iOS Shortcuts and the HTTPd plugin

This thread was discussing a way to use a Shelly device to enable using iOS Shortcuts to run action groups. That was a really clever thing to do, but I think it's easier to do with the HTTPd plugin. And no Shelly device is required. It goes something like this:

First, you need the HTTPd plugin installed. These instructions are for the Version 2 plugin, but the same thing can be done with the original. You'll need the IP address of the Indigo server and the port number you assigned to the HTTP port in the plugin. It should look like this, with your IP address and port.

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The group number should be the Indigo ID for the action group you want to run with this command.

Then you need to set up a trigger:

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With this action:

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Here's the code to make it easier to copy:

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groupID = int(indigo.devices[1794473612].states["group"]) # State "group" of "HTTP"
try:
    actionGroup = indigo.actionGroups[groupID]
except:
    indigo.server.log("Error unknown action group - {}".format(groupID))
else:
    indigo.actionGroup.execute(actionGroup)


That's it. Duplicate the shortcut, Change the name and edit the group number to use for multiple actions.

If you're using the V1 plugin, you'll use Indigo variables instead of device states for the trigger and action script.

Ooooh....!


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This thread was discussing a way to use a Shelly device to enable using iOS Shortcuts to run action groups. That was a really clever thing to do, but I think it's easier to do with the HTTPd plugin. And no Shelly device is required.

I have just moved all my Shortcuts over to your method and is so easy compared to my 'method', I used the V2 HTTPd.

I did ask that if anyone could improve my Python code to let me know but I did not expect you to annihilate it completely

But glad you did!