Philips Hue - is it possible to press the button on the hue by code

Question

I was wondering if it was possible to perform a webrequest to call the button which let you connect the phone with the hue?

Thanks in advance.

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '16 at 12:12

10

There is a way to address this physical button or link button. It isn't possible via the SDK's but you can use the API to do a PUT on

http://<ip-address.of.the.bridge>/api/<username>/config

with the following message/body

{
    "linkbutton": true
}

You still need to press the physical button at least once to generate a username that is linked with your device.

URL:  /api
messagebody:    {"devicetype":"my_hue_app#your_device_name"}
method:     POST

answered Sep 06 '16 at 12:12

John

2

Doesn't work anymore, you get the error: "parameter, linkbutton, is not modifiable" – Professor of programming Feb 26 '21 at 22:52

Ron Reuter · Answer 2 · 2016-08-30T03:15:30.210

1

Definitely not! A user needs physical access to both the phone and the bridge to establish a relationship.

edited Aug 30 '16 at 03:15

answered Aug 29 '16 at 14:26

Ron Reuter

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 23 '16 at 13:55

0

I'm fairly certain this is a hard requirement by Philips. This is to prevent unrestricted users from controlling your lights.

answered Aug 23 '16 at 13:55

user3565259

There have been several security issues allowing unauthorised control of the lights, check out the drone hack for instance. Having a requirement to physically be there to press the button is obscurity not security. – Professor of programming Feb 26 '21 at 23:48

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