--- title: I wrote an API client for my water-cooled bed | daily.dev description: A software engineer built a CLI API client called `bedctl` in Zig for controlling a Sleep.me Chilipad 2.0 water-cooled bed. The post covers the motivation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-wrote-an-api-client-for-my-water-cooled-bed-gjiedqjjd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I wrote an API client for my water-cooled bed | daily.dev og:description: A software engineer built a CLI API client called `bedctl` in Zig for controlling a Sleep.me Chilipad 2.0 water-cooled bed. The post covers the motivation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-wrote-an-api-client-for-my-water-cooled-bed-gjiedqjjd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GjieDQJjD.png og:image:alt: I wrote an API client for my water-cooled bed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I wrote an API client for my water-cooled bed **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 23 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A software engineer built a CLI API client called `bedctl` in Zig for controlling a Sleep.me Chilipad 2.0 water-cooled bed. The post covers the motivation (ADHD, autism, temperature regulation issues, hot Portland apartment), a walkthrough of the Sleep.me REST API (two endpoints, GET/PATCH device control), and the implementation details of the Zig library including data structures with anonymous enums, HTTP client usage via `std.http.Client`, and plans for a C-interface dynamic library for use from higher-level languages like Python. The author also shares early impressions of the device itself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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