http to plugin

I would like to propose an option:

in addition to update variables I would like to have a similar path to send data to a plugin:

for variables:
http:// ..../variables/theVariableName ...
add for plugins:
http:// ..../plugins/thePluginName ...

that would it make significantly easier for simple plugins. Frequent writing to variables adds overhead to the log file and the sql logger.

Karl

That would require any random plugin to have an action defined to get that data. I'm not sure that's going to work.

[jay (support)]

[MODERATOR NOTE] moved to the Feature Requests forum

I'm not quite sure what this request is - can you more fully explain what you're trying to solve and the approach itself?

Not sure your use case, but perhaps you could make use of the inter-plugin communication / subscription system (forget the term Jay used) that was added not too long ago?

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inter-plugin communication / subscription system

Yes same principle, the plugin receives a text string from an other plugin or here from http same principle.

Karl

[matt (support)]

Yes, if you are trying to communicate from one plugin to another plugin then I definitely recommend the broadcast/subscribe APIs we added to Indigo 7 (search on "Broadcast and subscribe").

If you are trying to communicate from some other non-plugin process via a Web API then that is a feature on the request list. We have lots of improvements scheduled (but no ETA) for the Web server and its RESTful API, including a way for plugins to define some communication channels.

THANKS !