Node Red Samsung Automation flow - Receive sensor data without polling

[montyfert (martin)]

hi this might help
MQTT

Integration Solutions using MQTT

I’d like to share some projects I’ve been working on that provide some nice integration options between SmartThings and other external applications. These use MQTT, which if you’re not familiar with, you can find plenty of information about on the internet. Put simply, you install what’s called an MQTT Broker application onto an always-on computer on your LAN (‘Mosquitto’ is one of the more popular free ones), and it provides a structured way to publish and subscribe to messages across devices and applications. This provides a nice solution to being able to get device information into, and out of SmartThings in a consistent and reliable way with little-to-no development expertise required. MQTT solutions have existed for SmartThings on the ‘old’ Groovy-based platform. My new projects …

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HTTP

[ST Edge] Web Requestor: a driver to issue local POST and GET HTTP requests

I have a new Edge driver to share that provides the ability to issue POST and GET web requests to a specified URL. This functionality can help users that may today depend on webCoRE or other cloud-based means to do a similar task. Of course being an Edge driver it enables you to have fast & local automations. There are two ways this driver can be used: Pre-configure up to 50 different POST/GET URL strings, which can then be individually triggered through Automations/Rules or via a button in the mobile app. Issue custom URL POST/GET commands from within a Rule >>>>>UPDATE: Please go to this readme file for the latest instructions Limitations Although GET method is supported, it currently does not actually do anything with the returned data from the server. I’m open to ideas he…