Another Nest thermostat workflow

[jason0x43]

Yes I noticed it doesn't work with the latest Alfred.  Jason, have you considered joining forces with these guys, who also have a Python implementation of a NEST library?

 

https://github.com/johnray/Indigo-Nest-Thermostat-Plugin

 

I hadn't seen that one before. It appears to work similarly to mine, although its API is different.

[Richman777]

This still seems to not work.  I type in "nest status" and hit enter and the message "communicating with nest" comes up and then it will switch to the default "Search with google".  I downloaded the latest from the link on the first page.

 

I don't have alleeyoop installed and can't even find a version to download so not sure if when you said "published" you meant there or on the main page.  

[jason0x43]

This still seems to not work.  I type in "nest status" and hit enter and the message "communicating with nest" comes up and then it will switch to the default "Search with google".  I downloaded the latest from the link on the first page.

 

I don't have alleeyoop installed and can't even find a version to download so not sure if when you said "published" you meant there or on the main page.  

 

The download link is always for the current version, so you should be good as long as you downloaded after Oct 6. (That was the last update; I forgot to update the messages on the first post.)

 

Try the "log" command ("nest log") to open up the debug log. Then run "nest status" and see if an error/exception message shows up in the log. If so, send me the exception and I can try to see what's wrong.

[cagnew]

I installed the new version and it is now working for me.  Thank you!

[intrepidsilence]

Hello, I just installed this workflow a couple of days ago and it worked fine.  Now it does not.  I have deleted it and tried to reinstall.  Deleted the Keychain entry, and a few other things to try to get it to work again.  Is there a way to reset it back to pre-install state to get it working again?

 

Thanks in advance!  I really love this workflow and thank you very much for creating it.

[jason0x43]

Hello, I just installed this workflow a couple of days ago and it worked fine.  Now it does not.  I have deleted it and tried to reinstall.  Deleted the Keychain entry, and a few other things to try to get it to work again.  Is there a way to reset it back to pre-install state to get it working again?

 

Thanks in advance!  I really love this workflow and thank you very much for creating it.

Are you seeing any sort of error message?

Workflow data is stored in two places: configuration is in ~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Workflow Data/jc-nest, and the cache is in ~/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/jc-nest. Clearing out or removing those directories will completely reset the workflow.

[jason0x43]

Hmmm...It's looks like Nest may have changed something about their API again. I'm looking into this...

[mikejandreau]

Their API must have definitely changed.

 

I type nest temp and then it suggests I search Google because it can't connect to my Nest.

 

Looking forward to an update so I can not have to reach for my phone anymore!

[jason0x43]

False alarm. Clearing your session file (basically like logging out) and having the workflow create a new one seems to fix the problem. I just posted an updated version of the workflow with a "clear" command that will clear your session file. The next time you run a command the workflow will log back in to home.nest.com and create a new session file. This should fix the problem you're seeing.

[mikejandreau]

Jason, that didn't work for me.  I cleared my session via the new version and still get "Search Google" when I type nest temp.

 

Anything else I can try?

[jason0x43]

Odd. Well, let's try a more extensive reset:

1. Delete session.json from ~/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/jc-nest (this is what the 'clear' command should be doing)
2. Delete config.json from ~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Workflow Data/jc-nest
3. Delete your stored Nest credentials from your keychain -- open Keychain Access and delete the "jc-nest.nest" entry

Once you've deleted everything, try using the workflow again. It should ask you for your Nest login information the first time you try to do anything. After that you should be back to normal.

[mikejandreau]

That did the trick for me.

 

I think something about my user account was preventing the clear command from working.

 

I'm back up and running being 100% lazy to change the temperature now.  Thanks!

 

FWIW, this is probably my most used workflow.  Love it. 

[calebaharrison]

Has 2.2 broken this for anybody else? Here's the error log that pops up when I debug it:

Starting debug for 'Nest'

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
  File "alfred_nest.py", line 32, in __init__
    LOG.debug('nests: %s', self.account.nests)
  File "nest.py", line 251, in nests
    for struct in self.structures.values():
  File "nest.py", line 240, in structures
    self.status['user'][self.user_id]['structures'])
  File "nest.py", line 231, in status
    r = self.request('GET', 'mobile/user.{}'.format(self.user_id))
  File "nest.py", line 334, in request
    r = self._requestor.get(url)
  File "requests/sessions.py", line 347, in get
    return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
  File "requests/sessions.py", line 335, in request
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
  File "requests/sessions.py", line 438, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
  File "requests/adapters.py", line 331, in send
    raise SSLError(e)
requests.exceptions.SSLError: [Errno 8] _ssl.c:504: EOF occurred in violation of protocol

Any thoughts?

[jason0x43]

It's a networking error, which isn't really saying much. Is it happening consistently? You can try clearing your session with the "clear" command, or the more extensive method I described a couple posts back.

[Fishysan]

Hi Jason, thanks for this plugin!

 

I'm also having the same problem, and it is because Nest has changed their site to require SSL TLSv1 now. This is breaking other apps that scrape their website. I wish they'd just release their damn 3rd party API.

 

So if you look into using TLSv1 it should start working again.

 

Pulled from another forum for example;

# will fail
openssl s_client -connect transport03-rts03-iad01.transport.home.nest.com:443

# will succeed
openssl s_client -connect transport03-rts03-iad01.transport.home.nest.com:443 -tls1

[jason0x43]

Yeah, I noticed. Annoying. It looks like urllib3, which requests uses, has an API for using TLSv1, so I should be able to get it back up and running.

[jason0x43]

I just uploaded a new version that should fix this.

[Fishysan]

Excellent, thanks for the quick fix Jason! It works dandy again.

 

One thing I was going to mention but I'm in Celsius, Nest status is, but weather is in F… probably due to the data you pull from the Nest website?

[jason0x43]

Give it a try now. I updated it to use the new Nest weather API, which among other things provides C and F temperatures directly (making it slightly easier to provide the right ones).

[Fishysan]

That was quick! Done. Perfect, thanks!

[segphault]

Works great here, thanks for sharing. :-)

[jrs1231]

Fantastic work, Jason. Thanks so much!

 

[calebaharrison]

Awesome - update works for me, again, as well. Thanks!

[mikejandreau]

I just bought a second Nest as I'm in the process of moving to a place with two zones.

 

Will this workflow work with two different Nests on the same account? Or will I have to duplicate the workflow and change the triggers to nest-2 or something to have it talk to the second unit?

[jason0x43]

I just bought a second Nest as I'm in the process of moving to a place with two zones.

 

Will this workflow work with two different Nests on the same account? Or will I have to duplicate the workflow and change the triggers to nest-2 or something to have it talk to the second unit?

 

At the moment, you'll need to duplicate the workflow. You can choose between Nests to control, but the workflow can only control one at a time.