Author: mnbf9rca

  • Quick and easy way to tweet from a function app

    After my last post, I spent some time looking through this. Eventually, I found a really lightweight class which does what i need. After spending some time adding some error handling to the api.request() method, I then wrapped a webrequest around it and created a function app. You can find it here: https://github.com/mnbf9rca/TwitterFunctionApp the app takes a simple JSON:…

  • BMW API now requires location, no bypass available

    Earlier this year, we got a new car, a BMW 3 series. It came subscribed to the BMW ConnectedDrive service, and that comes with an iPhone or Android app. So, of course, I immediately set about deconstructing the traffic to figure out what was going on, inspired by the work of Terence Eden. Unfortunately, BMW appears…

  • Twitter API without libraries – for posting as yourself (e.g. a bot)

    I have to say that the twitter API documentation is absolutely abysmal. It’s impossible to navigate – calls make reference to other calls but the major problem is that there are almost no examples – they almost all recommend that you use a library. So how on earth are you supposed to learn how the API…

  • How to: access the Honeywell Evohome API documentation

    Since writing this post, Honeywell has sold their products to Resideo, the new URL is: https://tccna.resideo.com/WebApi/Help/ApiIntroduction After my last post, I did some more digging. I found that the API is actually documented at https://tccna.honeywell.com/WebApi/Help/ApiIntroduction you need an APP ID to log in with (or OAuth app ID+secret).

  • How to: Manage Honeywell Evohome with Azure Logic Apps

    When we bought our house a few years ago, we totally gutted it and one of the things we installed was an evohome heating system. Honeywell has an iphone app for the evohome, so recently, I decided to explore the API. Unfortunately, Honeywell doesn’t seem to offer a public API, so I spent a bit of time…