Home Assistant Module

[robmarkcole]

Hi Cowboy, this post suggests a way forward https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/04/07/static-website/ I think rather than display the whole HA panel on the mirror, I would display just some key info, such as who is home, house temperature etc. The novel part of the project is then to use Alexa to display information in the centre panel of the mirror, and have that panel dynamically update. It would show the alexa feed (in my case at http://alexa.amazon.co.uk/spa/index.html#cards) but I would add extra functionality to Alexa by integrating with Home-assistant. E.g. if the door-bell rang, I could ask Alexa ‘whos at the door’, and a feed to the front door camera would show in the panel. Any thoughts on this approach?

[cowboysdude]

Well this is where most of these are heading… I like the idea!! NOT to mention that I’m waiting on parts to build a 32" mirror as a control center for my house…

Temps
Thermostat
door locks

etc…

[tkoeberl]

Hi,

take a look @:
https://github.com/tkoeberl/MMM-homeassistant-sensors

[danielgr]

@tkoeberl Hi, looks awesome. Cant get mine to work though.
Did git clone https://github.com/tkoeberl/MMM-homeassistant-sensors.git in the modules folder. I can see a folder called MMM-homeassistant-sensors in the modules folder.

The config looks like this

{
  module: 'MMM-homeassistant-feed',
  position: 'top_left',
  config: {
    url: 'http://URL:8123/api/states?api_password=mypassword',
    title: 'HA',
    prettyName: 'true',
    stripName: 'true',
    values: ["sensor.olkyl_temperature"]
  }
},

And it’s nothing there. Like the module is not there at all.

If i change

    module: 'MMM-homeassistant-feed',

to

    module: 'MMM-homeassistant-sensors',

I loads and i just get “Error fetching stats”.

Any idea what i might have done wrong?

[tkoeberl]

@danielgr sorry, the first one was a mistake by me. Updated the readme accordingly.

About the “Error fetching stats”:
Just set a password for my API an it works like a charm. You have some special chars in your password?
If you point your browser to the url you can find the string?

 "entity_id": "sensor.olkyl_temperature"

[danielgr]

@tkoeberl
Wierd. Nope, just small letters and numbers. Yeah if i use the URL and go to http://URL:8123/api/states?api_password=mypassword i can see everything.

EDIT. Also, http://URL:8123/api/states/sensor.olkyl_temperature?api_password=password is working fine from my browser.

[tkoeberl]

@danielgr https instead of http? Are you able to wget the page from your Mirror?

[danielgr]

@tkoeberl Doh. DNS issues on the MM. Solved.

Thanks!

[MrEdOne]

@danielgr
Hi. I have same problem with “Error fetching stats”.
Can you show your DNS config on MM?

[goprojojo]

Is it possible to run Hassio on the same Magicmirror image? I just want to be able to run Hassio in the background.

[FreddanB]

@MrEdOne said in Home Assistant Module:

@danielgr
Hi. I have same problem with “Error fetching stats”.
Can you show your DNS config on MM?

Me too.

[danielgr]

@MrEdOne said in Home Assistant Module:

@danielgr
Hi. I have same problem with “Error fetching stats”.
Can you show your DNS config on MM?

@FreddanB said in Home Assistant Module:

@MrEdOne said in Home Assistant Module:

@danielgr
Hi. I have same problem with “Error fetching stats”.
Can you show your DNS config on MM?

Me too.

I had no DNS-server at all. Changed to my domain controllers IP who’s the DNS-server in my network and it worked. Can your MM resolve the address to your Home Assistant?

[FreddanB]

I change from https to http and the problem solved for me. Thanks for a great module

[skippy_oz]

Hi, I have it working below is the code and a screenshot. It’s taking to an AM2302 Temp/Humidity Sensor connected to a NodeMCU running Tasmota and using MQTT to talk to HomeAssistant. See Dr Zzs video for the NodeMCU/D1mini setup.

Dr Zzs Tasmota + D1mini (or Sonoff) - Temp & Humidity, ws2812 LEDs, and Motion Detection

 {
  module: 'MMM-homeassistant-sensors',
  position: 'bottom_right',
  config: {
      		url: 'http://hassio:8123/api/states',
      		prettyName : 'true',
      		stripName: 'true',
      		values: ["sensor.humidity", "sensor.temperature"]
    		}
  },

Regards
skippy_oz

[Aaron19953]

Any chance this will work with https ?
I’m receive the same error “Error fetching stats”

I can see the attributes if I browse to
https://IP:8123/api/states/sensor.name?api_password=PASSWORD

[skippy_oz]

I have it working with HTTPS :grinning_face:

Change the url to match what you have for HA

{
    module: 'MMM-homeassistant-sensors',
    position: 'bottom_right',
    config: {
          url: 'https://username.duckdns.org:8123/api/states',
          prettyName : 'true',
          stripName: 'true',
          values: ["sensor.humidity", "sensor.temperature"]
        }
  },

You will need to modify the node_help.js file for this module change the below line of code /MagicMirror/modules/MMM-homeassistant-sensors/node_helper.js

request({ url: url, method: 'GET' }, function (error, response, body) {

To the following and change the api-password to what you have set in HA it’s about line 12.

  request({ url: url, headers: {'x-ha-access': 'api-password'}, method: 'GET' }, function (error, response, body) {

It’s working it looks like it takes a bit longer to get the data as I think the atentication takes some time.

Regards
skippy_oz