Xianwen Long

GSoC 2019 Coding Period Week 13

By Loong

I made a video tutorial Build a Web of Things project using the WoT:API module. This video contains the entire process from enabling the module to lighting the LED. The main demonstration content is as follows:

  • Download the WoT:API module using composer

     composer require 'drupal/wotapi:1.x-dev' -vvv

  • Enable all modules of the WOTAPI package.

  • Add thing type: Lamp

  • Manage fields » Add field » Thing property：Switch.

    • check: Create referenced entities if they don’t already exist.
    • check: OnOffProperty

  • Manage fields » Add field » Thing action: Toggle

  • Download the sandbox project Action example. This sandbox is not available for download by the composer, so use git clone to download it:

    git clone https://git.drupalcode.org/sandbox/dravenk-3075952git modules/custom/action_example

  • Download the dependency package for the sandbox project:

    composer require ronanguilloux/php-gpio -vvv

  • Back to the Toggle field management page of Lamp:

    Check default value: toggle

  • Back to Structure » Things » Thing list » add Thing: LampA » Save

  • Open {site}/wotapi/things/, You can see the thing output of the json data

  • Copy the actions href of the links object.

  • Open the Postman:

       Request method:  POST
   Request URL:  {site}/actions
   Authorization:  Basic Auth
   Content-Type: application/json
   Body:   '{"toggle":{}}'

  • Enable the basic_auth module

  • Insert the LED light in the position where the pin value is 17 in the raspberry pi. This blog has more information.

  • Click Postman Send to send the request.