A REST API for Switchbots that allows to control actions, settings and timers.

Among other possibilities, setting up a webserver on a RaspberryPi in combination with an app capable of sending custom HTTP requests (e.g. HTTP-Shortcuts for Android), allows to control SwitchBots by phone outside of the BLE range (without a Hub).

The REST API uses the Switchbot Python API for BLE communication.

The setup is tested on a RaspberryPi 3 with the Raspbian Buster OS in combination with SwitchBots running firmware 4.4 and 4.5

Install pipenv if you don't have it and then install the environment from the Pipfile (from the root directory):

pip install pipenv

pipenv install

Afterwards, Flask can be started with the following command:

pipenv run python robutton/main.py

The REST API uses the Python API to communicate with the SwitchBots.

The following endpoints are available:

To get more details about how to use the REST API, start the Flask app with: pipenv run python src/main.py and then use the endpoint /doc/openapi.json to obtain a OPEN API specification.

Additionally, I provide a Postman collection in the /postman folder which can be imported to try the API. (Start with the Login request to obtain a bearer token which is used for all other endpoints)

For the deployment of the Switchbot REST API it is recommended to run the Flask application in combination with Nginx and Gunicorn.

• Nicolas Küchler - Initial work - nicolas-kuechler