Laravel Govee Connector 💡

A Laravel package for interacting with the Govee Smart Home API, allowing easy control and management of Govee smart devices. At the moment only lights are supported.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require chipneedham/laravel-govee

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="config"

This will create a config/govee.php file. Add your Govee API key to your .env file:

GOVEE_API_KEY=your_govee_api_key_here

Getting an API key

See Govee's Docs

Usage

Retrieving Devices

use Govee;

// Get all Govee devices
$devices = Govee::getDevices();

foreach ($devices as $device) {
    echo $device->name; // Device name
    echo $device->deviceId; // Device ID
}

Device Control

// Turn a device on/off
$device->setPowerState(true); // Turn on
$device->setPowerState(false); // Turn off

// Set brightness (1-100)
$device->setBrightness(50);

// Set color using RGB
$device->setColor(255, 0, 0); // Red

// Set color using Hex
$device->setHexColor('#00FF00'); // Green

// Set white color temperature (2000-9000K)
$device->setWhiteTemperature(4000);

Directly Accessing a Device

// If you know the device ID and model
$specificDevice = Govee::getDevice('your-device-id', 'your-device-model');

Rate Limits

Govee's rate limits are annoyingly low. Sorry.

Endpoint	Limit
DeviceList	10 per minute
DeviceControl	10 per minute per device
DeviceState	10 per minute per device
Total Requests	10000 per day

Error Handling

Error handling has a lot of work to be done, at the moment be sure to use trys. The package throws exceptions for invalid inputs or API errors:

try {
    $device->setBrightness(150); // Will throw an exception
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    // Handle error
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

Facade

The package includes a Govee facade for easy access to the Govee API client.

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10.x+
• Govee API Key

Security

Please ensure your Govee API key is kept secure and not committed to version control.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit pull requests or file issues on the GitHub repository.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.