Feature Request - Add a When-card for when a JSON is received

Hi Arie,

As we briefly discussed in the Homey Community, I would like to request a feature for the Homey JSON Handler app.

I have a Windows laptop and I have scheduled a task to run every few minutes. This task sends a Curl command to Homey. The Curl command is as follows:

CURL -X POST http://192.168.68.63/api/app/com.internet/Computers -H "Content-type:application/json" -d "{\"ComputerName\":\"%COMPUTERNAME%\",\"UserName\":\"%USERNAME%\",\"BatteryConnectionStatus\":\"%BatteryConnectionStatus%\",\"BatteryLifeRemaining\":\"%BatteryLifeRemaining%\"}"

As you can see the subject of this JSON is "Computers" and the first header is "ComputerName" and the value is a Windows variable I send with it. Obviously the name of the computer that sends the Curl command. I had to use "\" to escape the ".

I have a screenshot of the flow attached to this request. The HTTP Request App has a when-card which listens for an incoming POST request with the value "Computers". As you can see, when that happens I use the standard Homey Logic cards to dissect the JSON data. This data is supplied to a AVD called Laptop.

When the new Homey is available the HTTP Request app wont be supported (yet).

Is it possible for you to create a when-card that I can use for incoming POST or GET request?

Homey does offer a whenp-card when a webhook is received, but that doesn't seem to work. They do however have Then-cards which I use to read it as JSON.

Hope something like this is possible.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Dennis van Dinter

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