Hey , Drop in and share my (ongoing) adventure diving into Aqara’s developer tools—specifically with the Developer Hub. I’m definitely not some elite coder or anything, more like a curious tinkerer who wanted to take my automations beyond the basics.
At first, yeah, the docs felt intimidating. If you’ve stared at JSON payloads wondering what went wrong… you’re not alone. But once I got the hang of device pairing, experimenting with the APIs, and poking around the local gateway with developer mode, it started to click.
Biggest unlock for me: setting up local LAN communication. That changed everything in terms of responsiveness. And for real, Postman became my best friend for testing payloads before committing them to whatever local script I was pushing through.
I also found combining Node-RED with developer access super powerful. Anyone else doing stuff like this?
What helped me was starting small—just trying to build simple status-check automations—and growing from there. But I’d love to hear how other are using the Developer Hub, especially for people running mixed ecosystems.
If you’ve got hidden tricks, lessons learned the hard way, or even “oops” moments, drop ‘em here. Let’s turn this into a chill guide thread for anyone trying to level up on the dev side of Aqara.
