Building an app to connect with Vera

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#1

Hello!

Im studying IT but im still a beginner. In one of my subjects I pretend to develop an app to connect with Vera Plus. I pretend to use c# as programming language and work on Xamarin.
My question is if it is possible. If so, are there any suggestions?

#2

Yes, you have to wrap the calls and write your own proxies. I did it to control/integrate external things (with .NET Core and a daemon app running on Linux, but your request is very similar).

I will suggest you to start from:
http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_Requests

You can see some of the HTTP calls here:
http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Test_Sequence

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#3

Thank you for your answer. I will take a look into it.

#4

Suggestion: do NOT use the sdata request, ever. Use userdata and status requests only. The sdata request only gives you a subset of data that will prove inadequate for thermostats and other devices.

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