homebridge-http-ambient-light

Homebridge plugin for a light sensor that can be accessed via HTTP. I would suggest getting an ESP8266 or an Arduino with an Ethernet shield as well as a light sensor that is compatible with those like the BH1750 for instance.

Installation

Run the following command

npm install -g homebridge-http-ambient-light

Chances are you are going to need sudo with that.

Config.json

This is an example configuration

"accessories" : [
    
    {
        "accessory": "http-ambient-light",
        "name": "Outdoor Light Sensor",
        "getUrl": "http://192.168.2.86:22222/bh1750",
        "serial" : "CA2B60B4213E",
        "updateInterval" : 15
    }
]    

Key	Description
accessory	Required. Has to be "http-ambient-light"
name	Required. The name of this accessory. This will appear in your homekit app
getUrl	Required. The url from where this plugin will try to update its data.
serial	Optional. Assigns a serial number. Not really required but I would advise in making up some arbitrary string.
updateInterval	Optional. If you set a number here, the plugin will periodically fetch data from the URL. The value is in minutes.

Format of the data source

This plugin expects a JSON formatted output when fetching data like this example shows

 { "light": 0 }

The value is expected to be an integer.