Homebridge Tapo Platform Plugin

This is a Homebridge platform plugin for the TP-Link Tapo P100, P105 Plugs and L510E, L530 Lightbulbs.

Tested with:

• Tapo P100 (EU)
• Tapo L510E
• Tapo L530

Installation

1. Install homebridge
2. Install this plugin using: npm install -g homebridge-tapo or through Homebridge UI
3. Update your Homebridge configuration file (config.json)

Configuration

The available fields in the config.json file are:

• platform [required] Always "TapoP100"
• name [required] Descriptive name of the platform
• username [required] The username with which you registered/login in the Tapo app.
• password: [required] The password with which you registered/login in the Tapo app
• devices: [required] An array of devices
• name: [required] The name of each device
• host: [required] The host (ip) of each device
• type: [optional] Plug, Light or Colorlight. Use Plug for P100, Light for L510E and Colorlight for L530. If not provided default is Plug.

Example:

"platforms": [
    {
        "name": "Tapo Smart Platform",
        "username": "the username from the Tapo app",
        "password": "the password from the Tapo app",
        "platform": "TapoP100",
        "devices": [
            {
                "name": "Kitchen",
                "host": "192.168.1.21"
                "type": "plug"
            }
        ]
    }    
]

How does it work?

The plugin polls this outlet endpoint:

http://[host]/app?token

Example response from this endpoint:

{
"device_id":"",
"fw_ver":"1.2.1 Build 20200616 Rel. 31218",
"hw_ver":"1.20.0",
"model":"P100",
"type":"SMART.TAPOPLUG",
"mac":"",
"hw_id":"",
"fw_id":"",
"oem_id":"",
"specs":"EU",
"device_on":false,
"on_time":0,
"overheated":false,
"nickname":"",
"location":"kitchen",
"avatar":"ceiling_lamp",
"time_usage_today":515,
"time_usage_past7":3102,
"time_usage_past30":3102,
"longitude":,
"latitude":,
"has_set_location_info":false,
"ip":"",
"ssid":"",
"signal_level":2,
"rssi":-61,
"region":"Europe/Athens",
"time_diff":120,
"lang":"en_US"}}

Information

This plugin will also allow you to control the Tapo Plugs and Lights even if you have blocked the internet connectivity of the device.

I created the plugin for personal use and wanted to share it with other people too.

Thanks / Credits

Ported from the Python library https://github.com/fishbigger/TapoP100 (by @fishbigger) to Nodejs.