homey-helpers

Homey Helper Utilities

A collection of Homey Helper methods I tend to use over and over again.

Available methods

getIsSupported (function)

Device (class)

addCapabilityIfNotExists (function)

Adds a capability to a Homey device if it does not already have it.

Parameters:

• origin (Homey.Device) - The Homey device to add the capability to.
• capabilityId (string) - The ID of the capability to add.

deprecateCapability (function)

Deprecates a capability for a given device. If the device has the specified capability, it will be removed.

Parameters:

• origin (Homey.Device) - The device to deprecate the capability for.
• capabilityId (string) - The ID of the capability to deprecate.

capabilityChange (function)

Changes the value of a capability for a given device.

Parameters:

• origin (Homey.Device) - The device for which the capability value is being changed.
• capabilityId (string) - The ID of the capability being changed.
• value (any) - The new value for the capability.
• trigger (string) - (Optional) The trigger to be executed if the value is different from the current value.

Versions

v1.0.6

• First published release
• Addd capabilityChange method