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bryceadams/WooCommerce-Physical-Experiments
Integrated with the WooCommerce API and a middleware API routing requests.
A collection of Particle Photon microcontroller sketches that trigger physical outputs (LEDs, buzzers, OLED displays, thermal printers) when WooCommerce sales events occur via a middleware webhook. Aimed at shop owners who want a tangible, ambient notification system for their store. Firmly a 2016 hobby project, not a library or framework.
Each experiment is self-contained with a board photo and a single .ino file — easy to read and wire up independently. The progression from simple (LED on sale) to more complex (thermal receipt printing, OLED display) makes it a decent learning ladder for Particle + WooCommerce webhook integration. Including the Adafruit_Thermal driver source directly means you're not hunting for a compatible version.
Dead for a decade — the Particle Photon ecosystem has moved on, WooCommerce's API has gone through multiple breaking versions since 2016, and the middleware glue isn't included at all. No security consideration for the webhook endpoint (no signature verification), which means anyone who discovers the URL can trigger your LEDs. The README is essentially empty; you'd need to reverse-engineer the .ino files to understand the webhook payload shape or how the middleware is supposed to work. Six stars and four forks over ten years tells you everything about adoption.