More data from API calls

Developing with LIFX
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I’m having trouble tracking the states of lamps in my app. I could really use some more data returned from the API calls. For instance, a call to the toggle endpoint returns this data:

   "id": "d3b2f2d97452",
   "label": "Left Lamp",
   "status": "ok"

That doesn’t tell me the resulting state of the lamp. Did I toggle it on or off?

Also the HTTP API has inherent lag and rapid fire requests get mixed up. A timestamp of the operation would be nice, so I can report only the latest data. Here’s what I’d like to see in the toggle return data:

   "id": "d3b2f2d97452",
   "label": "Left Lamp",
   "status": "ok"
   "timestamp": "[UTC timestamp]",
   "power": "on"

And similar additions to the other state setters. It would make mirroring the app lamp states with real world states more accurate on my end.

Just a thought :slight_smile:

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