hue-cli

hue-cli allows you to control your Philips Hue lights via the command prompt.

Why?

This was created as a simple project to get used to the Rust programming language.

Build Instructions

This can be built using the Rust package manager Cargo

cargo build

Usage

To use this tool it requires a Philips Hue Bridge

Login to the Hue Bridge

hue-cli login

List connected lights along with status

hue-cli list

Turn on a light

hue-cli set on "Living Room Light"

Turn off a light

hue-cli set off "Living Room Light"

Set brightness of a light

hue-cli set bri "Living Room Light" 50

Set alias for a light

hue-cli set alias "Living Room Light" LL

#Using the alias
hue-cli set on LL

Features

• Login to Hue Bridge
• Turn on light
• Turn off light
• Set brightness of light
• Set colour of light
• Set Alias Names for lights to easily reference them later

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT