labwaste / badnest

badnest

A bad Nest integration that uses the web api to work after Works with Nest was shut down (bad Google, go sit in your corner and think about what you did)

Why is it bad?

This isn't an advertised or public API, it's still better than web scraping, but will never be as reliable as the original API

Features

• Doesn't use the now defunct Works with Nest API
• Works with migrated/new accounts via Google auth
• Works with old via Nest auth
• Nest Protect support
• Nest Thermostat support
• Nest Thermostat Sensor support
• Nest Camera support

Drawbacks

• Won't work with 2FA enabled accounts (Works with 2fa Google Accounts)
• Tested with a single thermostat, I have no other devices to test with
• Camera integration is untested by me
• Nest Protect integration is untested by me
• Nest could change their webapp api at any time, making this defunct

Configuration

The camera's region is one of us or eu depending on your region. If you're not in the US or EU, you should be able to add your two-character country code, and it should work.

Example configuration.yaml - When you're not using the Google Auth Login

badnest:
  email: [email protected]
  password: !secret nest_password
  region: us

climate:
  - platform: badnest
    scan_interval: 10

camera:
  - platform: badnest

sensor:
  - platform: badnest

Example configuration.yaml - When you are using the Google Auth Login

badnest:
  issue_token: "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/iframerpc....."
  cookie: "OCAK=......"
  region: us

climate:
  - platform: badnest
    scan_interval: 10

camera:
  - platform: badnest

sensor:
  - platform: badnest

Google Login support added with many thanks to: chrisjshull from https://github.com/chrisjshull/homebridge-nest/

The values of "issue_token" and "cookie" are specific to your Google Account. To get them, follow these steps (only needs to be done once, as long as you stay logged into your Google Account).

1. Open a Chrome browser tab in Incognito Mode (or clear your cache).
2. Open Developer Tools (View/Developer/Developer Tools).
3. Click on 'Network' tab. Make sure 'Preserve Log' is checked.
4. In the 'Filter' box, enter issueToken
5. Go to home.nest.com, and click 'Sign in with Google'. Log into your account.
6. One network call (beginning with iframerpc) will appear in the Dev Tools window. Click on it.
7. In the Headers tab, under General, copy the entire Request URL (beginning with https://accounts.google.com, ending with nest.com). This is your "issue_token" in configuration.yaml.
8. In the 'Filter' box, enter oauth2/iframe
9. Several network calls will appear in the Dev Tools window. Click on the last iframe call.
10. In the Headers tab, under Request Headers, copy the entire cookie (beginning OCAK=... - include the whole string which is several lines long and has many field/value pairs - do not include the cookie: name). This is your "cookie" in configuration.yaml.