Contact Sensor implementation

[neviskevin]

Is there a way to get data from the contact sensors? I have one installed but it does not show up when I list devices.

[samskalicky]

Hi @neviskevin did you ever make any progress? Im just starting to play around and started #254 to address this issue for my own interest as well. If you're interested I would very much appreciate any help or collaboration.

[neviskevin]

Yeah, I added code to example.ts, added my logic inside of the same async function that connects to ring.

alarmEvents = await location.getHistory({limit: 1, category: 'alarm',}) //gets the latest alarm event sync = (JSON.stringify(alarmEvents[0].context)).slice(12, 48)// cuts out event id from string of data, unique to each event

For me I just have one contact sensor so I am constantly checking to see if another event has passed to tell if it has been opened or closed. You cannot see the state of the contact sensor from the data sent by ring (I think this is due to security reasons), so I assumed the starting position was closed and added some logic to keep track of the state of the sensor. If you have multiple sensors there is a device ID in the alarmEvent you can use to sort things out. I used this to automatically turn off my air-conditioning when I leave my door open. Hope this helps!

Also, I am not sure what you are working on, but alexa has the ability to react to an open or closed contact sensor directly so maybe you could leverage a skill as a solution

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