Domoticz

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import requests
import json
import urllib.parse

## Domoticz server
domoticzIP="127.0.0.1"   # internal IP address of the Domoticz server. This assumes domoticz is run on the same system as this program (if not, use the external IP address).
domoticzPort="8080"      # Domoticz port
# all communication with domoticz devices/database is with JSON calls (like domoticz itself is doing)
baseJSON="http://"+domoticzIP+":"+domoticzPort+"/json.htm?"   # the base string for any JSON call.


def setTextDevice(textIDX,displayText):
    # update the value of a text device and adds an entry to the device log file
    try:
        if len(displayText)<=200:
            urlText=urllib.parse.quote(displayText)
            apiCall="type=command&param=udevice&idx="+str(textIDX)+"&nvalue=0&svalue="+urlText
            response=requests.get(baseJSON+apiCall)
            responseResult=str(response.json()["status"])
            if responseResult=="ERR":
                raise Exception
            else:
                responseResult=True
        else:
            print("ERROR: displayText too long (max 200 characters).")
            raise Exception
    except:
        print("ERROR: failed to update text device with IDX ",textIDX)
        print("Response was : ",response.json())
        responseResult=False
    return responseResult

setTextDevice(textdeviceIDX,"this is a test")   ## replace textdeviceIDX by the IDX number of your device