esphome-docs/components/text_sensor/homeassistant.rst

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Home Assistant Text Sensor
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.. seo::
:description: Instructions for setting up Home Assistant text sensors with ESPHome that import states from your Home Assistant instance.
:image: home-assistant.svg
The ``homeassistant`` text sensor platform allows you to create sensors that import
states from your Home Assistant instance using the :doc:`native API </components/api>`.
.. note::
Although you might not plan to *export* states from the node and you do not need an entity of the node
in Home Assistant, this component still requires you to register the node under Home Assistant. See:
:ref:`connecting-your-device-to-home-assistant`.
.. code-block:: yaml
# Example configuration entry
text_sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
id: weather_fom_ha
entity_id: sensor.weather_forecast
Entity state attributes can also be imported:
.. code-block:: yaml
# Example configuration entry
text_sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
id: effect
entity_id: light.led_strip
attribute: effect
Configuration variables:
------------------------
- **entity_id** (**Required**, string): The entity ID to import from Home Assistant.
- **attribute** (*Optional*, string): The name of the state attribute to import from the
specified entity. The entity state is used when this option is omitted.
- All other options from :ref:`Text Sensor <config-text_sensor>`.
See Also
--------
- :ref:`sensor-filters`
- :ref:`automation`
- :apiref:`homeassistant/text_sensor/homeassistant_text_sensor.h`
- :ghedit:`Edit`