Event subscriptions for home-based automation

[nayelyz (SmartThings Developer Support)]

Welcome to the SmartThings Community, @david6!

@david6

Application will run on my home computer and I’d like to recieve push events whenever a device changes state.

For this, you need to create a SmartApp as using its token type and installedAppId allows us to create subscriptions: API | Developer Documentation | SmartThings

Here’s a tutorial on how to create a simple SmartApp:

Simple SmartApp Tutorial (SmartApp SDK)

Getting Started with a Simple SmartApp using the new SmartApp SDK This SDK builds on the CoreSDK and provides kick start for SmartApp development. The SmartApp SDK reduces the amount of code necessary to write a SmartApp using the new platform and API. The SmartApp SDK supports both Webhook and AWS Lamda deployment, but this tutorial will focus on the deploying a webhook SmartApp using Glitch. Maybe Try this first: Prerequisites Samsung Account Developer Workspace Account Github or Glitch Account One Contact Sensor One or more Light Devices Guide I suggest having all of the required accounts created before getting started. You will need a location prepared with at least one contact sensor and one or more light devices. Links SDK: GitHub - SmartThingsCommunity/smartapp-sdk-nodejs…