Block to expose hardware features via http api

Use this as standalone with the button below:

Or add the following service to your docker-compose.yml:

version: "2.1"
services:
  hardware-debug:
    restart: always
    privileged: true
    image: ghcr.io/rcooke-warwick/hardware-debug:latest
    ports:
      - "80:3000"

If you want to use a webserver exposing a public facing page, you will need to remove the exposed port 80

This block lets you extract hardware information via an easy to use http api, without needing knowledge of the command line tools typically used to get this information. You can also use it to interact with the device hardware, for example to toggle GPIO pins, read/write from an i2c bus, and more.

For example, to retreive all i2c buses, you can make a GET:

curl <DEVICE_URL>/i2c/buses 

And to get all i2c devices connected to a bus:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"bus": <BUS_NUMBER}' \
    <DEVICE_URL>/i2c/detect

To see what other endpoints are available, check the lib/index.js file.

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub and we will be happy to help.

balenablock-template is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the license.