iBeacon ID the same name as the item you want to switch ON/OFF in OpenHAB.
• Set Trigger on Arrival and Trigger on Departure on/off as desired.
• Don't edit the url, this way it will use the global url you set in GLOBAL HTTP SETTINGS.

Geofency (iOS app) configuration

• Add an iBeacon
• Tap the ⋮ menu button on that iBeacon, then tap Edit Name and make this the same name as the item you want to switch ON/OFF in OpenHAB.
• Tap the ⋮ again, then tap Webhook
• Tap Event → URL Settings
• Set Notify on Entry and Notify on Exit on/off as desired.
• Set both URLs to http://serverip:8000
• Leave POST Format on Default

Proximity Events (iOS app)

(Implemented, but not tested)

Run as background service with PM2

Install PM2 to run node apps as background services:

sudo npm install pm2 -g

start openhab-webhook as service with PM2:

pm2 start openhab-webhook

Generate PM2 startup script:

sudo pm2 startup

How the PM2 startup script works

The PM2 startup script that starts your Node applications, (called 'pm2-init.sh.') lives in the 'etc/init.d/' directory. It does not specically start openhab-webhook. Instead, it starts the programs that were running under PM2 the last time the server shutdown.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details