Is there a way to check the status of the Nest servers?
They appear to be down right now. Currently I'm checking by firing a GET request to:
https://developer-api.nest.com/?auth=...
Which works fine, I can just set a timeout and check the status codes.
I'm using the Firebase API (OS X) and I'm wondering, maybe there is a better way I can check? I don't see anything in their API. observeEventType:withBlock:withCancelBlock: never gets called.
Also, will the firebase observeEventType: block automatically start being called once the servers are back?
After 2 days the block appears to be lifted. I tried contacting Nest 2 days ago and I never got a reply. Perhaps they lifted the block and didn't reply, or it happened automatically.
I believe I was blocked because I was using my real account, with a real device. And obviously because I was in development I was logging in/out and changing values a lot.
I didn't realise until after the block you can create virtual devices (on a new account). More information here: https://developer.nest.com/documentation/cloud/chrome-extension
Moral of the story: use virtual devices!