Amazon Dash Button MQTT

Send a MQTT message when someone presses your configured dash buttons.

Installation

Dependencies

• libpcap

sudo apt install libpcap

• NodeJS (>= 8.0.0)

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/vergissberlin/amazon-dash-mqtt.git
cd amazon-dash-mqtt
npm install

2. Configure

• Copy the dist file cp config.dist.json config.json
• Add your MQTT credentials in the config.json.
• Add the buttons, the message and the feed where to publish the MQTT message in the config.json.
• If you're using a broker without need for a token just leave it empty

{
    "settings": {
        "broker": "mqtt://<YOUR_BROKER>",
        "username": "<YOUR_USERNAME>",
        "token": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
    },

    "devices": [
        {
            "mac": "<MAC_ADRESS>",
            "feed": "<FEED>",
            "message": "<MESSAGE>"
        }
    ]
}

NOTE: If you're using Adafruit IO, then use
      "mqtt://io.adafruit.com" as "broker", and in "feed" use "<USERNAME>/feeds/<FEED>".

3. Start the application

sudo nano app.js