Curl-Problem

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to figure out why Pimatic got some problems with the following curl command. Using it in Mac’s terminal works like a charme. However, the url doesn’t give back any response. Could this be the problem I’m facing?

Any ideas?

execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" \"http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[61].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29\"" and execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" \"http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[76].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29\"" and execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" \"http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[77].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29\""

The outcome:
error [pimatic]: rule battery-normal-thermostats-during-the-day error executing an action: undefined

error [pimatic]: Error on evaluation of rule condition of rule battery-normal-thermostats-during-the-day: undefined

Cheers,
Leopold

Anyone…?

did you try to redirect the commands to >/dev/null 2>&1 ?
maybe this will help

What would the command look alike? Where do I have to insert that extra part?

try this

execute "curl -s -g -X POST -v -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" \"http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[61].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29\" >/dev/null 2>&1" and execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" \"http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[76].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29\" >/dev/null 2>&1" and execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" \"http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[77].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29\" >/dev/null 2>&1"

@leader21

I will give it a try in the evening

I have also --silent in my curl commands

"if left is pressed then execute \"/usr/bin/curl --silent --user usr:pwd --user-agent \\\"user\\\" --data \\\"PanSingleMoveDegree=10&TiltSingleMoveDegree=10&PanTiltSingleMove=3\\\" http://192.168.3.221/pantiltcontrol.cgi > /dev/null\""

ah yes! silent mode is a good hint, of course! thx, didn’t think of it, but having it in my curl’s too

Somehow that doesn’t work. In Terminal (Mac App) the command works like a charm but it seems there might be a problem in pimatic?!

What’s the debug/error message?

@leopoldkoenig

Advice of the day:

• Use single quotes rather than double quotes. This way you can avoid most of the escapes
• Use the rule editor - well, I am sure you’re doing this rather than editing config.json

The quoting you’re using for the username/password credentials looks odd to me. I know, it works though as the quotes are substituted by the shell, but, note, this is a single parameter value! Instead of -u \"admin\":\"PASSWORD\" my suggestion is to use -u 'admin:PASSWORD' instead as one should not use more qoutes than required.

execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u 'admin:PASSWORD' 'http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[61].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28300,1%29'"

@leader21: the result of the rule is just “undefined” with no further information

@mwittig: will give it a try, might be a good shot

So, now my rule looks in my then-part like that

execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u 'admin:PASSWORD' 'http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[76].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28400,1%29 > /dev/null 2>&1' " and log "Curl Log"

Pimatic is not throwing any error but neither it does set a new value, which seems a bit odd.

hm… the space at the end of the closing " - does it matter?

I think there are two single-quotes missing, one right after the URL string and one after the redirect symbol. Try the following

execute "curl -g -X POST -v -u 'admin:PASSWORD' 'http://192.168.178.27:8083/ZWave.zway/Run/devices[76].instances[0].commandClasses[0x84].Set%28400,1%29' > '/dev/null 2>&1'" and log "Curl Log"

Thanks @mwittig and @leader21 - I’ll give it a try. Hopefully that’s resolving the issue

I’m afraid it didn’t work. I guess it’s because of Z-Way’s API. Just a guess. If I type in the same command in Linux, the command is successful after a while.

What exactly are you trying to achieve? Maybe it would make more sense to extend the zway plugin…
https://github.com/MMore/pimatic-z-way

The API request is setting a different wake up time, which is great for heating thermostats regarding winter/summer seasons or day/night shifts.

I remember that I requested it at github but was denied due to the reason that only a handful of users would use it…

@leopoldkoenig Can you please post the latest command sequence you have tried? Most likely it still contains an error. If it works from the command line it will work from pimatic too (perhaps with some tweak).

I remember that I requested it at github but was denied due to the reason that only a handful of users would use it…

No, the author said in his opinion it is a special feature for a small target group. He would only invest time in it if some more people indicate interest in it. Maybe another developer volunteers to invest time on this (not me) to make a contribution. The feature request (among others) is still pending.

https://github.com/MMore/pimatic-z-way/issues/26