# How to read a sensor value on Homey from another machine?

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**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** webapp\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-read-a-sensor-value-on-homey-from-another-machine/52726 "2021-10-05T18:59:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-read-a-sensor-value-on-homey-from-another-machine/52726/1 "2021-10-05T18:59:30Z")

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Hello,

I’m currently buiding my own local dashboard and I struggle to finish it as I cannot find how to achieve what in my mind was a simple task : I want to retreive from homey the outdoor temperature from a specific sensor using an HTTP request.

I also wanted to have a button that opens all my blinds, this works pretty well with [HTTP request flow cards App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/en-ca/app/com.internet/HTTP-request-flow-cards/), however it is not possible to READ a value using an HTTP request.

After searching a while, I’ve seen that 2 other apps (Webhook Manager & Micro Web Server) can react on an HTTP resquest but again, cannot return a value.

The last (and most logical) way I found is to use the integrated API but :

1. It is not officialy released, and it’s not changing for a very long time
2. The workaround uses a so called “bearer token” which can change without notice (I tought that I had found a solution here [Getting a bearer token | Homey](https://homey.solweb.no/advanced-api-usage/bearertoken) but it only stores the token in a variable, agin there is no way to read it)

Hopefuly I missed something, would someone have an idea on how to read the temperature ?

Many thanks for your help !