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Blinking Lifx Lights Without IFTTT

Allison Tharp has a project to blink a set of Lifx lights a team’s color when they score:

The first step is to generate an API token via the Lifx API here (https://cloud.lifx.com/settings). Keep this token safe and don’t let others see it!

In my functions file, I created 3 new functions for controlling the lights: invoke-setLightinvoke-Pulse, and invoke-Breathe. To understand what the API was expecting, I followed the Lifx API documentation here. As far as API documentation goes, this one is pretty good. Most functions have an interactive portion at the bottom which allows you to test it out yourself and also see what inputs the API expects.

As a Bills fan, at least I wouldn’t have to worry about the lights wearing out from overuse.