Pushcut API - How to integrate smart notifications

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I just released the brand new Web API for Pushcut, and my intention is to offer everything that is needed to integrate Pushcut with SmarthThings.

Here is the documentation. <- You can even play around with the API through the web UI.

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The primary use is to send smart notifications with dynamic content and automation actions to your iOS devices.

However, I think the coolest part is the possibility to register you own (local network) webhooks as “online actions” in Pushcut.

I assume this way we could trigger SmartThings automations as a response - directly from the notification action - on your local network.

So, you could send a notification asking: “Should I turn off the lights?” and there could be dynamic Yes/Dim/No options that actually do it. Or you could say “TV was turned on, should I open the remote app?”, or open a web dashboard or something like that.

I believe there are many situations where fully automatic is not feasible, but a “quick action” on your phone at the right time is the best experience. This type of interaction is the reason I created Pushcut: for “semi-automation”, where you are given the right options at the right time.

I have very little experience with SmartThings myself, so at the moment I am no where near ready to develop for it.

What would be the best way to connect Pushcut with SmartThings? Is anyone interested in collaborating on an integration?

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See if these give you any ideas…There are a couple of different methods discussed. :sunglasses:

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What I am most interested in is how to best wrap the registration/removal of a local “REST hook” with the Pushcut API, so that you can trigger SmartThings automations from notification directly in a way that is easy to set up - ideally without copying any URL around manually…

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Smartthings does not support local communications from third parties. Never has. Everything has to go through the cloud. Even smartthings’ own notifications come from the cloud.