Need Working Example of Nest REST API without using Firebase API - nest-api

Question

I'm struggling trying to find a working example of writing data to the Nest Thermostat API using plain rest. Attempting to write a C# app and cannot use Firebase. The multiple Curl examples posted so far do not work. I have a valid auth_token and can read data without issues. Finding the correct post url is elusive. Can anyone assist?
Examples like
curl -v -X PUT "https://developer-api.nest.com/structures/g-9y-2xkHpBh1MGkVaqXOGJiKOB9MkoW1hhYyQk2vAunCK8a731jbg?auth=<AUTH_TOKEN>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"away":"away"}'
don't change any data.

Answer 1

Two things. First, follow redirects with -L. Second, put directly to the away data location, like
curl -v -L -X PUT "https://developer-api.nest.com/structures/g-9y-2xkHpBh1MGkVaqXOGJiKOB9MkoW1hhYyQk2vAunCK8a731jbg/away?auth=<AUTH_TOKEN>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"away"'
The PUT overwrites all data at a location. The previous command would logically be setting the structure's data to just {"away":"away"}.

Answer 2

user3791884,
Any luck with your C# PUT? Here is C# code that works:
using System.Net.Http;
private async void changeAway()
{
using (HttpClient http = new HttpClient())
{
string url = "https://developer-api.nest.com/structures/" + structure.structure_id + "/?auth=" + AccessToken;
StringContent content = new StringContent("{\"away\":\"home\"}"); // derived from HttpContent
HttpResponseMessage rep = await http.PutAsync(new Uri(url), content);
if (null != rep)
{
Debug.WriteLine("http.PutAsync2=" + rep.ToString());
}
}
}
Debug.WriteLine writes this to the Output window:
"http.PutAsync2=StatusCode: 200, ReasonPhrase: 'OK', Version: 1.1, Content: System.Net.Http.StreamContent, Headers:
{
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Cache-Control: no-cache, max-age=0, private
Content-Length: 15
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
}"
These two methods return a valid structure of my data.
1/ command line
curl -v -k -L -X GET "https://developer-api.nest.com/structures/Za6hCZpmt4g6mBTaaA96yuY87lzLtsucYjbxW_b_thAuJJ7oUOelKA/?auth=c.om2...AeiE"
2/ C#
private bool getStructureInfo()
{
bool success = false;
try
{
// Create a new HttpWebRequest Object to the devices URL.
HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://developer-api.nest.com/structures/?auth=" + AccessToken);
// Define the request access method.
myHttpWebRequest.Method = "GET";
myHttpWebRequest.MaximumAutomaticRedirections=3;
myHttpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect=true;
myHttpWebRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
using(HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse())
{
if (null != myHttpWebResponse)
{
// Store the response.
Stream sData = myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
// Pipes the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader (sData, Encoding.UTF8);
Debug.WriteLine("Response Structure stream received.");
string data = readStream.ReadToEnd();
Debug.WriteLine(data);
readStream.Close();
success = deserializeStructure(data);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("getStructure Exception=" + ex.ToString());
}
return success;
}