Hi everyone, I’m currently working on integrating a Switch Item using the HTTP binding in my smart home setup. I’ve successfully retrieved the JSON data, but I’m facing a challenge with the numeric values. The JSON field provides ‘1.0’ for ON and ‘0.0’ for OFF, which the Switch Item doesn’t recognize directly. To overcome this, I created a workaround using a Number Item to capture the numeric value and a rule to convert it to ON/OFF states. Here’s how I set it up:
Items Configuration:
Switch Mute “Mixer Mute”
Number MuteN “Mixer Mute N” { http=“<[http://10.10.1.52/datastore/mix/chan/6/matrix/mute:5000:JSONPATH($.value)]” }
Rule Implementation:
rule “MuteN”
when Item MuteN received update
then
if ((MuteN.state) == 1) {
Mute.postUpdate(ON)
} else {
Mute.postUpdate(OFF)
}
end
While this solution works, I’m curious if there’s a more streamlined approach to handle the JSON conversion without duplicating items and rules. I’m still learning JSON and would appreciate any insights or alternative methods to simplify this process. Thanks in advance for your help! 