Control LEDs over the 'net example with Postman

Troubleshooting
1

Hello All,

I have been working through the Control LEDs over the 'net example. I am able to get my light to turn on and off using the html text provided and running it through a web browser. Next I wanted to see if I could get the example going in postman. I can do Get commands no problem, but I a struggling with the post.

Here is my code:

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As you can see it returns a -1 which means it doesn’t recognize the “on” I am trying to send. Do I have the argument setup wrong? I am using the exact code from the guide.

Thank you!

2

First remove the args from the URL, then see what happens.

3

Same result:

{
“id”: “390035000447343233323032”,
“last_app”: “”,
“connected”: true,
“return_value”: -1
}

4

Have a look in this post how the request should be formed
Sending parameters to functions using Postman (not curl)

It’s important that you have your request x-www-form-urlencoded

I’ll try to find some time to test with my own devices and post a screenshot (tomorrow).

5

A screenshot would be awesome! I am sure I have something very small out of place, but I just can seem to figure it out. Thanks for the help!

6

This is how it should look like

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Mark no double quotes in args since Postman already knows this will (has to) be a string and formats it correctly.

7

Thank you very much! You’re amazing.

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8

This REALLY helped me too. Thanks!