https://github.com/stjohnjohnson/mqtt-dasher

Notifies MQTT when an Amazon Dash button is pressed
https://github.com/stjohnjohnson/mqtt-dasher

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Notifies MQTT when an Amazon Dash button is pressed

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stjohnjohnson/mqtt-dasher
• Owner: stjohnjohnson
• Created: 2016-07-15T04:25:24.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-12-28T07:06:26.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-03T14:05:59.212Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mqtt-dasher
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 40
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 5
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  • Readme: README.md

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# MQTT Dasher

***Emits events to MQTT when an Amazon Dash button is pressed.***

[![GitHub tag](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/stjohnjohnson/mqtt-dasher.svg)](https://github.com/stjohnjohnson/mqtt-dasher/releases)

# Configuration

The dash bridge has one yaml file for configuration:

```

---

mqtt:

    # Specify your MQTT Broker's hostname or IP address here

    host: mqtt

    # Preface for the topics $PREFACE/$TOPIC

    preface: dash

buttons:

    44:65:0d:dc:51:50: nerf_supplies

```

# Usage

_note: follow [this setup](https://github.com/hortinstein/node-dash-button#installation-instructions) first

1. Install the Node module globally

    ```

    $ npm install -g mqtt-dasher

    ```

2. Configure your buttons

    ```

    $ mkdir -p /opt/mqtt-dasher

    $ cp _config.yml /opt/mqtt-dasher/config.yml

    $ vi /opt/mqtt-dasher/config.yml

    ```

3. Add systemd unit for the service

    ```

    $ cp mqtt-dasher.service /etc/systemd/system

    ```

4. Run the server

    ```

    $ systemctl start mqtt-dasher.service

    ```

5. Configured dash events now feed into MQTT