how to create a static control page with <a> links and

does indigo have params support, so i can simply do something like:

<a href="http://indigoserver:port/&living_room_lights=off">

i use an iphone for indigo control. although i like the control page editor, and the inbuilt support for iphone, the load time is just too slow - on wifi, edge, and even from a desktop. as i see it, there's no need to load all the javascript, and so i'm looking for a way to create simpler control page.

i'm good with html, and can set up a local web server to serve static html pages. the ability to link to a param as described above would essentially allow me to create a control page for the iphone that weighs in at about 1k - perfect for mobile load times.

[matt (support)]

i use an iphone for indigo control. although i like the control page editor, and the inbuilt support for iphone, the load time is just too slow - on wifi, edge, and even from a desktop.

Note there are 2 Indigo Web pages that don't use any Javascript: the Basic Page and Mini Page. You can access those pages via the Go menu in the Indigo client.

Those pages also will show you example URLs for controlling devices from your own pages if you want. For example, if I control-click on the ON button for my garage fan device, and choose to Copy Link, I get this URL:

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http://127.0.0.1:8176/turnon?device=garage%20fan&reloadPage=1&miniUI=1&width=

You can remove the reloadPage and miniUI to have the device turn on without a page redirect:

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http://127.0.0.1:8176/turnon?device=garage%20fan

Regards,
Matt

thanks for the help. i was able to quickly create a simple html page, based on the basic_mini views. in doing so, i figured i may as well tweak the basic_mini templates so i can take advantage of the dynamic aspects of the system.

my changes are hosted at:
http://github.com/seaofclouds/indigo-web/

thanks for the tips. i'm sharing my revisions to the basic_mini views at:
http://github.com/seaofclouds/indigo-web/

please feel free to contribute. i'll post more questions in these boards as i make additional progess.

[matt (support)]

It is possible this plugin might need some tweaks to work with Indigo 4.0 beta 6. Specifically, the URLs to change the on/off/brightness of Devices have changed to a RESTful format. However, I glanced at the source code and it looks like the plugin make work unmodified, as it defines its own turnon/turnoff/etc. handler functions inside its reqhandler.py file.

If it does break (sorry!), then here are some examples of the new URL format to command devices:

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http://127.0.0.1:8176/devices/office-lamp?isOn=0&_method=put
http://127.0.0.1:8176/devices/office-lamp?isOn=1&_method=put
http://127.0.0.1:8176/devices/office-lamp?brightness=27&_method=put


The above will turn the Device "office-lamp" off, on, then set its brightness to 27%. I put together a Wiki page with several more Indigo RESTful examples.