Pi-Hole (ad blocking DNS server) Controller

[MarcoGT]

Same here, but I read the release not of PiHole and I saw they changed same thing APIs related; I have to have a better look at

[sumocomputers]

I created a bug on GitHub here:

https://github.com/Ramias1/indigo-pi-hole/issues/5

[madscientist]

I am also getting this error with the current Pi-Hole controller release:

Pi Hole DNS Controller Error Error in plugin execution runConcurrentThread:

File "plugin.py", line 164, in runConcurrentThread
File "plugin.py", line 141, in udpateStatus
type: local variable 'response' referenced before assignment

Pi Hole DNS Controller Error plugin runConcurrentThread function returned or failed (will attempt again in 10 seconds)

The plug-in still works though. I can turn the ad blocker on and off from Indigo. But my Indigo logs are getting inundated with these error messages.

Has a solution to this problem been identified yet?

[sumocomputers]

Since PiHole 6 updates, the Indigo PiHole plugin no longer works. For me there were 2 issues:

1. PiHole now requires getting an Authentication "sid" before making changes
2. When upgrading PiHole from 5 to 6, the port changed from 80 to 8080

I came up with 2 Python scripts (one to disable blocking and one to enable), which I then use with a Virtual ON/OFF device and Action Groups. I then publish the Virtual device with HomeKitLink Siri so I can just command PiHole on or off as needed with a voice command.

I know the scripts are a little hacky, but they work. Note that I have not turned on https, 2FA, or app password.

First there were 2 things I needed to do in the PiHole config:

1. Change the webserver.port value (see screenshot)
Settings > All Settings > Toggle Expert in upper right > Webserver and API > webserver.port > change from 8080 to 80

2. Change the timeout for webserver.api.max_sessions (see screenshot)
Settings > All Settings > Toggle Expert in upper right > Webserver and API > webserver.api.max_sessions > change from 16 a higher number (I used 1024)

I know there is also the ability to disable PiHole for a period of time rather than indefinitely as I did, and tons of other things you can control. Here is some API documentation:

https://docs.pi-hole.net/api/

http://pi.hole/api/docs/

Base Script Example for Disabling Blocking

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import requests

# URL for the Authorization POST request (using local IP in this example)
url = "https://192.168.2.15/api/auth"

# Data to be sent in the POST request ()
data = {"password": "YourActualPassword"}

# Send the POST request
response = requests.post(url, json=data, verify=False)

# Assuming the response is in JSON format and sid is a key in the response
response_data = response.json()  # Convert the response to JSON

# Retrieve the value for 'sid' from the response
sid = response_data['session']['sid']  # Get the value of 'sid' from the JSON response

# URL for the Blocking POST request (using local IP + sid in this example)
url = "https://192.168.2.15/api/dns/blocking?sid="+sid

# Data to be sent in the POST request (using False to turn off Blocking in this example)
data = {"blocking": False}

# Send the POST request
response = requests.post(url, json=data, verify=False)

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