We’ve seen in a previous post what is the protocol to authenticate to TP Link cloud API. Now, what about doing that from Tasker you can ask me? Well, that’s very simple actually! To implement that in Tasker I have used RESTask for Tasker (because I had troubles having the native HTTP Post…
How to authenticate to TP-Link cloud API
This is breaking news! No need to hack into your phone’s backups any more to obtain the TP-Link token! First you need to generate an UUID v4. You can open https://www.uuidgenerator.net/version4 and pick the one they give you there (no need to create one every time, one is fine, just…
How to get the TP-Link HS100 cloud end-point URL?
If you have followed my series on how to control the TP-Link HS100 smart plug by communicating with TP-Link Cloud services, you might have seen that there are some common issues related to the URL one need to point the requests to. I’ve found out a way to know what…
Control your TP-Link HS100 smart plug from your Android Watch!
In this post I’ll show how I control my TP-Link HS100 smart plug right from my LG G Watch R Android smart watch, from anywhere, which is very handy. The first thing we need is the ability to control the HS100 smart plug from Tasker on our Android phone. If…
How to remotely get the state of your HS100 smart plug
In previous posts we’ve seen how to remotely switch On/Off our TP-Link HS100 smart plug, and how to control it with IFTTT. In this post we’ll see how we can remotely obtain the state of the HS100 relay: On or Off, from command line. I even do it with Tasker for…
Control your TP-Link HS100 smart plug with IFTTT
In my previous post we saw how we can control a TP-Link HS100 smart plug from command line from anywhere on Internet, without having to rely on the Kasa app, which unleashes a new world of possibilities. In this post we’ll see how to switch the plug On/Off directly from IFTTT, without any third-party component, nor without any other device at home other than the smart plug itself.
How to control your TP-Link HS100 smartplug from Internet
In this post I’ll show how to control a TP-Link HS100 smart plug from the command line from any device connected to Internet (not only from the local Wifi). This can then be used to expand the possibilities of your smart plug and automate it with apps like Tasker for Android and IFTTT.