For several use cases it would be beneficial to have access to the openHAB thing status. Unfortunately the thing status can not easily be assigned to an item. This blog post explains a workaround.
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Using DYMO LabelWriter 450 As Network Printer On Mac
The DYMO LabelWriter 450 is not a itself capable to act as a network printer. But with a proper router, it is possible to expose the printer in the network. This post explains the setup with a FRITZ!Box and a Mac as user.
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Deployment of DNS Configuration to Synology NAS
Managing the configuration of a NAS using the user interface is nice, but hard to reproduce. That's why I thought about ways to manage the configuration in Git and to deploy it using scripts. Let's have a closer look at my first attempt related to DNS server configuration.
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Tools for Testing REST APIs
In this blog post I would like to have a short look at several tools which I already used for testing REST APIs. To be more concrete, it's about cURL, JMeter, SOAP UI, Swagger UI, Postman and IntelliJ Idea.
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A Pattern for Apigee Error Handling
Consistent error handling is an important issue when it comes to REST API design. It can make sense to deliver additional error information. This blog post describes how providing such information can be enforced when Apigee is used as API gateway.
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