# Hue app via HomeyScript - individual device control working, but not setScene, groupOn, groupOff - hints & tips?

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**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** homey-pro, hue\
**Created:** [July 14, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-app-via-homeyscript-individual-device-control-working-but-not-setscene-groupon-groupoff-hints-tips/84590 "2023-07-14T17:14:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-app-via-homeyscript-individual-device-control-working-but-not-setscene-groupon-groupoff-hints-tips/84590/3 "2023-07-15T09:43:57Z")

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Oh goodness, yes, thank you! … that works

I had multiple mistakes and misunderstandings …

- I hadn’t understood the structure, naming and therefore passing of the ‘scene’ within the args … scene: { … params …}.
- I had skipped passing bridge\_id … not thinking through what I was previously getting/doing courtesy of the Homey API/services, but that now I need to go via Philips Hue App for myself and out through the Hue Bridge.
- And yes I was trying to control a scene by name, not by ID. I’m sure I had tried ID earlier in my battles, but lost that along the way while failing due to my other mistakes.

Having tried a few experiments, the essential requirements are the scene id and bridge\_id. It is not necessary to give the description or scene name.

Here is an updated script, which shows the **setScene** action card structure, lists one or more of the scenes including scene id and bridge\_id values, and if a specific scene was specified then it activates that scene.

```auto
// HomeyScript using Philips Hue official app from Athom B.V
// Developed using versions:
// - Philips Hue app v5.9.2
// - Homey Web App version 1.9.58
// - Homey Pro (Early 2023), version 10.0.0-rc.122

// Status as of 15-July-2023: working!
// Shows structure of Philips Hue app setScene action card
// Lists scenes (if given empty scene name), or shows & selects 1 specific scene by name
// Activates specific scene (if a specific scene name was given in the script)

const flowcard_uri = 'homey:manager:flow';
const owner_uri = 'homey:app:nl.philips.hue';
const card_id = 'homey:app:nl.philips.hue:setScene';
const card_arg_name = 'scene';

// edit to match an available Hue scene, or empty string to list all available scenes
const scene_name = 'Study';
// const scene_name = '';

var scene_id = null;
var bridge_id = null;

log('Get Philips Hue FlowCardActions');
const actionCards = await Homey.flow.getFlowCardActions();
for( const card of actionCards ) {
  if (card.id == card_id) {
    log('FlowCardActions for card id:', card_id);
    log(card);
  }
}

log ('\n');
log('Get Philips Hue app setScene parameters');
const options = await Homey.flow.getFlowCardAutocomplete({
  uri: flowcard_uri,
  id: card_id,
  name: card_arg_name,
  query: '',
  type: 'flowcardaction'
})
var found_scene = false
for( scene of options ) {
  if( !(scene_name.length) || (scene.name == scene_name) ) {
    log('setScene parameters for scene name: ', scene.name);
    log(scene);
    scene_id = scene.id;
    bridge_id = scene.bridge_id;
  }
  if ( scene_name.length && (scene.name == scene_name) ){
    found_scene = true;
  }
}

log('\n');
log('Setting scene (if specified & found)');
if (!found_scene){
  log('Did not find scene to activate');
} else {
  log('runFlowCardAction: uri=', owner_uri, '; id=', card_id, '; arg:', card_arg_name, '; bridge_id=', bridge_id, '; id=', scene_id);
  await Homey.flow.runFlowCardAction({
    uri: owner_uri,
    id: card_id,
    args: {
      scene: {
        bridge_id: bridge_id,
        id: scene_id,
      },
    },
  })
  .then(() => log('runFlowCardAction OK'))
  .catch(error => log(`runFlowCardAction Error:`, error));
}

```

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