Command line Hue lights
Posted by Dave Eddy on Mar 15 2013 - tags: techA command line interface to phillips hue
I wrote a command line tool to interface with hue lights. Check out the project page for more information
https://github.com/bahamas10/hue-cli
Installation
First, install Node.js, then:
npm install -g hue-cli
…and the executable will be installed globally as hue
Usage
Usage: hue [-H host] [--json] [command]
control phillips hue over the command line
examples
hue config # view the hue config
hue lights # get a list of lights
hue lights 5 # get information about light 5
hue lights 5,6,7 on # turn lights 5 6 and 7 on
hue lights on # turn all lights on
hue lights 1 ff0000 # turn light 1 red
hue lights 1 red # same as above
hue help # this message
hue register # register this app to hue, done automatically
hue search # search for hue base stations
commands
config, lights, help, register, search
options
-h, --help print this message and exit
-H, --host the hostname or ip of the bastion to control
-i, --init initialize the config file at /Users/dave/.hue.json
-j, --json force output to be in json
-u, --updates check for available updates
-v, --version print the version number and exit