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by Izkata 399 days ago
> Yeah that's my goal -- basically I want to be able to control the devices from anything web connected (and ideally, the same program running in multiple places).

HomeAssistant provides a REST API for all devices connected to it. I don't even use its automation features, I just use it for the API to control my ZWave devices from other stuff.

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/api/rest/ (POST to /api/services/ to control remotely)

(Granted it's pretty heavy if that's the only feature you want, but hey, what you want does exist)

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Oh yeah I’m aware, thanks for pointing it out. I also have zigbee2mqtt available for me for API-first interaction.

Setting up HA at least at first seems like a good idea so I can figure out the best parts and worst parts and have a baseline