Install REST

Controlling the home from distance can be made via standard web access methods such as the RESTful API.

Different options are available for the implementation of such a service:

• Installing a web server and writing CGI scipts
• Writing scripts serving a TCP socket and complying to the HTTP scheme
• Using a framework such as:
  • HTTP::Server::Simple
  • Mojolicious

I have chosen Mojolicious Lite for its simplicity and the ease of development.

Before all, make sure you have installed an xPL hub.

Install Mojolicious Lite

Mojolicious::Lite can be installed with the standard CPAN method. For Debian and related distributions such as Ubuntu, a dedicated option is to use:

sudo apt install libmojolicious-perl