Discourse/Uncategorized/2021-11-29 SpaceAPI physical switch

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SpaceAPI physical switch

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James

Related to Opening & Closing the Space - Automation and Accessibility in Home Assistant

What is SpaceAPI? Watch this simple video

 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhgZyPl6p44 
   
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Let’s build a physical switch that allows someone walking into Noisebridge to notify others when we are Open and when we are Closed. Technical description here

- Website is https://spaceapi.io

- Github repositories at https://github.com/SpaceApi

- Provide an endpoint

- Can plug into our chat systems! Or our wiki! Write software!

- View project metrics of other hackerspaces using this tool!

- Live heatmap of which hackerspaces around the world are currently open and closed

Want to help build this?

- Buildout repo issue created

- Host the software somewhere on Pegasus or on rack

- Build a physical switch

- optionally integrate notifications with our chats, wiki, or this forum

- optionally integrate with our RFID system

- optionally integrate with Home Assistant

Still have questions?

``` IRC: #spaceapi on Libera.chat Matrix: #spaceapi:matrix.coredump.ch ```

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James

See this live mapped example of the maker and hackerspaces in our area

Adding SpaceAPI presence makes it possible to know whether each is open…

Live example of a space currently open as of this screenshot:

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