How to have http endpoints on espeasy for API calls?

[JR01]

Hi, I have never used any of the http methods to control or send status using esp yet.

On HomeBridge, they have a web-sprinkler node which reads a /status endpoint, and then expect this api endpoint https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridg ... nterfacing to send back the following information (from the espeasy endpoint /status - to the requestor) - about the status of the sprinkler valves, which will be gpios:

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[
  {
    "zone": 1,
    "state": 0
  },
  {
    "zone": 2,
    "state": 0
  },
  {
    "zone": 3,
    "state": 0
  },
  ...
]

Is this possible with ESP? With generic HTTP Controller, or what?

[JR01]

I found this post https://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/vie ... 8&start=10 which shows how to use http generic, and Tools > Advanced > Templates - is that the way? Is their perhaps a better way?

It looks like the above way you 'send' data, where-as the api call will call the endpoint, and only then expect to get the info....

And, it seams this info per Tools > Advanced > Template have been taken into the generic http controller, I think. But I am very lost here....

[TD-er]

It is not really clear to me what you want to do in ESPEasy...
Do you want to send out something to some other device running HomeBridge?
Or do you want to send something from HomeBridge to ESPEasy to control something on ESPEasy?

[JR01]

HomeBridge - the link I showed above - expects a json endpoint, like http://espeasy1.home/status - which as HomeBridge connects to it, serves back the status of the pins - exactly in that format as shown in post.

There are other examples in that link of endpoints it expects - to read - and instruct....