WARNING: Beta code! (But we're getting there :-)

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Prerequisites
• Setup Instructions
• Nodes in this package
  • General Information
  • Light On/Off
  • Dimmable Light
  • Color Temperature Light
  • Color (HSV) Light
  • Color (RGB) Light
  • Color (RGB/Temp) Light
  • Camera
  • Outlet
  • Thermostat
  • Window
  • Scene
  • Vacuum
  • Fan
  • Sensor
  • Shutter
  • Switch
  • Management
• The config node
• Troubleshooting
• Credits
• Copyright and license

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Introduction

A collection of Node-RED nodes to control your smart home devices via Google Assistant.

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Prerequisites

1. You are going to need a 'real' SSL certificate e.g. from Let’s Encrypt.
2. You also need to be able to forward TCP traffic coming in from the Internet to your Node-RED server on a port you specify. This is not your full Node-RED server but a service started by node-red-contrib-google-smarhome, providing only the functions needed by Google.
3. This package requires NodeJS version 7.6.0 at a minimum. If, during start of Node-RED, you get this warning, your version on NodeJS is too old: [warn] [node-red-contrib-google-smarthome/google-smarthome] SyntaxError: Unexpected token ( (line:30)

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Setup Instructions

Create and set up project in Actions Console

See the developer guide and release notes at https://developers.google.com/assistant/smarthome/overview for more details.

1. Go to Actions on Google Console.
2. Click on New project to add a new project with a name and language of your choice and click Create Project.
3. Choose type Smart Home, then click Start Building.
4. From the top menu under Develop, click on Invocation.
5. Enter your App's name. Click Save.
6. On the Develop tab, choose Actions on the left menu. Enter the URL for fulfillment, e.g. https://example.com:3001/smarthome. Leave all other fields empty. Click Save.
7. Still on the Develop tab, choose Account linking on the left menu. Fill out the fields as following:
   • Client ID and secret: Credentials, with wich Google will authenticate against your app. Use a password generator tool to generate two strings of reasonable length and complexity. Copy both strings, you'll need them later.
   • Authorization URL: is the hosted URL of your app with '/oauth' as the path, e.g. https://example.com:3001/oauth.
   • Token URL: is the hosted URL of your app with '/token' as the path, e.g. https://example.com:3001/token.
   • Leave all other fields empty.
8. Click Save.
9. You don't need to fill in anything on the Deploy tab.
10. On tab Test, click Reset Test.

Note: Adjust the URLs like https://example.com:3001/smarthome to your own hostname, port and settings.

Enable HomeGraph API

The HomeGraph API is used to report the state of your devices to Google and to request a SYNC to inform Google about new or updated devices.

1. Go to the Home Graph API on Google Cloud Console API Manager.
2. In the header bar select your project from the project chooser.
3. Enable the [HomeGraph API].
4. Navigate to the Google Cloud Console API & Services page.
5. Again, select your project in the header bar.
6. Select Create Credentials and create a Service account key.
7. Enter a name for your service account and click Create.
8. You don't need to add roles or user in the next steps.
9. Your new service account is listed on the Credentials page. Click on it.
10. Click on Add Key to create a new key of type JSON.
11. Download the JSON file and copy it to your Node-RED server, in a location where the Node-RED service can read it.

Integrating Google Sign-In

The Google Sign-In feature allows to login using your Google credentials. See Integrating Google Sign-In into your web app for more datails. If you want to use login with username/password instead, skip this section.

1. Navigate to the Google Cloud Console API & Services page
2. Click Create credentials > OAuth client ID.
3. Select the Web application application type.
4. Name your OAuth 2.0 client and click Create.
5. Copy the client ID that was created. You will need it later.

Install and configure Node-RED module

1. Install node-red-contrib-google-smarthome from Node-RED's palette and restart Node-RED.
2. Place the Management node from the section "Google Smart Home" on a flow.
3. Edit the management node and open its config. Fill in the fields as following:
   • Name: A name for your config node.
   • Use Google Login: Check, if you want to use authentication via Google Sign-In.
   • Login Client ID: If Google Login is enabled, the client id you gained from the Google Sign-In integration.
   • Authorized emails: If Google Login is enabled, the email adresses, semicolon-separated, authorized to log in.
   • Username/Password: If Google Login is disabled, the credentials you want to use when linking your account in the Google Home App later. These are not the credentials to your Google account!
   • Client ID and Secret: The same strings you generated and entered on Google Search Console earlier.
   • Jwt Key: The JSON file you downloaded earlier. Can be an absolute path or a path relative to Node-REDs user dir.
   • Port: The port on which the service should run. If left empty, it will run on the same port as Node-RED.
   • Path: URL path on which the service will run. If left empty, https://example.com:3001/smarthome will be used. If set, it will be https://example.com:3001//smarthome.
   • Use external SSL offload: Check, if you want do SSL decryption on an external load balancer.
   • Public and Private Key: Path to public and private key of your SSL certificate (if you do not use external SSL decryption).
4. Deploy the flow.
5. Check if your service is reachable from the internet. Use a tool like https://reqbin.com to send a GET request to https://example.com:3001/check (using your domain name and port). It must answer with status 200 and the message "SUCCESS".

Setup Account linking

1. Open the Google Home App on a device logged into the same account used to create the project in the Actions Console.
2. Click the '+' sign to add a device.
3. Click Set up device.
4. Click Have something already set up.
5. Find your app in the list of providers. It will be [test] and then your app name.
6. Log in to your service. Username and password are the ones you specified in the configuration node.
7. Start using the Google Assistant.

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Nodes in this package

General information

1. If online is set to false for a node, Google SmartHome is not going to be able to control the node. It will also show as offline in the Google Home app.
2. The nodes will do their best to convert incoming payload data to the required type. You can send a string of e.g. ON and it will be converted to true.
3. Topics must be either as stated below or prepended with one or more /. E.g. my/topic/on. The nodes only looks for the part after the last /, if any.

- Light On/Off (a light that can be switched on and off only)

topic can be on, online or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells all the states of the light.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true
    }

- Dimmable Light

topic can be on, online, brightness or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is brightness then payload must be a number and tells the brightness of the light. Range is 0 through 100.

    msg.topic = 'brightness'
    msg.payload = 75

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells all the states of the light.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true,
      brightness: 100
    }

- Color Temperature Light

topic can be on, online, brightness, temperature or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is brightness then payload must be a number and tells the brightness of the light. Range is 0 through 100.

    msg.topic = 'brightness'
    msg.payload = 75

If topic is temperature then payload must be a number and tells the color temperature of the light. Range is 2000 through 6000.

    msg.topic = 'temperature'
    msg.payload = 3000

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells all the states of the light.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true,
      brightness: 100,
      temperature: 3000
    }

Example flow:

    [{"id":"43870b89.3a30f4","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/lamp/power","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":310,"y":1640,"wires":[["45ed43ce.a1c31c"]]},{"id":"e099c1c7.36ea5","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/lamp/set-power","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1260,"y":1640,"wires":[]},{"id":"45ed43ce.a1c31c","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = on","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"on","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":540,"y":1640,"wires":[["d068a2c2.0e73a"]]},{"id":"295718c8.bc2448","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/lamp/brightness","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":320,"y":1680,"wires":[["a82a5960.98e028"]]},{"id":"a82a5960.98e028","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = brightness","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"brightness","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":570,"y":1680,"wires":[["d068a2c2.0e73a"]]},{"id":"90c6be23.e6b76","type":"function","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"Split","func":"return [\n    { payload: msg.payload.on },\n    { payload: msg.payload.brightness },\n    { payload: msg.payload.temperature },\n];","outputs":3,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":1050,"y":1680,"wires":[["e099c1c7.36ea5"],["57b812df.521b7c"],["d5b88148.ecde9"]],"outputLabels":["on","brightness","temperature"]},{"id":"57b812df.521b7c","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/lamp/set-brightness","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1270,"y":1680,"wires":[]},{"id":"d068a2c2.0e73a","type":"google-light-temperature","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","client":"","name":"Example Colortemp Light","topic":"example-colortemp-light","passthru":false,"x":830,"y":1680,"wires":[["90c6be23.e6b76"]]},{"id":"e99a1c80.cbf9b","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/lamp/colortemp","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":320,"y":1720,"wires":[["e2b08d53.e775"]]},{"id":"e2b08d53.e775","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = temperature","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"temperature","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":570,"y":1720,"wires":[["d068a2c2.0e73a"]]},{"id":"d5b88148.ecde9","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/lamp/set-brightness","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1270,"y":1720,"wires":[]}]

- Color (HSV) Light

topic can be on, online, brightness, hue, saturation, value or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is brightness then payload must be a number and tells the brightness of the light. Range is 0 through 100.

    msg.topic = 'brightness'
    msg.payload = 75

If topic is hue then payload must be a number and tells the hue of the light. Range is 0.0 through 360.0.

    msg.topic = 'hue'
    msg.payload = 120.0

If topic is saturation then payload must be a number and tells the saturation of the light. Range is 0.0 through 100.0.

    msg.topic = 'saturation'
    msg.payload = 100.0

If topic is value then payload must be a number and tells the value of the light. Range is 0.0 through 100.0.

    msg.topic = 'value'
    msg.payload = 100.0

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells all the states of the light.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true,
      brightness: 100,
      hue: 120.0,
      saturation: 100.0,
      value: 100.0
    }

- Color (RGB) Light

topic can be on, online, brightness, rgb or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is brightness then payload must be a number and tells the brightness of the light. Range is 0 through 100.

    msg.topic = 'brightness'
    msg.payload = 75

If topic is rgb then payload must be a number and tells the RGB values of the light. Range is 0 through 16777215.

    msg.topic = 'rgb'
    msg.payload = 255

Hint: red = 16711680, green = 65280, blue = 255.

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells all the states of the light.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true,
      brightness: 100,
      rgb: 255,
    }

- Color (RGB/Temp) Light

topic can be on, online, brightness, temperature, rgb or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the light.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is brightness then payload must be a number and tells the brightness of the light. Range is 0 through 100.

    msg.topic = 'brightness'
    msg.payload = 75

If topic is temperature then payload must be a number and tells the color temperature of the light. Range is 2000 through 6000.

    msg.topic = 'temperature'
    msg.payload = 3000

If topic is rgb then payload must be a number and tells the RGB values of the light. Range is 0 through 16777215.

    msg.topic = 'rgb'
    msg.payload = 255

Hint: red = 16711680, green = 65280, blue = 255.

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells all the states of the light.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true,
      brightness: 100,
      temperature: 3000,
      rgb: 255,
    }

- Camera

topic can be online or something else.

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the camera.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the online state of the camera.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      online: true
    }

Example flow:

    [{"id":"980e90e8.c7796","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/camera/power","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":530,"y":460,"wires":[["6637f52f.da97cc"]]},{"id":"6f5daaf0.f5dce4","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/camera/set-power","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1340,"y":460,"wires":[]},{"id":"9eca40d3.9338b","type":"google-camera","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","client":"","name":"Example Camera","topic":"example","passthru":false,"x":940,"y":460,"wires":[["48723761.d78bb8"]]},{"id":"6637f52f.da97cc","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = online","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"online","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":740,"y":460,"wires":[["9eca40d3.9338b"]]},{"id":"48723761.d78bb8","type":"function","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"Split","func":"return [\n    { payload: msg.payload.online },\n];","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":1130,"y":460,"wires":[["6f5daaf0.f5dce4"]],"outputLabels":["online"]}]

- Outlet

topic can be on, online or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the outlet.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the outlet.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the on state as well as the online state of the outlet.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true
    }

Example flow:

    [{"id":"980e90e8.c7796","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/outlet/power","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":530,"y":460,"wires":[["6637f52f.da97cc"]]},{"id":"6f5daaf0.f5dce4","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/outlet/set-power","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1340,"y":460,"wires":[]},{"id":"9eca40d3.9338b","type":"google-outlet","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","client":"","name":"Example Outlet","topic":"example","passthru":false,"x":940,"y":460,"wires":[["48723761.d78bb8"]]},{"id":"6637f52f.da97cc","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = on","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"on","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":740,"y":460,"wires":[["9eca40d3.9338b"]]},{"id":"48723761.d78bb8","type":"function","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"Split","func":"return [\n    { payload: msg.payload.on },\n];","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":1130,"y":460,"wires":[["6f5daaf0.f5dce4"]],"outputLabels":["on"]}]

- Thermostat

topic can be thermostatTemperatureAmbient, thermostatTemperatureSetpoint or something else.

If topic is thermostatTemperatureAmbient then payload must be a float and indicates the current ambient (room) temperature.

    msg.topic = 'thermostatTemperatureAmbient'
    msg.payload = 21.5

If topic is thermostatTemperatureSetpoint then payload must be a float and indicates the target temperature of the thermostat.

    msg.topic = 'thermostatTemperatureSetpoint'
    msg.payload = 20.0

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the thermostat.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells the online state, ambient and target temperature of the thermostate.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      thermostatTemperatureAmbient: 21.5,
      thermostatTemperatureSetpoint: 20.0,
      online: true
    }

Example flow:

    [{"id":"891efa41.8e8308","type":"google-thermostat","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","client":"","name":"Example Thermostat","topic":"example","passthru":false,"x":940,"y":740,"wires":[["cdfe8ddc.ab3c6"]]},{"id":"3086bc12.910434","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = thermostatTemperatureAmbient","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"thermostatTemperatureAmbient","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":650,"y":720,"wires":[["891efa41.8e8308"]]},{"id":"1344bd56.a60ac3","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = thermostatTemperatureSetpoint","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"thermostatTemperatureSetpoint","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":650,"y":760,"wires":[["891efa41.8e8308"]]},{"id":"cdfe8ddc.ab3c6","type":"function","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"Split","func":"return [\n    { payload: msg.payload.thermostatTemperatureSetpoint },\n];\n\n// Google returns thermostat mode too, but we currently don't handle different thermostat modes","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":1130,"y":740,"wires":[["e2c467bd.2a2e58"]],"outputLabels":["thermostatTemperatureSetpoint"]},{"id":"5efccd01.2e28f4","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/kitchen/current-temp","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":350,"y":720,"wires":[["3086bc12.910434"]]},{"id":"62becde4.16ca84","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/kitchen/target-temp","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":350,"y":760,"wires":[["1344bd56.a60ac3"]]},{"id":"e2c467bd.2a2e58","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/kitchen/set-target-temp","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1340,"y":740,"wires":[]}]

- Window

topic can be openPercent, online or something else.

If topic is openPercent then payload must be integer and indicates the percentage that the window is opened where 0 is closed and 100 is fully open. It can also be boolean where false is closed and true is 100% opened.

    msg.topic = 'openPercent'
    msg.payload = 50

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the window.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the open state as well as the online state of the window.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      openPercent: 50,
      online: true
    }

Example flow:

    [{"id":"9a73b064.fff81","type":"google-window","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","client":"","name":"Example Window","topic":"example","passthru":false,"x":890,"y":1340,"wires":[["90d22fa7.814b2"]]},{"id":"d928b0f2.a4b38","type":"change","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"topic = openPercent","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"topic","pt":"msg","to":"openPercent","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":660,"y":1340,"wires":[["9a73b064.fff81"]]},{"id":"90d22fa7.814b2","type":"function","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"Split","func":"return [\n    { payload: msg.payload.openPercent },\n];","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":1070,"y":1340,"wires":[["51c28adb.ae4ae4"]],"outputLabels":["openPercent"]},{"id":"ac90bdcb.277bc","type":"mqtt in","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/window/state","qos":"2","datatype":"auto","broker":"","x":430,"y":1340,"wires":[["d928b0f2.a4b38"]]},{"id":"51c28adb.ae4ae4","type":"mqtt out","z":"1fdba310.d04cad","name":"","topic":"home/window/set-state","qos":"","retain":"","broker":"","x":1260,"y":1340,"wires":[]}]

- Scene

Messages sent to this node is simply passed through. One cannot tell Google SmartHome to activate a scene, they tell us.

- Vacuum

topic can be on, online or something else.

If msg.topic is currentModeSettings.power then msg.payload must be string and tells the mode of the vacuum. It can be one of quiet, standard, medium or turbo.

    msg.topic = 'currentModeSettings.power'
    msg.payload = 'standard'

If msg.topic is capacityRemaining.rawValue then msg.payload must be integer and tells the current battery power of the vacuum in percent.

    msg.topic = 'capacityRemaining.rawValue'
    msg.payload = 100

If msg.topic is isCharging then msg.payload must be boolean and tells if the vacuum is charging.

    msg.topic = 'isCharging'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and and tells the state of the vacuum.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the vacuum.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the on state as well as the online state of the vacuum.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      currentModeSettings.power = 'standard'
      capacityRemaining.rawValue' = 100
      isCharging = true
      on: true,
      online: true
    }

- Fan

topic can be on, online or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and and tells the state of the fan.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the fan.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the on state as well as the online state of the fan.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: true,
      online: true
    }

- Sensor

topic can be temperatureAmbientCelsius, humidityAmbientPercent or something else.

If topic is temperatureAmbientCelsius then payload must be a number that tells the sensor temperature (in celsius).

    msg.topic = 'temperatureAmbientCelsius'
    msg.payload = 19.5

If topic is humidityAmbientPercent then payload must be a number that tells the sensor ambient humidity (as percentage).

    msg.topic = 'humidityAmbientPercent'
    msg.payload = 70

If topic is something else then payload must be an object, that tells the states of the sensor.

    msg.topic = ''
    msg.payload = {
      temperatureAmbientCelsius: 17.5,
      humidityAmbientPercent: 60
    }

- Shutter

topic can be openPercent, online or something else.

If topic is openPercent then payload must be integer and indicates the percentage that the shutter is opened where 0 is closed and 100 is fully open. It can also be boolean where false is closed and true is 100% opened.

    msg.topic = 'openPercent'
    msg.payload = 50

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the shutter.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the open state as well as the online state of the shutter.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      openPercent: 50,
      online: true
    }

- Switch

topic can be on, online or something else.

If topic is on then payload must be boolean and tells the state of the switch.

    msg.topic = 'on'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is online then payload must be boolean and tells the online state of the switch.

    msg.topic = 'online'
    msg.payload = true

If topic is something else then payload must be an object and tells both the on state as well as the online state of the switch.

    msg.topic = 'set'
    msg.payload = {
      on: false,
      online: true
    }

- Management

topic can be restart_server, report_state or request_sync.

payload is not used for anything.

restart_server is used to stop then start the built-in webserver. Can be used when your SSL certificate has been renewed and needs to be re-read by the webserver.

report_state will force an update of all states to Google. Mostly usefull for debugging.

request_sync will request Google to sync to learn about new or changed devices. This usually happens automatically.

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The config node

Local Authentication

Use Google Login: If enabled, use the Google login authentication.

Login Client ID: If Google Login is enabled, The client id you gained from the Google Sign-In integration.

Authorized emails: If Google Login is enabled, The email adresses, semicolon-separated, authorized to log in.

Username and Password: If Google Login is disabled, a username and password used when you link Google SmartHome to this node.

Token Duration: The authorization token duration used by Google SmartHome to identify itself to node-red SmartHome plugin. Default is 60 minutes.

Actions on Google Project Settings

Client ID: The client id you entered in the Google on Actions project.

Client Secret: The client secret you entered in the Google on Actions project.

Google HomeGraph Settings

Jwt Key: Full or relative to the Node-RED config folder path to JWT key file (the one downloaded in the Add Report State section).

Report Interval (m): Time, in minutes, between report updates are sent to Google.

Web Server Settings

Use http Node-RED root path: If enabled, use the same http root path prefix configured for Node-RED, otherwise use /.

Path: Prefix for URLs provided by this module. Default fulfillment URL is https://example.com:3001/smarthome. With a path of "foo" this changes to https://example.com:3001/foo/smarthome. Same for URLs /oauth and /token.

Port: TCP port of your choosing for incoming connections from Google. Must match what you entered in the Google on Actions project.

Use external SSL offload: If enabled, SSL encryption is not used by the node and must be done elsewhere.

Public Key: Full path to public key file, e.g. fullchain.pem from Let's Encrypt.

Private Key: Full path to private key file, e.g. privkey.pem from Let's Encrypt.

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Troubleshooting

• Some errors and possible solutions are listed at Possible errors.
• Look at Node-Red's debug panel for error messages.
• Unlink and relink your account in the Google Home app. Meanwhile look for errors in the debug panel.
• Restart your flows (using the Restart Flows option in the dropdown menu of the deploy button) while the debug panel is open to see error messages during initialization.
• Go to Actions on Google Console, in tab Test choose View logs in Google Cloud Platform.
• Check if your service is reachable from the outside. Use reqbin.com or a similar tool to send a GET request to https://example.com:3001/check (with your hostname and port). It must answer with status 200 (OK) and the message "SUCCESS". Use https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/ to check your SSL certificate.
• Check Node-RED's log output. Where you find this depends on how you installed Node-Red. Usually something like journalctl -u nodered, docker logs <container> or a file in /var/log.
• Toggle "Enable Node debug" in the configuration node, connect a debug node to the output of the management node and look for debug messages. In Node-Red UI choose 'Restart Flows' on the 'Deploy' button to see messages during initialization.
• Go to Actions on Google Console, on tab Test click Reset Test. If this doesn't do anything, click the Settings button, disable "On device testing", then enable it again.
• Google might say that it cannot reach your device if that device did not update its state at least once after creation.

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Test script

login_get

#!/usr/bin/env bash
. ./data
curl "$BASE_URL/oauth?client_id=$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID&response_type=code&state=$STATE_STRING&scope=$REQUESTED_SCOPES&user_locale=$LOCALE&redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI"
echo

login_post

#!/usr/bin/env bash
. ./data

EPWD=$(printf "%q" $PWD)
echo LOGIN POST
AUTH=$(curl -s --data "response_type=code" --data "state=$STATE_STRING" --data "client_id=$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID" --data "username=$USERNAME" --data-urlencode "password=$PWD" --data-urlencode "redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI" $BASE_URL/oauth)
echo "AUTH RESPONSE: $AUTH"
CODE=${AUTH##*code=}
echo "CODE $CODE"
CODE=${CODE%%&*}
echo "CODE $CODE"
echo "CODE=\"$CODE\"" > code

authorization_code

#!/usr/bin/env bash
. ./data
. ./code

AUTH=$(curl -s --data "client_id=$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID" \
--data "client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRET" \
--data "grant_type=authorization_code" \
--data "code=$CODE" \
--data-urlencode "redirect_uri=$REDIRECT_URI" \
$BASE_URL/token)
echo "AUTH $AUTH"
# echo "$AUTH" > auth.json
ACCESS_TOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH" | jq ".access_token")
REFRESH_TOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH" | jq ".refresh_token")
echo "ACCESS_TOKEN=$ACCESS_TOKEN" > code
echo "REFRESH_TOKEN=$REFRESH_TOKEN" >>code
echo

refresh_token

#!/usr/bin/env bash
. ./data
. ./code

AUTH=$(curl -s --data "client_id=$GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID" \
--data "client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRET" \
--data "grant_type=refresh_token" \
--data "refresh_token=$REFRESH_TOKEN" \
$BASE_URL/token)
echo "AUTH $AUTH"
if [[ $AUTH == *access_token* ]] ; then
  ACCESS_TOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH" | jq ".access_token")
  if [ -n "$ACCESS_TOKEN" ] ; then
    echo "ACCESS_TOKEN=$ACCESS_TOKEN" > code
    echo "REFRESH_TOKEN=$REFRESH_TOKEN" >>code
  fi
fi
echo

command_on

#!/usr/bin/env bash
. ./data
. ./code

SH_REQUEST="{\"inputs\":[{\"context\":{\"locale_country\":\"US\",\"locale_language\":\"en\"},\"intent\":\"action.devices.EXECUTE\",\"payload\":{\"commands\":[{\"devices\":[{\"customData\":{\"nodeid\":\"$NODE_ID\",\"type\":\"light-dimmable\"},\"id\":\"$NODE_ID\"}],\"execution\":[{\"command\":\"action.devices.commands.OnOff\",\"params\":{\"on\":true}}]}]}}],\"requestId\":\"123456789\"}"

curl -s \
        -H "authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" \
        --data "$SH_REQUEST" \
        $BASE_URL/smarthome
echo ""

disconnect

#!/usr/bin/env bash
. ./data
. ./code

SH_REQUEST="{\"inputs\":[{\"context\":{\"locale_country\":\"US\",\"locale_language\":\"en\"},\"intent\":\"action.devices.DISCONNECT\"}],\"requestId\":\"123456789\"}"

curl -s \
        -H "authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" \
        --data "$SH_REQUEST" \
        $BASE_URL/smarthome
echo ""

data

#!/usr/bin/env bash
PROJECT_ID="PROJECT_ID_FILL_IT"
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=123456789012345678901
STATE_STRING="STATE_STRING_FILL_IT"
REQUESTED_SCOPES="REQUESTED_SCOPES_FILL_IT"
LOCALE="LOCALE_FILL_IT"
REDIRECT_URI="https://oauth-redirect.googleusercontent.com/r/$PROJECT_ID"
REDIRECT_URI=$(printf "%q" "$REDIRECT_URI")
BASE_URL="http://localhost:1880/smart-home"
USERNAME="my_user"
PWD="my_password"
CLIENT_SECRET="some-secret-shared-with-google"
NODE_ID="1c188980.6d0c87"

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Credits

Parts of this README and large parts of the code comes from Google. Actions on Google: Smart Home sample using Node.js in particular has been of great value.

Copyright and license

Copyright 2018 - 2020 Michael Jacobsen under the GNU General Public License version 3.