The code was accepted and included, the latest beta has the Nest "status" feature.

On the device menu, you should have a new "lighting 2" device called "HeatingOn" and/or "CoolingOn" depending on your Nest functionality.
(No need to remove/add your Nest in the hardware tab).

Use the green arrow ...

With some help from gizmocuz I managed to modify nest.cpp to add the functionality so greatly desired!

Currently only supports basic heating/cooling logging into a "switch" device (kind of like the away switch).

Created a pull request on GitHub, hopes the code is clean enough to gett pulled in and ...

Hi Delaroyas,

seems the code is pulling the status from a wrong location (mobile web address), this should be https://developer-api.nest.com

Just started to fiddle around with the cpp code this week. Managed to get the JSON printed on the standard output. I wasn't able to use the address you ...

There is a readable parameter in the official Nest api:
hvac_state
Indicates whether HVAC system is actively heating, cooling or is off.
Use this value to indicate HVAC activity state.


I posted an issue on github and got an answer:

I dont see this hvac_state value in the json output


The ...

I guess it is only a question of implementing it.

Hum... I've looked at the code on github, and it seems I'm not as good a programmer has I thought.
I found the nest.cpp code and nest.h in the hardware folder, but I can't seem to find the specific code that currently gets the parameters already ...

There is a readable parameter in the official Nest api:

hvac_state

Indicates whether HVAC system is actively heating, cooling or is off.
Use this value to indicate HVAC activity state.

typestring enum
values: "heating", "cooling", "off"
considerations: When "off", the HVAC system is not actively ...

That is a Feature I would also like.