Tokens

Tokens (Tags for the user) are variables available in the Flow Editor to pass information between cards.

There are two types of tokens: trigger tokens and global tokens.

Trigger Tokens

When triggering a Flow, some information might be useful to use in that Flow. For example, when it starts raining, the mm/hour could be a token.

Tokens have a pre-defined type, which can be either string, number, boolean or image. If the type is not defined, the token is assumed to be of type string.

Tokens are drag-and-dropable by the user. They can be dropped in compatible fields, such as a text field for String tokens, or in a special droptoken field (read below in the section about Arguments). This way, the user can make advanced flows with variables.

Example

To add tokens to a trigger, just add a property tokens to your /app.json.

/app.json

{
  "id": "com.athom.example",
  ...
  "flow": {
    "triggers": [
    {
      "id": "rain_start",
      "title": {
        "en": "It starts raining"
      },
      "tokens": [
        {
          "name": "mm_per_hour",
          "type": "number",
          "title": {
            "en": "mm/h"
          },
          "example": 5
        },
        {
          "name": "city",
          "type": "string",
          "title": {
            "en": "City"
          },
          "example": {
            "en": "Amsterdam"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]

And when firing your trigger, add them as second argument:

/app.js

let rainStartTrigger = new Homey.FlowCardTrigger('rain_start');

let tokens = {
  'mm_per_hour': 3,
  'city': 'New York'
}

rainStartTrigger
  .register()
  .trigger( tokens )
    .catch( this.error )
    .then( this.log )

Global Tokens

A token can also be registered globally, which makes it accessible in any Flow and does not require the app to trigger the Flow. For example a weather app could expose the current temperature as a global token.

By default a device's capability are registered as global tokens.

Example

/app.js

let myToken = new Homey.FlowToken( 'my_token', {
  type: 'number',
  title: 'My Token'
});
myToken.register()
  .then(() => {
    return myToken.setValue( 23.5 );
  })
  .catch( err => {
    this.error( err );
  });

Child Topics

• Image Tokens