dolanmiu / Automated-Chicken-Coop-2

A remake of the chicken coop with Raspberry Pi and NodeJS

Automated-Chicken-Coop-2

A remake of the chicken coop with Raspberry Pi and NodeJS

Quick Usage

Install

npm install

To Start

npm start

REST Commands

Open Door

http://localhost:9000/door/open

Close Door

http://localhost:9000/door/close

Tips

Auto-Update

Create a shell script which runs git pull on the project directory before npm start. Make sure to make boot completed only after network connectivity.

Auto-Start

On Raspberry Pi, use sudo crontab -e and then add @reboot [THE SHELL SCRIPT YOU JUST CREATED] to the bottom of the file. @reboot runs the script automatically upon every boot.

Another option is to use upstart. But this seems highly dodgy as sudo apt-get install upstart changes your LXDE theme for some reason.