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Taphome

The TapHome modules allow you to watch, update, list, and retrieve the devices in your TapHome account.

Getting Started with TapHome

Prerequisites:

  • A TapHome account

  • A TapHome Next Smart Home app installed on your device

In order to use TapHome with Make, it is necessary to have a TapHome account. If you do not have one, you can install the TapHome Next app from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store and register.

Note

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting TapHome to Make

  1. Go to Make and open the TapHome module's Create a connection dialog. Enter a name for the connection and click Continue.

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  2. Enter your TapHome app credentials and click Login.

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  3. Select the location and confirm the authorization by clicking Allow.

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The connection has been established.

Triggers

Triggers when the device value of a specified device is changed.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your TapHome account.

Device

Select the device whose values you want to watch.

Value Type

Select the value type you want to watch.

Actions

Sets a device value according to the specified ID and value type of a device.

Connection

Establish a connection to your TapHome account.

Device

Select the device whose values you want to update.

Value Type

Select the value type you want to update.

Value

Enter the value for the device.

Gets a device value according to the specified ID and value type of a device.

Connection

Establish a connection to your TapHome account.

Device

Select the device whose device values you want to retrieve.

Value Type

Select the value type whose details you want to retrieve.

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your TapHome account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://taphomewebapicore.azurewebsites.net For example: api/Make/getDeviceValue

Note

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the TapHome API Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET

to retrieve information for an entry

POST

to create a new entry.

PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH

to make a partial entry update.

DELETE

to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

The following API call returns the device value from your TapHome account:

URL:

/api/Make/getDeviceValue

Method:

GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > content.

In our example, device value is returned for the specified device ID and value type ID:

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Searches

Gets a batch of devices according to the specified value of types.

Connection

Establish a connection to your TapHome account.

Value Types

Select the value types whose devices you want to list.

Limit

Set the maximum number of devices Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.