Large PR, cleanup, prettifying, add device selection and configs. More nodes.

[AshMartian]

I am working on a substantial PR that adds many new features to this node-red ring doorbell integration. I have a Ring Doorbell, and Floodlight camera that I'll be integrating with. So far I've optimized and refactored some code for config settings (only need to enter username/password once), security for passwords, and am integrating device selection.

Here are the current plans before merging, please hold off merging until these are complete.

• Add config into separate node to be used multiple times
• Change text color to white on nodes for readability
• Rename single ring node into ring-action, this is a "breaking" change that warrants a substantial version increase (3.0?) Can add backwards compatibility, but undesirable for the long run
• Add device selection to nodes
• New Node for getting all devices
• New node for getting device status (health)
  • Will be able to send an alert via ifttt or other node-red connections if a battery powered device needs charging
• New node for getting live camera stream url (add proxy to node-red server)
• New node for retrieving previous recordings/actions video url
  • Should resolve snapshot #4

I am using this to integrate Ring into Google Home. Currently there is no support for Ring -> Google Home for push notifications or viewing live feeds/previous recordings. I've already got this code working with my Google Homes and Google Home Hub for broadcast tts notifications on motion and dings.

Thank you for creating this repo, I'm happy to be able to contribute.

[AshMartian]

[AshMartian]

Getting video stream may be very difficult here, See jimhigson/ring-api#1

[tt2g89]

Hi @blandman,
Is it possible to release a snapshot of the latest development?
Maybe later streaming will be working by the API.

[thevalyreangroup]

Hey @blandman I'm going to be revisiting this repo in the coming weeks. I have largely abandoned it in that past year or two and I now see there is a lot of interest in it. Are you still working on this PR?

[tt2g89]

Hey @thevalyreangroup Do you have any plans to rework your plugin in the nearer future?
It would be incredible to have a possibility to get notified by the plugin and maybe with luck have the possibility to stream the video. :)
Thanks to @blandman for contributing!

Found that one: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ring-client-api, but I'm unable to develop unfortunately... :(

[jeroenst]

Wow, seams this plugin is pretty dead.. :-(

[thevalyreangroup]

Yea. Ring changes their API too frequently with breaking changes for me to keep up with it. Tony Simons 574-440-4159 Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2021, at 15:05, Jeroen ***@***.***> wrote:  Wow, seams this plugin is pretty dead.. :-( — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFN6TG5YKL75K54QWMTN5RTTOQKX7ANCNFSM4GHBMBWQ> .