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Publish a driver or app to other Hubitat hubs on the same account

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Hubitat Publish Skill

Publish a driver or app's code to all other Hubitat hubs linked to the same account, and report distribution status.

Instructions

Follow these steps exactly:

Step 1: Read Configuration

Read .hubitat.json from the project root to get hub_ip.

Step 2: Identify the Code and Type

Check $ARGUMENTS:

  • If a numeric ID — use it directly. You'll need to determine the type (driver or app) by checking both userDeviceTypes and userAppTypes.
  • If a filepath — determine the type from the path:
    • Path contains drivers/ → it's a driver
    • Path contains apps/ → it's an app
    • Extract the name from the file's definition() block and resolve to an ID.
  • If a name — search both userDeviceTypes and userAppTypes for a case-insensitive match. Get the id and determine the type from which list matched.
  • If no argument — find the most recently modified .groovy file using ls -t apps/*.groovy drivers/**/*.groovy 2>/dev/null | head -1, then resolve as above.

To resolve names to IDs:

  • Drivers: curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub2/userDeviceTypes"
  • Apps: curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub2/userAppTypes"

If no match is found on the hub, report the error and stop.

Step 3: Publish the Code

Initiate publishing by calling:

curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub/publishCode/{type}/{id}"

Where {type} is driver or app.

Report the initial response to the user. The response is JSON like:

{"success":true,"completed":false,"hubs":[{"id":"...","name":"Chalet","status":"Pending"},...]}

Step 4: Check Distribution Status

Poll the publish status endpoint:

curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub/publishCode/status"

The response is JSON:

{"success":true,"completed":false,"hubs":[{"id":"...","name":"Chalet","status":"Pending"},{"id":"...","name":"Maison","status":"Done"}]}
  • If completed is false, wait 2 seconds and poll again (up to 15 attempts).
  • Once completed is true (or on error/timeout), report the final status.

Step 5: Report Result

Summarize what happened:

  • Name, type (driver/app), and ID that was published
  • A markdown table of target hubs with columns: Hub Name, Status
  • Any errors encountered