Azure Bot Framework App with SmartThings Integration
Overview I have been working on integrating my SmartThings app with an Azure Bot Framework App so I can use Skype, Webchat, or FB Messenger to control the lights in my apartment. Azure bot framework provides the architecture needed to easily create a chat bot that can support a number of different channels such as…
SmartThings API Creating a Custom App: Testing out the API with Postman (Part 3)
Continuation of my experience with creating a SmartThings custom app to make API calls to (See Part 2 on configuring the app here). This part took me sometime to get all the correct parameters so I figured I’d provide a walk through of where to get all the information required to make your first call…
SmartThings API Creating a Custom App: Creating your first custom app (Part 2)
This is a continuation of my experiences with the SmartThings Hub and custom apps, specifically using the Cree light bulb (see Part 1 for initial setup). The next step in my project was learning how to configure a custom SmartThings app to make API calls into for either my own custom app or possible Bot…