ResourceLinks API

The resourceLinks API provides a means of interacting with the ResourceLinks in Hue Bridge.

A ResourceLink is a collection/grouping mechanism for linking various bridge resources that are interconnected. The Hue Formulas that you add to your bridge are examples of these.

See ResourceLinks for more details on the ResourceLink objects

• getAll()
• getResourceLink(id)
• getResourceLinkByName(name)
• createResourceLink()
• updateResouceLink()
• deleteResourceLink()

getAll()

The getAll() function allows you to get all the ResourceLinks that the Hue Bridge has registered with it.

api.resourceLinks.getAll()
  .then(allResourceLinks => {
    // Display the ResourceLinks from the bridge
    allResourceLinks.forEach(resourceLink => {
      console.log(resourceLink.toStringDetailed());
    });
  });

This function call will resolve to an Array of ResourceLink objects.

A complete code sample for this function is available here.

getResourceLink()

The getResourceLink(id) function allows a specific ResourceLink to be retrieved from the Hue Bridge.

• id: The String id of the ResourceLink to retrieve.

api.resourceLinks.getResourceLink(62738)
  .then(resourceLink => {
    console.log(resourceLink.toStringDetailed());
  })
;

This function call will resolve to a ResourceLink object for the specified id.

If the ResourceLink cannot be found an ApiError will be returned with a getHueErrorType() value of 3.

A complete code sample for this function is available here.

getResourceLinkByName()

The getResourceLinkByName(name) function will retrieve all ResourceLink instances that match the provided name from the Hue Bridge.

• name: The String name of the ResourceLink to retrieve.

api.resourceLinks.getResourceLink(62738)
  .then(resourceLink => {
    console.log(resourceLink.toStringDetailed());
  })
;

This function call will resolve to a ResourceLink object for the specified id.

If the ResourceLink cannot be found an ApiError will be returned with a getHueErrorType() value of 3.

A complete code sample for this function is available here.

createResourceLink()

The createResourceLink(ResourceLink) function allows for the creation of new ResourceLinks in the Hue Bridge.

• resourceLink: A ResourceLink object that has been configured with the desired settings that you want to store.

const resourceLink = v3.model.createResourceLink();
resourceLink.name = 'My Resource Link';
resourceLink.description = 'A test resource link for node-hue-api';
resourceLink.recycle = true;
resourceLink.classid = 100;
resourceLink.addLink('groups', 0);

api.resourceLinks.createResourceLink(resourceLink)
  .then(resourceLink => {
    console.log(`Successfully created ResourceLink\n${resourceLink.toStringDetailed()}`);
  })
;

The function will resolve with a corresponding ResourceLink object that was created.

A complete code sample for this function is available here.

updateResourceLink()

The updateResourceLink(resourceLink) function allows you to update an existing ResourceLink in the Hue Bridge.

• resourceLink: A ResourceLink object that was obtained from the API and then updated with the appropriate data changes to apply.

// A resourceLink needs to be obtained from the bridge first, assume one has called "resourceLink"
resourceLink.name = 'Updated ResourceLink Name';

api.resourceLink.updateResourceLink(resourceLink);
  .then(updated => {
    console.log(`Updated ResourceLink properties: ${JSON.stringify(updated)}`);
  })
;

The function will resolve to an object that contains the attribute names of the ResourceLink that were updated set to the success status of the change to the attribute.

Note currently no checks are performed against the existing attributes, so all updatable attributes are sent to the bridge when invoking this function.

For example, the result from the above example would resolve to:

{
  "name": true,
  "description": true,
  "classid": true,
  "links": true
}

A complete code sample for this function is available here.

deleteResourceLink()

The deleteResourceLink(id) function will delete the specified ResourceLink identified by the id from the Hue Bridge.

• id: The id of the ResourceLink to delete from the Hue Bridge, or a ResourceLink object that was obtained from the Hue Bridge

api.resourceLinks.deleteResourceLink('abc170f')
  .then(result => {
    console.log(`Deleted ResourceLink? ${result}`);
  })
;

The call will resolve to a Boolean indicating the success status of the deletion.

A complete code sample for this function is available here.