send variables to python script

[HA1]

Is there any way, when executing a python script, that I can access some variable that's sent in via a REST call that executes that action group?

For example, I want to be able to execute
http://indigoserver/actions/myaction?_m ... =somevalue

And then somewhere in a python script for action group "myaction" I want to be able to access that variable's ("variable1") value in my python script. I presume I have access to Indigo variables in python scripts? Even if I do, I'm still not sure how to set an Indigo variable as part of an action group via a REST API parameter.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[matt (support)]

You can do it, but it will require more than a single RESTful URL call. You cannot both set an Indigo variable value and execute an Action Group in a single call.

Here is the RESTful call to change an Indigo variable value:

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http://127.0.0.1:8176/variables/some_var_name?_method=put&value=somevalue

And here is accessing that value from an Indigo python script:

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var = indigo.variables["some_var_name"]   # Instead of a string name try to use the numerical ID for the var
indigo.server.log("value is: " + str(var.value))