hueadm - Phillips Hue Admin CLI Utility
A command line management interface to phillips hue
Installation
First, install Node.js, then:
npm install -g hueadm
...and the executable will be installed globally as hueadm
Getting Started
Setup
Find a bridge
To get started you must find the IP address of the Hue bridge you would like to manage. If you know the IP address or the hostname of the bridge you would like to manage you can skip this step.
$ hueadm search
IP
10.0.1.80
On my network 10.0.1.80 is the IP of the bridge I'll be controlling.
Register a user
Now that we have the IP of the bridge we want to control, we can now create a
new account for the hueadm tool to use.
$ hueadm -H 10.0.1.80 register dave
sending request... press the link button on the hue bridge
Now, go to the bridge and press the physical button on it to complete the registration - you'll see a message like this:
$ hueadm -H 10.0.1.80 register dave
sending request... press the link button on the hue bridge
-
success: {username: f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt}
That very long string is the username we'll be using for all requests going
forward. Using the lights subcommand we can get a list of all lights on the
bridge to verify the new user account is working.
$ hueadm -H 10.0.1.80 -U f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt lights
ID NAME STATUS BRIGHTNESS REACHABLE
1 Nightstand on 254 true
2 Garage Right on 254 false
3 Garage Left on 254 false
4 Pool House on 254 true
5 Garage Side Door on 254 true
6 Garage Back on 254 true
7 Front Door on 254 true
8 Screen Room Right on 254 true
12 Couch on 254 true
13 Street Left on 254 false
14 Pool House Back on 254 true
15 Test Light 1 on 254 true
16 Driveway on 254 false
20 Inside Garage Front Left off 250 false
21 Inside Garage Front Right off 250 true
22 Inside Garage Back Right off 250 false
23 Inside Garage Back Left off 2 false
24 Screen Room Left on 254 false
25 Inside Screen Room Left on 254 true
26 Courtyard Back on 254 false
27 Front Yard on 254 false
28 Hue color light 1 on 254 false
Create a config
Instead of passing -H and -U for every request, we can create a config file
for hueadm to use if those arguments are not specified.
$ vim ~/.hueadm.json
$ cat ~/.hueadm.json
{
"user": "f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt",
"host": "10.0.1.80"
}
Lights
Get light information
Now, we can run the same command like:
$ hueadm lights
ID NAME STATUS BRIGHTNESS REACHABLE
1 Nightstand on 254 true
2 Garage Right on 254 false
... snipped ...
To get information about a specific light:
$ hueadm light 15
state:
on: true
bri: 254
hue: 14988
sat: 141
effect: none
xy: [0.4575, 0.4101]
ct: 366
alert: select
colormode: xy
reachable: true
type: 'Extended color light'
name: 'Test Light 1'
modelid: LCT001
manufacturername: Philips
uniqueid: 'removed'
swversion: 5.50.1.19085
Lights can also be identified by name, as long as the name is unique:
$ hueadm light "Test Light 1"
[same output as above]
All subcommands allow for -j or --json to be specified to force the output
to be JSON.
$ hueadm light -j 15
{
"state": {
"on": true,
"bri": 254,
"hue": 14988,
"sat": 141,
"effect": "none",
"xy": [
0.4575,
0.4101
],
"ct": 366,
"alert": "select",
"colormode": "xy",
"reachable": true
},
"type": "Extended color light",
"name": "Test Light 1",
"modelid": "LCT001",
"manufacturername": "Philips",
"uniqueid": "removed",
"swversion": "5.50.1.19085"
}
Setting light state
Using the same light subcommand, the state can be set. There are a lot of
different ways to change the state of the lights.
on: turn the light onoff: turn the light offclear: clear any and all effects on a lightreset: clear any and all effects on a light and set it to the "default" color (as if it just turned on)select: flash the light oncelselect: flash the light for 15 seconds (can be cancelled with reset)colorloop: enable the color loop effect[-+=]<num>: set brightness, ie:=50,-20,+40, all values out of 254[-+=]<num>%: set brightness, ie:=50%,-20%,+40%, all values out of 100-: read state JSON object from stdin[0-9]+K: set the light to a color based on Kelvin. ie.2700K,5000k, etc.<colorname>: set the light to a color name (using CSS color names). ie.blue,red,magenta#012345: set the light to any hex string (#is optional)
Turn a light on or off
$ hueadm light 15 off
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: false}
$ hueadm light "Test Light 1" on
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
Again, -j works here too
$ hueadm light 15 -j off
[
{
"success": {
"/lights/15/state/on": false
}
}
]
Set a light to green (this will turn it on if it was previously off)
$ hueadm light 15 green
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/hue: 21845}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/sat: 254}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/bri: 64}
Any extra arguments will be processed as key=value pairs, and added to the request sent to the bridge. This way, it is possible to set multiple attributes of a light in a single command.
Set the light to green with the brightness set to max.
$ hueadm light 15 green bri=255
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/hue: 21845}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/sat: 254}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/bri: 254}
Change the light to red and take 5 seconds for the transition to happen.
transitiontime is given in 100's of milliseconds, so 50 is 5 seconds.
$ hueadm light 15 red bri=127 transitiontime=50
-
success: {/lights/15/state/transitiontime: 50}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/hue: 0}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/sat: 254}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/bri: 127}
Read light state from stdin as JSON.
$ echo '{"on": true}' | hueadm light 15 -
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
Set the light color using a hex string
$ hueadm light 15 '#00ff00'
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/hue: 21845}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/sat: 254}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/bri: 127}
Set the light to a standard "Warm White" color (similar to an incandescent bulb)
$ hueadm light 15 2700k
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/ct: 370}
Enable the color loop effect
$ hueadm light 15 colorloop
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/effect: colorloop}
Clear the color loop (and any other) effect
$ hueadm light 15 reset
-
success: {/lights/15/state/on: true}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/alert: none}
-
success: {/lights/15/state/effect: none}
Modify a light
Using the lights subcommand, it is also possible to filter for a specific ID
to get a short synopsis of the light state.
$ hueadm lights id=15
ID NAME STATUS BRIGHTNESS REACHABLE
15 Test Light 1 on 127 true
Rename the light to foobar
$ hueadm rename-light 15 'foobar'
-
success: {/lights/15/name: foobar}
$ hueadm lights id=15
ID NAME STATUS BRIGHTNESS REACHABLE
15 foobar on 127 true
Groups
List light groups
In order to control more than 1 light at a time, a group of lights must be
created. The group can then be controlled the same way a single light is
controlled using hueadm.
To list all groups
$ hueadm groups
ID NAME TYPE LIGHTS
3 Garage Inside Room 20,21,22,23
4 Outside Room 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,13,14,15,16,24,25,26,27
Even though it doesn't show it, group 0 always exists on the bridge and
contains every light known. This group is special and cannot be deleted.
Create a light group
To create a light group
$ hueadm create-group name='Test Group' lights=1,2,3,4
-
success: {id: '1'}
The group has been created with the id 1, we can see it with
$ hueadm group 1
name: 'Test Group'
lights:
- '1'
- '2'
- '3'
- '4'
type: LightGroup
state:
all_on: true
any_on: true
recycle: false
action:
on: true
bri: 254
hue: 14988
sat: 141
effect: none
xy: [0.4575, 0.4101]
ct: 365
alert: select
colormode: xy
You may also specify a group using its name
$ hueadm group 'Test Group'
name: 'Test Group'
lights:
- '1'
- '2'
- '3'
- '4'
type: LightGroup
state:
all_on: true
any_on: true
recycle: false
action:
on: true
bri: 254
hue: 14988
sat: 141
effect: none
xy: [0.4575, 0.4101]
ct: 365
alert: select
colormode: xy
Or in a simpler way with
$ hueadm groups id=1
ID NAME TYPE LIGHTS
1 Test Group LightGroup 1,2,3,4
Modify a group
Any property of the group can be modified with modify-group
To rename a group
$ hueadm modify-group 1 name='Foo Group'
-
success: {/groups/1/name: 'Foo Group'}
$ hueadm groups id=1
ID NAME TYPE LIGHTS
1 Foo Group LightGroup 1,2,3,4
To change the lights in a group
$ hueadm modify-group 1 lights=5,6,7,8
-
success: {/groups/1/lights: ['5', '6', '7', '8']}
$ hueadm groups id=1
ID NAME TYPE LIGHTS
1 Foo Group LightGroup 5,6,7,8
Set a group state
All state modifications to a single light can be used to modify a group as well
Kelvin
$ hueadm group 1 2700k
-
success: {/groups/1/action/on: true}
-
success: {/groups/1/action/ct: 370}
Color and brightness
$ hueadm group 1 red bri=255
-
success: {/groups/1/action/on: true}
-
success: {/groups/1/action/bri: 254}
-
success: {/groups/1/action/hue: 0}
-
success: {/groups/1/action/sat: 254}
Clear all effects
$ hueadm group 1 reset
-
success: {/groups/1/action/on: true}
-
success: {/groups/1/action/alert: none}
-
success: {/groups/1/action/effect: none}
Groups also support recalling/loading of scenes. Either using
$ hueadm group 1 scene=<sceneID>
-
success: {/groups/1/action/scene: <sceneID>}
or
$ hueadm recall-scene <sceneID> Garage
-
success: {/groups/1/action/scene: <sceneID>}
Delete a group
To delete the group run
$ hueadm delete-group 1
-
success: '/groups/1 deleted'
Users
List users
To list all users on a bridge (I've modified some IDs for privacy reasons)
$ hueadm users
ID NAME CREATION LASTUSE
1 node-hue-cli 3y 1s
2 hue-cli#dave 2d 11h
3 hue_ios_app#black 1d 21h
4 gohue#papertigers 1w 1w
f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt hueadm#dave 11h 1s
See a specific user
To see our current username we can do
$ hueadm users id=f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt
ID NAME CREATION LASTUSE
f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt hueadm#dave 11h 2s
Or
$ hueadm user f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt
'last use date': '2017-09-04T16:56:26'
'create date': '2017-09-04T05:51:40'
name: 'hueadm#dave'
Delete a user
To delete our user
$ hueadm delete-user f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt
-
success: '/config/whitelist/f28jfl3gtltQw4r4gKLEtVFsfJcBGE87A1RaAXgt deleted'
NOTE: If you do this, you will need to register a new username
Misc.
Config
To get the full bridge config, use:
$ hueadm config
name: 'Philips hue'
zigbeechannel: 20
... snipped ...
Raw request
To make a raw request to the bridge, use the request subcommand. This will
automatically prepend /api/<username> to the endpoint given.
$ hueadm request /lights/15
state:
on: true
bri: 100
hue: 14884
sat: 144
effect: none
xy: [0.4597, 0.4103]
ct: 370
alert: none
colormode: ct
reachable: true
type: 'Extended color light'
name: foobar
modelid: LCT001
manufacturername: Philips
uniqueid: 'removed'
swversion: 5.50.1.19085
Give body as CLI args
$ hueadm request -j -X PUT /lights/15/state on=true bri=255
[
{
"success": {
"/lights/15/state/on": true
}
},
{
"success": {
"/lights/15/state/bri": 254
}
}
]
Give body as JSON
$ echo '{"on":true,"bri":255}' | hueadm request -j -X PUT /lights/15/state -
[
{
"success": {
"/lights/15/state/on": true
}
},
{
"success": {
"/lights/15/state/bri": 254
}
}
]
Usage
$ hueadm -h
A command line management interface to phillips hue
Usage:
hueadm [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS...]
hueadm help COMMAND
Options:
-c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG config file - defaults to ~/.hueadm.json.
-d, --debug enable debug logging.
-H HOST, --host=HOST host address of the hue bridge.
-h, --help print this help message and exit.
-U USER, --user=USER username associated with the hue bridge.
-u, --updates check npm for available updates.
-v, --version print the version number and exit.
Commands:
General:
discover (search) Search for Hue bridges
Lights:
lights List all lights
light Show/set a light
search-lights Search for new lights
new-lights Show new lights
rename-light Rename a light
delete-light Delete a light
Groups:
groups List all light groups
group Show/set a light group
create-group Create a light group
modify-group Modify a light group
delete-group Delete a light group
Schedules:
schedules List all schedules
schedule Show a schedule
create-schedule Create a schedule
modify-schedule Modify a schedule
delete-schedule Delete a schedule
Scenes:
scenes List all scenes
scene Show a scene
create-scene Create a scene
modify-scene Modify a scene
delete-scene Delete a scene
recall-scene Recalls a scene on a group
Sensors:
sensors List all sensors
sensor Show a sensor
create-sensor Create a sensor
rename-sensor Rename a sensor
delete-sensor Delete a sensor
Rules:
rules List all rules
rule Show a rule
create-rule Create a rule
modify-rule Modify a rule
delete-rule Delete a rule
Users:
users List all users
user Show a user
create-user (register) Create/register a new user
delete-user Delete a user
Other Commands:
config Show the hue bridge config
full-state Show the hue bridge fullstate
request Make a raw HTTP request
Generic Commands:
help (?) Help on a specific sub-command.
License
MIT