NFC and Pimatic (Rule execution)

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Hi all! Another quick idea I thought about:

Could it be possible to execute a rule via an URL request. Like if I came home, sat my phone on a NFC tag, it would execute the rule through pimatic API?
I don’t remember seeing rule execution via API, but I might be wrong.

Though I think this could be done by creating a button which is hidden, but still accessible via API, and execute the rule through that.
Which leads me to the question: is this possible via normal URL conditions, or do we need some application (Like POSTMAN on chrome) to send calls to API?

Any examples are welcome, as well.

Don’t know how nfc works / is connected to the pi but the easiest way I can think of is to have it work like a presence device (or a variables device?) and then having a rule similar to this "IF nfcphone is present THEN do some stuff"
or having a variable set to 1 or 0 or whatever … guess there are even more possibilities.

I think, but I will have to try, that woith NFC, I can “Go To Url” when I connect with a NFC tag.

Then this might be of use:

http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/327/press-button-via-api

You can use Tasker.

See here:
http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/563/updated-tasker-alarm-monitor-with-pimatic

I have this for my Alarm. When i set an Alarm and the Alarm is on i turn an Lamp on. So you can write a short Script, when you read a Tag set variable1. The Variable can used to the Rules.

@ck2003 Thanks, I will look into this!