Requests Google to send an action.devices.SYNC intent in Google HomeGraph
A documented Google HomeGraph operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
Requests Google to send an action.devices.SYNC intent to your smart home Action to update device metadata for the given user.
- POSTChanges data · devices
homegraph.googleapis.com/v1/devices:requestSync
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which Google HomeGraph operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other Google HomeGraph operations
- Gets the current states in Home GraphPOST · changes data
- Gets all the devices associated with the given third-party userPOST · changes data
- Unlinks the given third-party user from your smart home ActionDELETE · changes data
- Reports device state and optionally sends device notificationsPOST · changes data
Questions
- Can HumDay requests google to send an action.devices.sync intent in Google HomeGraph?
- Yes. This operation is published in Google HomeGraph's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my Google HomeGraph data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in Google HomeGraph. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your Google HomeGraph account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for Google HomeGraph at homegraph.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2023-04-21.