Is it possibly to make an apple shortcut, that reads a NFC tag, and start a homey flow by sending the value inside the flow

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Hi,

yes, I would suggest using the iphone app “shortcuts” and homey webhooks for this (they are default on).

Steps:

  1. Create a Homey Flow with Webhook Trigger:
  • Open the Homey app.
  • Go to Flows and create a new flow.
  • Add the “When” card: Webhook received.
  • Name the webhook, e.g., nfc_tag.
  • Add “Then” actions based on the NFC tag value, such as turning on lights or setting specific actions.
  1. Read NFC Tag with iPhone:
  • Use the Shortcuts app:
    • Create a new Shortcut.
    • Add the “NFC” action and scan your NFC tag to associate it with the Shortcut.
  • Add the “Get Contents of URL” action in the Shortcut to send a webhook request.
    • Use the URL format:
https://webhook.homey.app/[yourcloudid]/nfc_tag?tag=front_door

Replace [yourcloudid] with your Homey Cloud ID, you can find it in the url when you go to https://my.homey.app/

You can either use a different webhook for each NFC-Tag, or use different “tag=” for each. The tag parameter is automatically captured as a variable in the Flow:

Add a “And” condition to check the value of the tag parameter:

  • Choose Logic > Is exactly.
  • Set the variable to tag (it will be available automatically).
  • Enter the specific value to match (e.g., front_door).
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