I think I am beginning to understand what you are showing me now. This actually appears pretty simple to do. Once I parse out the data from the email on my raspberri pi I can pass the necessary data to the url and as long as my smartApp know what to expect, It should work. I’ve been reading the docs and I think I may start working on this tomorrow.
I still don’t get the whole child device thing. How is a child device different than a regular device? I understand parent/child relationships, I just don’t understand how a child device is different. If I am making a child device, what is it’s parent?