cURL(ing) using Name vs IDX

[liderbug]

I use:
http://sg53:8080/json.htm?type=command& ... itchcmd=On"
in place of "idx=" I would like to use "name=frontdoor" = ERR. I hope I'm just spelling 'name' wrong. If not, -> Suggestion Box

Thanks

[jvdz]

Not sure how you are scripting this, but I assume this all runs outside of the Domoticz events world.
This is a SH script I've played with to retrieve the IDX for a Name:

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#!/bin/bash
#--Get Domotics Device
IDX=`curl -s 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/json.htm?type=devices&order=name' | /usr/local/bin/jq -r '.result[]|select(.Name  == "'$1'")|.idx'`
if [ "$IDX" = "" ]; then
	echo "Switchname:$1 not found"
else
	echo "Switchname:$1 has IDX:$IDX"
fi

It can be run from the prompt like: scriptname.sh SwitchName
It does require jq to be installed.
Jos

[liderbug]

Ya, I see what you're doing in your script. I could do the same thing, sans jq (I'm not a json kind of guy), with a bash or php script. Kind of not the point though. Would be nice/cleaner if the internal dom code would accept "idx=" or "name=" or whatever. I'm assuming the internal code uses the database with a "select x from table where idx = 'n'" when a curl http:......idx=n happens.

Hello, code maintainers ....

Thanks

[lost]

Would be nice/cleaner if the internal dom code would accept "idx=" or "name=" or whatever.

In fact, implementation of JSON API looks sometimes a bit heterogenous!

See user variables related API:
getuservariable -> IDX required,
updateuservariable -> NAME required.

So if you need to read then update a user var from an external script using JSON API, you must know both (so you must at least check idx match name, as this is quite error prone)!

I think get and update were not implemented by the same guy, and they didn't had the same needs...