How to collect SmartThings data

[h0ckeysk8er (Bruce Pinsky)]

@JDRoberts

@162884

I’d like to be able to keep the temp data from my crawlspace sensor so I can go back and see historical data. The history data doesn’t go back far enough. Anyone have any thoughts on how to do this? Thanks

Good question, and one that gets asked every month or so, so there are multiple threads already in the forum about it. I have combined yours with one of the most recent, so go up to the top of this thread to read the answers.

If you are just looking to collect the data for later post processing, here is a topic about using Googlesheets in the new architecture.

Post-Groovy Google Spreadsheet Integration

Many of us used a nice SmartApp called Simple Event Logger to post SmartThings info to a Google spreadsheet. Now what? Is there a way to do this that doesn’t require a SmartApp? The answer is yes, with the catch that you need a SmartThings hub and an intermediate computer to bridge between Edge devices and Googlesheets. On your always-on computer like a Raspberry Pi or other, you run a very small, 30-line nodeJS app that will accept HTTP posts from Edge containing the event info and it will use the Google API to post the contents to your spreadsheet. How do you send the HTTP requests from Edge? You can use my Webrequestor or HTTP Devices drivers, which can be configured with the event info you want (text, number, boolean). The info is appended as a row in your spreadsheet along wit…