switch-api

In my home setting, my computer (Mac running High Sierra) is sitting right next the TV. I've setup a automation with home-assistant that dims my room lights whenever the TV is running, but I also needed to sleep my computer screen for the automation to be complete so I've developed this little project.

It just exposes a very simple HTTP API so that I can remotely sleep and wake my computer display.

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switch-api

Simple http server that triggers system commands on predefined URLs

• used in conjunction with https://home-assistant.io/components/switch.rest/

• http://pm2.keymetrics.io for automatic startup

usage

Control macbook display (on macOS Sierra)

• GET /display : get current screen state (sleeping or not)

• POST /display body=ON|OFF : switch screeen state

useful commands

• sleep display: pmset displaysleepnow

• wake display: caffeinate -u -t 1

• test state : pmset -g powerstate IODisplayWrangler | tail -1 | cut -c29 result <4 are sleeping