global_data function using domoticz.openURL [Solved]

[tonadam]

Want to create a function to set the CV temperature. As I need this in a couple of scripts. Via the WebGUI I created a dzevents file called: "global_data". It's being saved to: scripts/dzVents/generated_scripts/global_data.lua.

global_data.lua:

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-- this scripts holds all the globally persistent variables and helper functions

return {
	helpers = {
	    
	    -- Functie op temperatuur te zetten
		SETCV = function(GEWENSTETEMP)
			local CVHOSTNAME='192.168.0.20'
		        local SETPOINT=GEWENSTETEMP*10-50
                        local CVURL='http://'..CVHOSTNAME..'/data.json?heater=0&setpoint='..SETPOINT
            
                        print('Verwarming wordt gezet naar: '..GEWENSTETEMP..' graden middels URL: '..CVURL)
                        domoticz.openURL(CVURL)
		end
		
		
	}
}

Executing this from another DzEvents script:

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domoticz.helpers.SETCV('20')

It works, until it hits: 'domoticz.openURL(CVURL)'. (line 13)

2021-02-17 16:28:00.496 Status: dzVents: Info: ------ Start internal script: TEST:, trigger: "every 1 minutes"
2021-02-17 16:28:00.496 Status: dzVents: Verwarming wordt gezet naar: 20 graden middels URL: http://192.168.0.20/data.json?heater=0&setpoint=150.0
2021-02-17 16:28:00.496 Error: dzVents: Error: (3.1.4) An error occurred when calling event handler TEST
2021-02-17 16:28:00.496 Error: dzVents: Error: (3.1.4) ....12934/scripts/dzVents/generated_scripts/global_data.lua:13: attempt to index a nil value (global 'domoticz')
2021-02-17 16:28:00.497 Status: dzVents: Info: ------ Finished TEST

Does anybody understand why I'm getting the "nil value" error. Also tried "openURL(CVURL)", and even hardcoding the URL, but it always comes back with that error.

Thanks!

[waaren]

Does anybody understand why I'm getting the "nil value" error. Also tried "openURL(CVURL)", and even hardcoding the URL, but it always comes back with that error.

If you need to access anything (vars, tables or functions) of the domoticz object you need to parse the domoticz object to your helper function.

change

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		SETCV = function(GEWENSTETEMP)

to

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		SETCV = function(domoticz, GEWENSTETEMP)

and

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domoticz.helpers.SETCV('20')

to

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domoticz.helpers.SETCV(domoticz,'20')

[tonadam]

That did the trick! Many thanks, appreciate your support.