Generic Sensor
A custom telemetry-first endpoint.
Built from capabilities, not assumptions.
Generic Sensor is a canonical HomeAutoPro sensors template. The same production capability schema drives validation, controls, reported state, telemetry, scenes and automations. Undeclared keys are rejected.
Controls
Feedback / state
Every connected device also reports online state and last-seen time. Applied values remain distinct from requested values until the device acknowledges them.
No readable state is declared.
Telemetry
This template declares no telemetry-only values. Report readable applied values as state.
Automations
Online and offline lifecycle events.
This read-only template cannot be an action target.
Payloads and acknowledgement
Authenticate
{"type":"auth","device_secret":"YOUR_DEVICE_SECRET"}Sample code
Choose one platform. All examples use the production protocol and placeholders; no stored secret is retrieved.
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
#include <WebSocketsClient.h>
const char* DEVICE_CODE = "YOUR_DEVICE_ID";
const char* DEVICE_SECRET = "YOUR_DEVICE_SECRET";
WebSocketsClient socket;
// Handle only: (no writable keys)
// Connect: socket.beginSSL("api.homeautopro.in", 443, path);
// First message: {"type":"auth","device_secret":DEVICE_SECRET}
// After a command, publish {"type":"state","state":applied}.#include <WiFi.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
#include <WebSocketsClient.h>
const char* DEVICE_CODE = "YOUR_DEVICE_ID";
const char* DEVICE_SECRET = "YOUR_DEVICE_SECRET";
// Use TLS port 443 and the same authenticated command/state ACK lifecycle.
// Generate handlers only for: (no writable keys)import requests
url = "https://homeautopro.in/api/device-ingest/DEVICE_CODE/state"
headers = {"X-Device-Secret": "YOUR_DEVICE_SECRET"}
payload = {"state": {}}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()const response = await fetch(
"https://homeautopro.in/api/device-ingest/DEVICE_CODE/state",
{ method: "POST", headers: { "X-Device-Secret": "YOUR_DEVICE_SECRET", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({"state": {}}) }
);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HomeAutoPro ${response.status}`);curl --fail-with-body -X POST \
-H "X-Device-Secret: YOUR_DEVICE_SECRET" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"state": {}}' \
https://homeautopro.in/api/device-ingest/DEVICE_CODE/stateTroubleshooting
401 authentication
Use the current Device Secret locally. Rotate it in Device Details if it was lost.
422 validation
Compare every key, type and range with the capability schema above.
No command ACK
Publish the value actually applied after handling event=command.