Making Philips Hue Rules in LightScript

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Hue Rule expressions take the format /resource/id/...

This isn't exactly the most "user friendly" option. When was the last time you memorized dozens of numeric ids?

Set-HueRule was recently updated to make this a lot easier.

Now, when you Set-HueRule, you can provide the name of a sensor instead of the numeric ID in a condition:

    Set-HueRule -Condition {
        "/sensors/SunroomDimmerSwitch/state/buttonevent" -eq "3003"
    } -Action {
        Set-HueLight -RoomName "Sunroom" -BrightnessIncrement -.1
    } -Name SunroomDimmerHoldDarken

Because "sensors" is followed by a non-integer, we can interpret it as a name.

We can do so by providing the resource and name to Get-HueBridge, and then appending on the rest of the uri.

For flexibility, we actually consider two possible names: The literal name, and de-CamelCased version of the name. Thus even though my dimmer switch is actually called "Sunroom Dimmer Switch", Set-HueRule figures it out and sets the right rule for the right switch.

Custom Rules are an incredibly powerful part of the Hue ecosystem, and this makes much easier to set up.

Happy LightScripting