github.com/upwrd/sift

SIFT (Simple Interface for Functional Things)

SIFT is a framework that enables developers to control connected devices without having to understand their implementation details.

A SIFT server:

• Regularly scans available networks to discover new connected devices
• Once discovered, actively gathers the state of connected devices to produce a synchronized internal collection of device states
• Allows developers to query the state of connected devices, and to subscribe to notifications when they are updated or removed
• Allows developers to control controllable devices

Note: SIFT is in early development. The API may change in future updates.

Getting Started

SIFT requires Golang 1.4+ and python 2.7.

# install
go get github.com/upwrd/sift
pip install -r $GOPATH/github.com/upwrd/sift/requirements.txt

# run interactive setup & example apps:
go run github.com/upward/sift/main/interactive.go

Examples

Movies and Chill

Automatically turn down the lights when watching a movie

package main

import (
  "github.com/upwrd/sift"
  "github.com/upwrd/sift/types"
  "github.com/upwrd/sift/notif"
)

func main() {
  // Create a SIFT server at the default path ("sift.db")
  server, _ := sift.NewServer(sift.DefaultDBFilepath) // err ignored
  server.AddDefaults() // err ignored
  go server.Serve() // starts discovering and syncing devices

  token := server.Login() // authenticate with SIFT

  // Subscribe to receive notifications when media players or lights are added
  // or removed
  mediaFilter := notif.ComponentFilter{Type: types.ComponentTypeMediaPlayer}
  lightsFilter := notif.ComponentFilter{Type: types.ComponentTypeLightEmitter}
  listener := server.Listen(token, lightsFilter, mediaFilter) // this starts listening

  // Each time a light or media player is added or changed...
  for range listener {
    // ...determine which lights should be dim and which should be bright...
    db, _ := server.DB()
    lightsQuery := `
    			SELECT c1.device_id, c1.name, num_playing_mpls_in_room
    			FROM light_emitter_state l1
    			JOIN component c1 ON l1.id=c1.id
    			JOIN device d1 ON c1.device_id=d1.id
    			JOIN (SELECT d.location_id loc,
    				SUM (CASE WHEN m.play_state="PLAYING" THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) as num_playing_mpls_in_room
    				FROM media_player_state m
    				JOIN component c ON m.id=c.id
    				JOIN device d ON c.device_id=d.id
    				GROUP BY d.location_id)
    				ON d1.location_id=loc;`
    type result struct {
    	DeviceID                     int64 `db:"device_id"`
    	Name                         string
    	NumPlayingMediaPlayersInRoom int `db:"num_playing_mpls_in_room"`
    }
    results := []result{}
    db.Select(&results, lightsQuery) // err ignored

    // ...then tell the SIFT server to make it so
  	for _, result := range results {
  		var intent types.SetLightEmitterIntent // SIFT uses intents to control things
  		if result.NumPlayingMediaPlayersInRoom > 0 { // a movie is playing in the room ...
  			intent.BrightnessInPercent = lightsLow // ...bring the lights down low
  		} else { // no movies in this room...
  			intent.BrightnessInPercent = lightsHigh // ...bring the lights up
  		}
  		target := types.ComponentID{
  			DeviceID: types.DeviceID(result.DeviceID),
  			Name:     result.Name,
  		}
  		// Send the intent to the SIFT server, which will try to make it real
  		server.EnactIntent(target, intent) // err ignored
    }
  }
}

Data Model

To learn more about the SIFT data types and structure, see: https://github.com/upwrd/sift/tree/master/types

Compatibility

Device	Networks	Components	Notes
Connected By TCP Lighting	IPv4	Light Emitters	Must press the sync button on the Connected By TCP Hub on first run.
Google Chromecast	IPv4	Media Players	Does not work with all Chromecast apps, most notably Netflix :(

To learn how to add support for new devices and device types, see https://github.com/upwrd/sift/tree/master/adapter

Licensing

Copyright 2016 Upward Automation, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

A copy of the license is available in the repository's LICENSE file.