#COMMANDER NOT WORKING WITH TASKR HOW TO#
#COMMANDER NOT WORKING WITH TASKR ANDROID#

BetterLogic app installed and a variable created that you want to updateĬreate 'Set variable x' taskAdd a new task in Tasker called something like 'Set variable x'.The external URL to your Homey (it looks something like this and can be found by going to my. and login to your Homey from outside your own network).

#COMMANDER NOT WORKING WITH TASKR ANDROID#

An Android smartphone with Tasker installed.

In the future this functionality will probably be part of the Homey Android app but for now you can use this tutorial. These buttons can be placed on your Homescreen and trigger any flow you want.

#COMMANDER NOT WORKING WITH TASKR HOW TO#

The possibilities are endless! Please share your use cases in this thread as it might help other people as well.Ĭreating shortcut buttons for Homey through Tasker by AndroidThis tutorial will explain how to create shortcut buttons in Android using Tasker for Android. You can use the BetterLogic app with it's API to create any kind of variable that you like which you can set with Tasker based on events on your smartphone and you can then create flows within Homey based on the change of this variable. But better yet, this is just an example on how to use Tasker in combination with the Homey API.

With these Tasker Tasks you can create a profile in Tasker that will trigger these actions, for instance based on your smartphone being connected to your Home Wifi network. Save and test the action, you should now be able to set the presence of the user with the bearer token you used as being away.

Add new header with name 'Authorization' and value 'Bearer >' (without the quotes and replace > with your token).

Click on the configuration button and use the following settings for configuring the RESTask action where you replace the tags with your own external URL and bearer token. Create a new action within the task and select the RESTask plugin (it's under the plugins category). Save and test the action, you should now be able to set the presence of the user with the bearer token you used as being at home.Ĭreating 'Away' TaskAdd a new task in Tasker called something like 'Away'.

Add new header with name 'Authorization' and value 'Bearer >' (without the quotes and replace > with your token and leave a space between the word Bearer and your actual token).

Add new header with name 'Content-Type' and value 'application/json' (without the quotes).

The url contains a parameter called bearer_token which is the token you need to have)Ĭreating 'At Home' TaskAdd a new task in Tasker called something like 'At Home'.

Your bearer token (can be found by going to my. and inspect the URL linked to the Homey icon.The external URL to your Homey (it looks something like this: and can be found by going to my. and login to your Homey from outside your own network).A Tasker plugin called RESTask installed which enables an extra plugin in Tasker.An Android smartphone with Tasker installed.In the next post a tutorial on how to add Homescreen shortcuts to trigger flows will follow. Replace the Homey presence detection with the more reliable Tasker presence detectionIn this tutorial I'm going to set the presence of a user based on a Profile event within Tasker (for instance, being connected to you Home Wifi network). Using wallmounted tablet as security camera with Tasker and IP Webcam.Send triggers from Homey to Tasker to do stuff on your smartphone based on Homey triggers.Create homescreen buttons to trigger flows or switch devices.Replace the Homey presence detection with the more reliable Tasker presence detection (this post).If so, with this tutorial you should get an idea on how to use Tasker in combination with the Homey API. I'm going to assume you know your way around Tasker (Android Automation App) and you know how to create Profiles and Tasks within Tasker. What is this tutorial for?If you need to read this, then this tutorial is probably not for you. Since I had some time this evening I have tried this out myself with a little help of superice and decided to share my experiences here. I have seen some requests on the forum for more details about using Tasker in combination with the Homey API.

Commander not working with taskr