IO Dashboard Buttons greyed out Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

[LXOne]

Hi all,

I have created a dashboard that works fine when logged in locally to my Adafruit account. There are buttons that trigger lighting states on a lamp in my home. Push button, recieve lighting effect, etc. When I make the dashboard (and relevant feed) public and share the link, the buttons are greyed out. They are only manipulatable when I am logged in to the account. Any thoughts? I want to be able to have a member of the public (friends, family, etc) just load the page and play with the lights without having to log in.

https://io.adafruit.com/LXOne/dashboards/test

Thanks

[brubell]

I want to be able to have a member of the public (friends, family, etc) just load the page and play with the lights without having to log in.

You'll want to share this dashboard, follow this guide for more information: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-io- ... -dashboard

Whoever is viewing the dashboard will need an Adafruit IO Account (not your account, just an adafruit io account) to have full access to view and interact with the live streaming data from feeds on the dashboard.

[LXOne]

Thanks Brubell. So just to confirm, for someone to interact with the buttons, etc, they have to log in to an account? If so, is there a reason for this? It's a shame it can't be a free for all with button smashing!

[brubell]

Thanks Brubell. So just to confirm, for someone to interact with the buttons, etc, they have to log in to an account? If so, is there a reason for this? It's a shame it can't be a free for all with button smashing!

Yep, they'll need an Adafruit IO Account.

The Adafruit IO Website uses the Adafruit API. Pressing the button sends a value to the Feed, similar to how you'd do it programmatically. The member's data rates are enforced for these types of actions to avoid flooding the feed (or our servers).

non-logged in button smashing is not allowed: if someone found many public dashboards with buttons, they could flood the server. We'd like to prevent this, it'll keep the Adafruit IO servers online.

- brent r.

[LXOne]

Hi, yes all makes sense!

Thanks for your replies

[litamin]

Yep, they'll need an Adafruit IO Account.

The Adafruit IO Website uses the Adafruit API. Pressing the button sends a value to the Feed, similar to how you'd do it programmatically. The member's data rates are enforced for these types of actions to avoid flooding the feed (or our servers).

non-logged in button smashing is not allowed: if someone found many public dashboards with buttons, they could flood the server. We'd like to prevent this, it'll keep the Adafruit IO servers online.

- brent r.

@brubell what if I make a webpage with a button that uses your HTTP API to turn a pin on/off on my microcontroller - would that work so that whoever goes to this webpage can interact with my microcontoller without having to log in? :)

[brubell]

Yep, they'll need an Adafruit IO Account.

The Adafruit IO Website uses the Adafruit API. Pressing the button sends a value to the Feed, similar to how you'd do it programmatically. The member's data rates are enforced for these types of actions to avoid flooding the feed (or our servers).

non-logged in button smashing is not allowed: if someone found many public dashboards with buttons, they could flood the server. We'd like to prevent this, it'll keep the Adafruit IO servers online.

- brent r.

@brubell what if I make a webpage with a button that uses your HTTP API to turn a pin on/off on my microcontroller - would that work so that whoever goes to this webpage can interact with my microcontoller without having to log in? :)

Yep - but - the script calling the Adafruit IO API would need to use an Adafruit IO username and password still.