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Atharva Shirdhankar

Posted on Dec 8, 2021

IoT Commit : IoT Github Action

#actionshackathon21 #github #iot #python

My Workflow

What does this github action do ?

This action is basically fun IoT base project. It basically connects to the home smart lights with the help of VeSync's python package ,which I have used in this project and whenever someone makes commits on github the lights get on for few mins(Here I have set the timer to 3600s you can change if you want). And after the specified time the lights get automatically off. To make lights on again you have to create commit again.

Few Benefits of the Github Action:

The on and off event of the lights for specified time let you know that this much time has been passed(here it is 3600s). So inshort, this action will work as Alarm or timer for you but little bit interesting one.
To start the lights on again for 3600 seconds(time can be changed) you need to commit code again on github. So you can do your task effectively and quickly.

Submission Category:

Interesting IoT

Yaml File or Link to Code

StarTrooper08 / IoT-Commit

Light-Commit

Home IoT device based Github Actions

Blog : https://dev.to/star_trooper/iot-commit-iot-github-action-369n

View on GitHub

Usage:
Create .github/workflows/main.yml directory in your repository

name: smart light action

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  smart_lights_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Turn on smart lights
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Trigger lights 
      uses: StarTrooper08/Light-Commit
      with:
        VESYNC_PASS: ${{ secrets.VESYNC_PASS }}
        VESYNC_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.VESYNC_EMAIL }}

Secrets Configuration :

Add 2 parameter(VESYNC email and password) as repository secrets.
You can name the secrets(recommended) as above or different if you used different name don't forget to change it in other yaml code too.

Hardware config : You need to signup on VeSync portal with your email and connect smart light with it(you can also use Android App from playstore).

Add email and password as Repository secrets.

Limitations :

The process only works if your smart lights are connected to VeSync.
Few a times the process quits automatically.
Only few well known smart lights brand can be connected to VeSync.

License

The MIT License

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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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