Get JSON or XML result from HTTP call (so I can check Hue bulb light state)

[Darrell Marjoram]

Hi,

I've love to see the ability to get a result from a HTTP call, even just the body string. This will allow me to check, for example, Philips Hue bulb state when a PIR is triggered and then when it times out, return the bulb to its original state.

Currently, my bulbs turn off even though I don't want them to if  they are already on.

Any suggestions to get this behaviour with the current API?

Kind Regards,
Darrell

[Darrell Marjoram]

To save on server resources in your Rackspace environment, you could even call dispose of the HTTP response when calling GetResponse() on the HttpWebRequest when the response body exceeds a small size, e.g. 1KB. This will be more than enough for 99% of usecases and will provide protection to your web service and a great feature (which is really required).