homebridge-plugin-template VS homebridge-script2

I followed the guide here: https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-plugin-template

Yep, just fork it, the plugin template readme should be a good resource about what you need to change to be able to publish it and then use it in parallel: https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-plugin-template/blob/master/README.md

I want to (learn how to) create a simple homebridge plugin that makes url calls that trigger actions on a device and show the status of the device. Currently I am using "Homebridge Http Switch" to make start and stop my Vacuum cleaner. I found https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-plugin-template but it is kind of overkill for what I am trying to do I think. Could someone point me in the right direction if a simple plugin already exists that has kind of the same features so I only have to change the url-calls?

You should start with this homebridge template: https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-plugin-template and the habitat api, (which I could not find), you could also reverse engineer the app and add it but that’s a paid in the 🍑.

Start taking a look at the official Homebridge API page: https://developers.homebridge.io/

• Template for Homebridge plugins: https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-plugin-template

here are some detailed instructions on how to get the basics set up, here is a list of a bunch of things you can control that have pre-built plugins. And here is the gist for how the solar panel is controlled (though that was written after I built mine, so I can't speak to this article)

I am taking a swag at some plugin development, I downloaded the template from GitHub When I run npm run watch I can see my new plugin in Homebridge. The plugin in that repo adds two default accessories. Bedroom and Kitchen, I am not seeing these show up in the Homebridge UI, so I assume the plugin while installed isn't actually being invoked. Any ideas what I need to do to make that happen?

I have been in the exact same situation, I managed to sort everything I wanted by using this plugin which is working flawlessly for me https://github.com/pponce/homebridge-script2 (I have two instances of Homebridge and I can restart them without being home or even restart the pi remotely)

Once the scripts were created they need to be executed by a raspberry Pi machine that’s running Homebridge. I use a homebridge plugin called Script2 that will run a Linux command when triggered.

Running the Script2 plugin, I can't seem to get it to run any scripts, but I'm not sure if that's a dead end or configurable.

I was looking for a way to do this in Homebridge, maybe some sort of scripting replacement for HomeKit automations. I'm sure I can cobble something together using HomeScript and/or homebridge-script2 but I didn't know if there was a more direct solution to move busywork automations off HomeKit and into Homebridge.

2) I have created a Homekit automation which triggers a very simple shell script to take an image and send it to Telegram using https://github.com/pponce/homebridge-script2 This works about 30% of the time. I have reached the end of my multi-month-long effort to debug/fix the automation.

I use this plugin for running scripts: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-script2

Just as a thought on a way to do it: I could use a script plugin like homebridge-script2 to run a script that is set to play the specific sound on speakers connected to my Rpi. That's kind of a hack but it would work...