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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by SR2Z on Friday May 27, 2022 @09:58PM (#31536953)
Phillips Hue bulbs are locally controllable and expose a REST API through their bridge.
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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by dbttdft on Saturday May 28, 2022 @12:31AM (#31537623)
The last thing I want to know about my lightbulb is that it has a REST API. Now, hearing that it is "smart" is just inconceivable.
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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by m34 on Saturday May 28, 2022 @03:00AM (#31538206)
It is the bridge that provides the REST API, not the bulbs.

Having a REST API means the complete setup is easier to tinker with through a defined protocol and not having to resort to hack with the bulbs or any zigbee/low-level things.

I used this to play a bed time indication sequence on multiple bulbs in the living room from MIDI notes.

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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by lynndotpy on Friday May 27, 2022 @10:19PM (#31537044)
Oh wow! Consider me sold. I looked into smartbulbs a few years back and these details eluded me. That checks all my boxes.
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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by sampo on Saturday May 28, 2022 @12:15AM (#31537565)
Also LIFX bulbs (a competitor to Phillips Hue) you can control by sending them UDP packets over your wlan.

https://lan.developer.lifx.com/docs

But the API provided by the Phillips Hue bridge is maybe more high level.

https://developers.meethue.com/develop/get-started-2/

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Re:Investing in lighting did great things for my mental and ... by RandomThrow321 on Friday May 27, 2022 @10:27PM (#31537072)
Oh wow, I've been using them for a while and had no idea. This is great, thanks for the tip!
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