hue-log

Log to a journal the state of each Philips Hue light as they change throughout the day.

Usage

Configuration

Before running, the program must first be configured.

First time setup

1. Execute make in order to set up the virtual environment.
2. Activate the virtual environment e.g., source venv/bin/activate.
3. Specify the IP address of the bridge in the BRIDGE_IP environment variable.
4. Press the home button on the bridge before starting the program, which is needed so that the program can register with the bridge for authentication purposes.

Verbose output

Optionally, set the VERBOSE environment variable to 1 in order to log the full api dictionary whenever a log is emitted, otherwise only relevant data will be outputted i.e., light state and timestamps.

Running the program

Execute python -m hue_log to start the program.

The log will be written to standard out, so feel free to redirect the output to the log file that should be used.