How You Can Control Your Smart Home Through a Telegram Bot

Written by BlackLight | Published 2020/01/06
Tech Story Tags: platypush | telegram | home-automation | raspberry-pi | python | bot | programming | software-development | web-monetization

TLDR The two main tools used in this tutorial are Telegram and platypush. The bot API is well documented and supported, and it’s very easy for anyone who knows a bit of programming to build integrations. In this story, I’ll show you how to easily set up commands and routines on top of existing smart home installations. The tutorial includes a tutorial on how to create your first home automation bot on Telegram. It also includes a plugin and backend that enables you to use the bot to control Philips Hue lights, music and PiCamera.via the TL;DR App

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Written by BlackLight | I like to build, automate and self-host things.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/01/06