spikobg/lightd

a simple PHP API and HTTP gateway for the lifx binary protocol

lightd

lightd is a simple HTTP gateway for the lifx binary protocol

Requirements

• command line PHP binary (>= 5.4)
• configured lifx bulbs with fixed address or hostname

lightd tries to connect to the lifx gateway bulb using hostname "lifx" and port 56700 and provides its REST API on port 5439, you may change these values at the top of lightd.php

if everything is set up correctly, you should see something like this when you run lightd from the command line :

20140123:204248 lightd/0.9.0 (c) 2014 by sIX / aEGiS
20140123:204248 loaded 5 patterns
20140123:204248 connected to lifx
20140123:204248 API server listening on port 5439
20140123:204248 found gateway bulb at d073d5014736
20140123:204248 new bulb registered: Kitchen
20140123:204249 new bulb registered: Living

you may want to create a startup script and redirect the standard output to a log file if you wish to run it long term.

API methods

Power on/off

/power/(on|off)[/<bulb_label>]

if bulb_label is not given, the command applies to all bulbs in the lifx mesh

examples:

• /power/on/Kitchen
• /power/off

Set color

/color/<color>[K<temperature>][/<bulb_label>]

if bulb_label is not given, the color is applied to all bulbs in the lifx mesh

examples:

• /color/ffffff/Kitchen
• /color/404040K3500/Living
• /color/002040

Set pattern

/pattern/<name>[/<transition_time_ms>]

patterns are read from the patterns.ini file if transition_time_ms is not given, the pattern is applied immediately

examples:

• /pattern/off
• /pattern/movies/10000
• /pattern/night/3600000

Dump state

/state

dumps a JSON encoded array of bulb objects with their current state

sample output:

[
    {
        "id": "d073d5014736",
        "label": "Kitchen",
        "tags": 0,
        "state_ts": 1390508260,
        "rgb": "#000000",
        "power": true,
        "extra": {
            "hue": 0,
            "saturation": 0,
            "brightness": 0,
            "dim": 0,
            "kelvin": 3000
        }
    },
    {
        "id": "d073d500bf47",
        "label": "Living",
        "tags": 0,
        "state_ts": 1390508261,
        "rgb": "#191919",
        "power": true,
        "extra": {
            "hue": 0,
            "saturation": 0,
            "brightness": 6425,
            "dim": 0,
            "kelvin": 2800
        }
    }
]