Greetings hackers!
Some of you may have seen that the latest 2.2 release for Botvac Connected includes the new maps functionality. Basically, you can now see the cleaning maps of your home in the Neato applications.
We thought you might interested in accessing this functionality too, hence we've just released the new SDKs and API documentation which include this functionality. This main addition can be seen here:
https://developers.neatorobotics.com/api/beehive
Happy hacking! ^^_
Cheers,
r.
@Ubiquitous said:
Any chance you (as in Neato) would consider allowing us to switch to our backend server, essentially replacing your cometa.io server (cometa.neatocloud.com)?
We took your suggestion, but there are so many implications that i doubt this will get prioritized.
FYI, we do not use the cometa.io server, the official endpoint is https://nucleo.neatocloud.com:4443/ and the one you pointed out is for retro-compatibility only.
@Stormwind said:
@roberto - Any chance of making the local LAN, direct-to-robot API official and documenting it? Some people prefer the lower latency and non-cloud dependency of local LAN control.
Suggestion noted. Note that direct-to-robot have limited functionalities.
@Seth-Daniel said:
@roberto Are there any plans to integrate with IFTTT? That would make it much easier for people to use with other smarthome things such as SmartThings, Echo, and Google Home.
A SmartThings integration exists, so does the Alexa one. IFTTT and Google Home are on the list of integrations that we are considering.
@Basic said:
I see there is limitations to the scheduling in the software. I want to run the robot two times a day (set the schedule remotely). Any ideas on how to do that?
This is an internal robot implementation. You can use the API to start your robot anytime you want, and build your own schedule system. 
@Michael-van-der-Heijden Yes, everything is just standard http requests. Just head to the API section of the docs to learn more. You can see implementation examples in the existing SDK, that may help you out too!
Thank you @hek!
Sales are very nice indeed, but I'm also very interested in seeing what can be built with the creativity of all of you hackers on top of the Neato platform!
@korttoma due to hardware and other considerations we are only targeting the connected series, that started with the BotVac Connected. There currently are also the D3/D5 available, and then the future products to come!
Hello hackers!
Let me introduce myself, I am Roberto Ostinelli, Neato Robotics' Director of Cloud Services.
I'm impressed with the work that you've put into integrating with our robots! Great job!
Given the interest we've seen on this and other forums, we've listened and have just released the Neato Developer Network, which might hopefully be of interest for some of you here.
You can become a developer with just your Neato account from here:
https://developers.neatorobotics.com
You will find official documentation and SDKs for JavaScript, iOS and Android (for now, we plan on expanding to other languages too!).
Simply put, as a developer you can create your own OAuth apps that interacts with Neato robots.
A demo of what you can achieve with the JavaScript SDK can be seen here (just login with your Neato account when requested):
https://developers.neatorobotics.com/demo/sdk-js
Please note that all of this is in Beta, we're a small team but are doing our best!
Cheers,
r.