1. Start a new macro with Webhook trigger
Click + to enter a Trigger
Select Webhook (Url)
In 1. put the identifier name that you choose in your macro to action the trigger
In 2. click the pink + and create an action variable which can contain parameters.
This is not strictly necessary but good practice to provide options
Finally for 3. copy the URL with identifier
when sent from a browser it will trigger this macro
Lastly if you add "?action=xxx" to the URL
you will be able to pick up "xxx" in a macro, see example below
2 - Create a new macro for the Battery level macro
Start by setting up a Webhook trigger defined in step 1.
Enter "battery" for the identifier in the Trigger - position 1
Click + and enter "action" and create the variable - position 2
Completed the trigger
Click the copy button with the identifier filled in - position 3
to have the complete url to invoke the macro
The url looks like this
"https://trigger.macrodroid.com/3b045d6e-659e-49d7-xxxx-e0adbb02057f/battery"
Save it somewhere so you can run it again in future
from a Phone shortcut or browser bookmark, or watch link
Press Ok to save the Trigger
[Note: This macro doesn't actually use the "action" variable but it's good practice]
Click + to create a new action
Choose speak text
Enter the text
"SimpleHome says phone battery level is {battery} percent"
where shown below
Press OK to save action
Press Tick to save all changes
Finished macro
To test, paste the copied URL [position 3 above]
into a browser and execute
NOTE: The identifier is case sensitive, so "battery" and "Battery" are 2 different triggers
3.Proxy, HTTPS to MacroDroid - HTTP to any devices
A workaround for the Fitbit companion
Start a new macro for sending HTTP requests
Setup the trigger, same as in 1. create a MacrodDroid Webhook
except use "SimpleHome" for the identifier
and in this case a global "action" variable was used
Click the copy button [position 3] with the identifier filled
to have the url to invoke the macro
Press Ok to save the Trigger
Click + to create a new action
choose HTTP request
Insert the following settings
Finalise macro - which looks like this
To test, paste the copied URL [position 3 in the trigger]
into the browser and add the action variable
so it looks something like the example below
using your specific IP and parameters
and then execute it
https://trigger.macrodroid.com/3b045d6e-659e-49d7-xxxx-e0adbb02057f/SimpleHome?action=http://192.168.106.131/relay?state=1
If it works from the browser it should also work from the Fitbit companion
or any other device that requires the conversion
Notes:
This will send the HTTP request required, the response isn't handled but it may also be possible
If you are working across multiple local LANs access must be granted by the router.
Reference:
Consult this link to see Valid Fibtit Local addresses 4 - Find a phone
Create this macro on both your
and your partner's Android phone
Click + to enter a Trigger
Setup the trigger same as in the previous examples
except use "FindMyPhone" for the identifier,
replace "My" with the phone holders name
Enter the macro name same as the identifier
to distinguish the different macros for the shorcuts
Click the copy button [position 3] with the identifier filled
to have the url to invoke the macro
Press Ok to save the Trigger
Click + to create a new actions
which should look like this
This macro uses the action parameter to start/stop the process
Finalise macro - which looks like this
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To test, paste the copied URL [position 3 above]
into the browser and the action to execute
While the Macro is only installed on an Android phone
it can be called from anywhere.
The Webhook will be different for you and your partner
as each will have a different MacroDroid key
Setup a bookmark, or shortcut, for each other's on your phones.
That way either of you can trigger the ring of the phone to find.
If you use a PC or tablet bookmarks / shortcuts you can find yours
or your partner's phone
It is a good idea to make 2 shortcuts for each phone.
The first with the URL copied which triggers the process
The second with "?action=cancel" appended to the URL
This give the ability to start and stop the phone ringing
otherwise it runs at full volume.
Also everything will be full volume afterwards
and volume levels need be reset
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A refinement to the macro is to save the volume levels as they were
and to restore them back when the macro is finished.
If the play item is a short item, wrap it in a repeat loop with a pause
that is dependent on action not being cancel, such as:
repeat 10 times
if action != cancel
play short item
wait 2 seconds
endif
5 - Emergency contact partner phone
Using the same URLS for the macro, as made in 4 above
Create a shortcut on your phone or PC browser named
as Emergency contact for your partner's phone