Switchbot Controller Util

Util for controlling a switchbot switch, either over MQTT or via a HTTP API (https://www.switch-bot.com/)

Installation

Run npm install -g https://github.com/binsentsu/switchbot-ctrl

Usage

switchbotctrl by itself will print usage information

You need to manually specify a list of MAC addresses to connect to, e.g.: switchbotctrl f5:11:7b:ee:f3:43

You must then specify options to use either MQTT, HTTP or both

To use with HTTP

Specify a port for the API to listen on with -l: switchbotctrl MACx MACy -l 3000

To use with MQTT

Specify a broker URL with --url option: switchbotctrl --url mqtt://yourbroker (mqtt/mqtts/ws/wss accepted)

Username and password for MQTT may be specified with -u and -p option

If no password argument is supplied, you can enter it interactively

Base topic defaults to homeassistant, but may be configured with the -topic option

MQTT

To issue commands:

ON: <baseTopic>/switch/<deviceID>/set - message: 'ON'

OFF: <baseTopic>/switch/<deviceID>/set - message: 'OFF'

In addition, for use with Home Assistant MQTT Discovery:

To automatically setup the switch device: <baseTopic>/switch/<deviceID>/config will be set to, e.g.:

{
    "name": "MAC",
    "availability_topic": "homeassistant/switch/MACx/connection",
    "payload_available": "Online",
    "payload_not_available": "Offline",
    "command_topic": "homeassistant/switch/MACx/set",
    "payload_on": "ON",
    "payload_off": "OFF",
    "unique_id": "switchbot_MACx_switch",
    "device": {
        "identifiers": "switchbot_MACx",
        "name": "MACx",
        "manufacturer": "Switchbot"
    }
}

Parameters

<deviceID> has format of the device's MAC address in lowercase, with the colon's stripped out and cannot be changed

HTTP Endpoints

GET /: list devices. Response type: [String : Device] - ID as String key, Device as value

{
   "c03dc8105277":{
      "id":"c03dc8105277",
      "lastconnect":"2019-11-23T17:39:48.949Z",
      "lastaction":"ON"
   }
}

GET /<deviceID>: Get individual device data (or 404 if no device by that ID).

Response type: Device example:

{
   "id":"c03dc8105277",
   "lastconnect":"2019-11-23T17:39:48.949Z",
   "lastaction":"ON"
}

POST /<deviceID>/on: Send ON command to switchbot. Response type: 200 - OK or 404 - Not Found

POST /<deviceID>/off: Send OFF command to switchbot. Response type: 200 - OK or 404 - Not Found