Mdns library included in ST lua_libs

[Davec (David)]

Wow! When reading the announcement Hub Firmware Beta 46.4 by @Cory_Heuschkel I followed the link to the http_button, just out of curiosity and noticed it utilised a library st.mdns!!!

I can’t find any documentation, but when I looked at the lua_libs-api_v3\st indeed there is an MDNS library. Excellent. (In fact it is also in v2)

I wish this had been documented as I spent many happy hours making another library work and I know @TAustin has also created an MDNS library

[blueyetisoftware]

I have an active thread discussing this. I’m also looking to move to the platform version.

ST Platform mDNS?

I have been using a home grown module for mdns in my drivers thus far. I noticed that the latest platform libs include an mdns module. Is this available for public use? I tried using it and it doesn’t seem to match the documented API. Here is the file I found in hub v46 -- Copyright (c) 2022 SmartThings. local mdns_rpc = _envlibrequire("mdns") --- @class mdns local mdns = {} --- @class ServiceInfo --- @field public name string the informational name of the service record --- @field public service_type string the service type, which should match the one passed in during the query --- @field public domain string the domain on which the service is located, which should match the one passed in during the query local ServiceInfo = {} --- @class HostInfo --- @field public name string The hos…

[Davec (David)]

Aha thanks…missed that… Could you point me at the documentation? Or are you referring to the source?

[blueyetisoftware]

It’s only in the source, but both versions (45 and 46) are in that thread