Control Google Nest thermostats, cameras, and doorbells via Google Smart Device Management API using curl and jq commands.
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Control Google Nest devices via the Smart Device Management (SDM) API using curl + jq.
Create a Google Cloud Project
Enable the SDM API
Create OAuth Credentials
client_idclient_secretRegister Your Devices
Get Access Token
# Replace with your values curl -s \ -d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \ -d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \ -d "refresh_token=YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN" \ -d "grant_type=refresh_token" \ https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token
# List devices google-home-cli devicesGet thermostat info
google-home-cli thermostat "Living Room" --info
Set temperature (heat/cool/auto)
google-home-cli thermostat "Living Room" --temp 72
Query camera
google-home-cli camera "Front Door" --status
google-home-cli thermostat <name>--temp <degrees>--mode heat|cool|auto--fan on|autogoogle-home-cli camera <name>--snapshot--streamgoogle-home-cli speaker <name>--volume 0-100--stopexport GOOGLE_HOME_CLIENT_ID="your-client-id" export GOOGLE_HOME_CLIENT_SECRET="your-client-secret" export GOOGLE_HOME_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-access-token"
# List all devices curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \ "https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1/enterprises/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/devices"Get device traits
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"
"https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1/enterprises/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/devices/YOUR_DEVICE_ID"
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nestscripts/nest# Make it available globally ln -sf /Users/mitchellbernstein/clawd/skills/google-home/scripts/nest /usr/local/bin/nestList devices
nest list
Get thermostat status
nest status "enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID"
Set temperature (Celsius)
nest temp "enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID" 22
Set mode
nest mode "enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID" HEAT
Create
~/.config/google-home/config.json{ "project_id": "your-google-cloud-project-id", "access_token": "your-oauth-access-token" }
enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_IDNo automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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