node-red-contrib-hass

Node-RED node to publish states directly to Home Assistant (https://home-assistant.io)

##Usage

Publishes msg.payload via POST to Home Assistant using the RESTful API

The API method called is /api/states/<entity_id>

msg.payload must be a JSON object with at least a state attribute:

{
    "state": "custom_state",
    "attributes": {
        "attr1":"value1",
        "attr2":"value2"
    }
}

If needed, also a unit_of_measurement attribute can be set.

More info on the API here.

EntityId must be set in the node or in msg.entityid

##Configuration

The configuration of the Home Assistant server must be specified in a configuration node, and can be shared between several nodes.

The configuration parameters are:

• server (defaults to http://localhost)
• port (defaults to 8123)
• Long-Lived Access Token