Haier will be in talks with the developer of the Home Assistant plug-in, to which it sent a takedown request last week. In a message, the company says it wants to continue supporting the open API. The request was sent because the plugin made too many API calls.

Developer Andre0512 He shares on his GitHub page A message sent to him by Haier. Haier made headlines last week when it sent a takedown request to Andre0512, who has developed a Home Assistant plugin that allows users to control various Haier devices. Haier demanded that the plug-in be turned off “because it uses Haier services in an unauthorized manner.”

Haier has now contacted the developer. The company says it values ​​open standards and notes that it supports many third-party services, just like standards like Matter. The company also says the previous message it sent was “standard protocol” within the company. This happened because the company saw a “significant increase” in API calls to the AWS environment that Haier’s hOn app runs with. The company did not provide specific numbers, but attributes the significant increase to the developer’s plugin. Andre0512 He writes himself Plugins make an API request every five seconds, in addition to a request with each user. The developer wants to know from Haier what is the most realistic number of calls.

Haier says it wants to continue working together to improve the plug-in so that it costs the company less money. Haier also wants to “work together to serve society.” The company wants to discuss this matter with the developer. Haier has it now too He wrote a blog post Contains his insights on IoT ecosystems.