HOW TO check if the Philips Hue lights are on or off ??

[menno]

Hi HM team

In our office we use Philips Hue lights
I want to check in th evening if all lights are OFF
True the API of the Philips Hue lights you can "ask" (http GET command) the status of each lamp.
example :

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http://192.168.1.1//api/26fx139931cb5a17a9e7bed474491b/lights/1

this will give the reply:

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{
	"state": {
		"on": false,
		"bri": 144,
		"hue": 13088,
		"sat": 213,
		"effect": "none",
		"xy": [
			0.5134,
			0.4149
		],
		"ct": 467,
		"alert": "none",
		"colormode": "xy",
		"reachable": true
	},
	"type": "Extended color light",
	"name": "Hue Lamp 1",
	"modelid": "LCT001",
	"manufacturername": "Philips",
	"uniqueid": "00:17:88:01:00:be:ec:71-0b",
	"swversion": "66013452",
	"pointsymbol": {
		"1": "none",
		"2": "none",
		"3": "none",
		"4": "none",
		"5": "none",
		"6": "none",
		"7": "none",
		"8": "none"
	}
}

As you can see in the top the state of this Hue lamp 1 , in this case "on": false,

my question : How can i only read this state. I want to get a BAD if the value is "true"

i hope you can help me with this ...
sometimes people in the office leave the lights on the whole night so that is the reason we want to check this.

many thanks in advance
menno

[KS-Soft Europe]

You may use URL request test for this check with the following options:
URL: http://192.168.1.1/api/26fx139931cb5a17 ... b/lights/1
Check contents:
Should contain
"on": false
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http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... ts.htm#url