<html><head></head><body><div>Hi Steve,</div><div><br></div><div>great job you are doing on the i3 :-)</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to suggest to keep a feature using BMW's REST API optional in your module. Ideally as "OPT-IN" from the WebUI.</div><div><br></div><div>OVMS users like me use OVMS as a complete replacement for any "calling home" functionallities by the manufacturer. For privacy reasons I don't want to be forced to set up an account at the manufacturer. I think OVMS should best be useable without forcing the user to have to register with the manufacturer (and therefor will be tracked by the manufacturer). If a user decides to do so, no problem. But the module should be able to work without connection to the manufacturer, I believe.</div><div><br></div><div>Again, great job you are doing. My neighbor owns an i3. He is thinking about using OVMS now too :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Greetinx from Bavaria (50km away from Munich)</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Am Freitag, den 19.02.2021, 10:29 +0200 schrieb Steve Davies:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://api2.activeinboxhq.com/1.0/anon/rr/10bc591e8f8299ad33b84fe2e69084e2" width="1" height="1" style="display:none !important">Hi,<div><br></div><div>One way to "command" the BMW/Mini cars is with the BMW ConnectedDrive app. This talks to REST APIs on BMW servers around the place. </div><div><br></div><div>This API has been sniffed by others and seems simple to use.</div><div><br></div><div>The actual delivery of the command to the car is deathly slow - at least here in South Africa. I think it actually sends the car an SMS to kick things off. And it doesn't always work. Still, it does allow things like unlock / lock / climatise and what have you.</div><div><br></div><div>I expect I can come up with some sort of "noop" operation that boils down to "wake up the car" which would be helpful to get fresh state from the car from time to time.</div><div><br></div><div>Would you be OK with taking a PR for the bmwi3 vehicle module that uses this? </div><div><br></div><div>Are there any available frameworks for calling HTTP/JSON/REST APIs from the C++ code?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div></div>
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