External vs internal piston URL

#1

I use Blue Iris to fire Webcore pistons when my cameras detect certain objects. After moving to Webcore on Hubitat, I expected everything would run locally. But when I look at the URL used to fire a piston from an external source, it starts with this:

https://cloud.hubitat.com/api/…

I was expecting an internal IP address. Does anyone know why I’m not just sending the request over my local network? Thanks for any info anyone can provide.

#2

If you on HE:

  • go to HE console -> Apps -> select your piston

Hit ‘Test run this piston’

The screen will show you both the cloud and local URLs for the piston.

#3

That works. Thank you.