I made a Python tool to control SmartLife Smart plugs…
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I made a Python tool to control SmartLife Smart plugs without the paid API
I built a Python script that acts like an API for controlling Smart Life smart plugs.
It currently supports:
* Login
* Device discovery
* Device status checks
* On/off control
I was working on some home automation scripts and wanted to see whether there was an API I could use.
Tuya does provide a cloud API, but it requires setting up a cloud project through their developer portal, and the API access I found was only available as a limited free trial before becoming paid.
I didn’t want to pay for API access or be limited to controlling the plug manually through the mobile app. I wanted to integrate it into my own automation system, and the app itself didn’t give me the flexibility I needed.
So I started looking into how the mobile app communicates with Tuya's backend and wrote a Python implementation around that flow.
While working on it, I also ended up digging into some of the protocol details, including:
* Password encryption
* RSA-based login flow
* TLS communication
* Request signing
* HMAC-SHA256
* Device datapoints / DPs
* Bitmap token decoding
#home
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I built a Python script that acts like an API for controlling Smart Life smart plugs.
It currently supports:
* Login
* Device discovery
* Device status checks
* On/off control
I was working on some home automation scripts and wanted to see whether there was an API I could use.
Tuya does provide a cloud API, but it requires setting up a cloud project through their developer portal, and the API access I found was only available as a limited free trial before becoming paid.
I didn’t want to pay for API access or be limited to controlling the plug manually through the mobile app. I wanted to integrate it into my own automation system, and the app itself didn’t give me the flexibility I needed.
So I started looking into how the mobile app communicates with Tuya's backend and wrote a Python implementation around that flow.
While working on it, I also ended up digging into some of the protocol details, including:
* Password encryption
* RSA-based login flow
* TLS communication
* Request signing
* HMAC-SHA256
* Device datapoints / DPs
* Bitmap token decoding
#home
source
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