Web services API

PhpMyHue has some simple web services API available.
'Simple' means that they are simply built with url+query string and json for data.

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The available services API are the following :

Hue commands

• url : <phpmyhue>/hueapi_cmd.php
• parameters :
  • action : hue bridge object to target (ie: lights, lights/<id>/state, groups, ...)
  • cmdjs : command content to send to hue bridge in json format (see offcial api documentation for details)
  • method : Optional - http method to use to interact with hue rest interface, default: put (=modify)

ie. : <phpmyhue>/hueapi_cmd.php?action=lights/1/state&cmdjs={"on":true}
turns on light with id 1

Effects scripts launching

• url : <phpmyhue>/main.php?rt=runeffect
• parameters :
  • effect : name of effect file to launch (without the .xml extension)
  • debug : Optional - if set to true, launch effect in trace mode, default: false

ie. : <phpmyhue>/main.php?rt=runeffect&effect=garland launch effect script 'garland.xml'

Remark : effect file names are case sensitive depending on your web server operating system.