client: Add refresh_device_states #956
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This method can be used to refresh all states of a single device. It's mostly useful for devices that don't automatically send state updates such as gate or garage door motors.
fetzerch
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vlebourl,
iMicknl and
tetienne
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Related PR for homeassistant/core: home-assistant/core#99499 |
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I will review this + HA PR after my holidays (October). In the past we have already tried to implement such solutions, with a separate task interval in HA. The most difficult thing is that users expect this to happen periodically, because they want state updates in HA when they execute a command outside HA. We don't like to poll this endpoint every x minutes, since this is not a best practice according to Somfy. For TaHoma app it is easy, they just call this endpoint when you open the app. With HA all state updates should happen in the background. |
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Hey @iMicknl I know about the problems. It's really a pity that a workaround like this is needed. I replaced my older Happy to discuss the topic further with you once you're back. I'm slowly migrating over from the Nymea Somfy integration that I'm maintaining to Home Assistant and your Somfy integration. Thus the few PRs I've created. Enjoy your vacation! 🌞 |
python-overkiz-apialready has a method to refresh all states of all devices. This method is used by the Somfy TaHoma web interface on login/start and it asks all devices to send their states to the gateway.For some devices like the Somfy Dexxo io garage door motors, this call is essential because these motors do not always send their state updates automatically to the gateway and require a manual refresh. See my discussion with Somfy in Somfy-Developer/Somfy-TaHoma-Developer-Mode#26 (comment).
Now besides refreshing all states of all devices, the Somfy API also supports to refresh only the states of a specific device via
setup/devices/{device_url}/states/refresh.I'll also create a draft PR for
homeassistant/corethat shows how this method could be used to solve #167 (at least for garage doors and gates). But even independent of that, I believe it's a helpful addition topython-overkiz-api.Screenshot of the Somfy API docs:
