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February 19, 2013

Official API for Sonos system

  • February 19, 2013
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Official API for 3th party developers to integrate the Sonos system with web-apps, home automation systems, ...
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      Prodigy I
      January 20, 2015
      Excellent news!
      I am just a worthless liar. I am just an imbecil.
      Christophe_2
      Avid Contributor I
      January 23, 2015
      Best news ever... If we finally could fully integrate sonos with an open Api in home automation like Crestron !!!!
      Jason_124
      Lyricist I
      July 13, 2015
      This is a no-brainer for any modern technology platform. I thought Sonos was one?
      Andreas_27
      Lyricist I
      October 28, 2015
      I'm using Loxone for home automation and it would be great to have an official API from sonos. At the moment I'm using https://github.com/jishi/node-sonos-http-api as a workarround.
      upstatemike
      October 28, 2015
      Hopefully this won't be restricted to custom integrators and high end (high cost) automation systems. Would like to see it available to, and supported for, mainstream DIY systems like Homeseer etc.
      Local music library with carefully constructed playlists - no shuffling!, Integration with Homeseer Automation, No touch screen devices, No streaming services, No Apple products ever
      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      October 29, 2015
      Sonos already "publishes" their API - its UPNP, easily visible with any "spy" tool eg Intel's Device Spy. Music Services are trickier, but all playback control is via UPnP.
      Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
      buzz
      buzz
      Grand Maestro
      October 30, 2015
      In iPad/iPhone a very easy approach is to call the SONOS App via a URL. One can four-finger swipe back to the control application. This appears seamless to the user and presents very few, if any issues for the control App writer. In some applications this is can be a single line of code (with a button) project. Formal API with pretty code examples or not, duplicating the SONOS controller function is a large project. This is one reason why there are not many companies competing with SONOS. If one simply wants to control Play-Pause-Volume, there are some straight forward commands, but one must first discover the SONOS players or guarantee that the players always use the same credentials. As controlav indicates, if one is familiar with UPnP, this is very straight forward.
      kdd
      Lyricist I
      January 3, 2017
      Despite it is a 3 year old requst, it is more than up to date.
      Such an offical API (e.g. REST service) is required for home automation and integration into customers environment.
      jgatie
      jgatie
      January 3, 2017
      Despite it is a 3 year old requst, it is more than up to date.
      Such an offical API (e.g. REST service) is required for home automation and integration into customers environment.

      Perhaps you missed this:

      http://www.cepro.com/article/sonos_now_integrates_for_real_iport_and_lutron_launch_new_sonos_controls

      It’s official. Sonos now integrates with third-party home automation systems. Of course, smart-home systems have integrated with Sonos for at least a decade, but now they have the love and support of the manufacturer itself.

      Control4, Crestron, Deutsche Telekom’s QIVICON, iPort, Lutron and Savant are Sonos’s first sanctioned partners.

      Paul Williams, VP Solutions for Control4 (Nasdaq: CTRL) tells CE Pro the home automation company has been working with Sonos on the new API for quite some time and an official driver will ship within 30 days.


      and this:

      http://press-us.sonos.com/134980-sonos-with-partners-and-industry-leaders-ushers-in-new-era-of-connected-home-listening

      Sonos: The Heart of the Connected Home
      Sonos also announced the company’s first-ever endorsed partner integrations with connected home leaders Crestron, Lutron, Savant, Control4, iPort and Deutsche Telekom’s QIVICON. These joint collaborations seamlessly integrate Sonos’ sound platform into the connected home, making it even easier for customers to control their music at home, whether from a touchscreen panel, a light switch or a remote control, all with the simple push of a button.
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