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title: "Emoncms Sensor"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate Emoncms feeds as sensors into Home Assistant."
date: 2016-09-08 00:15
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ha_category: Sensor
ha_release: 0.29
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
---


The `emoncms` sensor platform creates sensors for the feeds available in your local or cloud based version of [Emoncms](https://emoncms.org).

To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`, it will list all feeds as a sensor:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry using cloud based Emoncms
sensor:
  platform: emoncms
  api_key: API_KEY
  url: https://emoncms.org
  id: 1
```

## {% linkable_title Configuration variables %}

- **api_key** (*Required*): The read API key for your Emoncms user.
- **url** (*Required*): The base URL of Emoncms, use "https://emoncms.org" for the cloud based version.
- **id** (*Required*): Positive integer identifier for the sensor. Must be unique if you specify multiple Emoncms sensors.
- **include_only_feed_id** (*Optional*): Positive integer list of Emoncms feed IDs. Only the feeds with feed IDs specified here will be displayed. Can not be specified if `exclude_feed_id` is specified.
- **exclude_feed_id** (*Optional*): Positive integer list of Emoncms feed IDs. All the feeds will be displayed as sensors except the ones listed here. Can not be specified if `include_only_feed_id` is specified.
- **sensor_names** (*Optional*): Dictionary of names for the sensors created that are created based on feed ID. The dictionary consists of `feedid: name` pairs. Sensors for feeds with their feed ID mentioned here will get the chosen name instead of the default name
- **value_template** (*Optional*): Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#processing-incoming-data) to alter the feed value.
- **scan_interval** (*Optional*): Defines the update interval of the sensor in seconds.
- **unit_of_measurement** (*Optional*): Defines the unit of measurement of for all the sensors. default is "W".

## {% linkable_title Default naming scheme %}

The names of the sensors created by this component will use the feed names defined in EmonCMS if available,
or the feed ID otherwise, and will be prefixed with "EmonCMS", e.g., "EmonCMS Total Power" or "EmonCMS Feed 5".
If the `id` property is anything but `1`, the ID will be shown as well, e.g., "EmonCMS 2 Feed 5".

If `sensor_names` is used, any feeds with defined names will get those names exactly, with no prefix.

### {% linkable_title Examples %}

In this section you find some more examples of how this sensor can be used.

Display only feeds with their feed IDs specified in `include_only_feed_id`.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key: API_KEY
    url: https://emoncms.org
    id: 1
    unit_of_measurement: "W"
    include_only_feed_id:
      - 107
      - 105
```

Display all feeds except feeds with their feed id specified in `exclude_feed_id`. 

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key: API_KEY
    url: https://emoncms.org
    id: 1
    unit_of_measurement: "KWH" 
    exclude_feed_id:
      - 107
      - 105
```

Display only feeds with their feed id's specified in `include_only_feed_id` and give the feed sensors a name using "sensor_names". You don't have to specify all feeds names in "sensor_names", the remaining sensor names will be chosen based on "id" and the Emoncms `feedid`.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key: API_KEY
    url: https://emoncms.org
    id: 1
    unit_of_measurement: "KW" 
    include_only_feed_id:
      - 5
      - 120
    sensor_names:
      5: "feed 1"
      48: "kWh feed"
      61: "amp feed"
      110: "watt feed"
```

Use a `value_template` to add 1500 to the feed value for all specified feed IDs in `include_feed_id`.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key: API_KEY
    url: https://emoncms.org
    scan_interval: 15
    id: 1
    value_template: {% raw %}"{{ value | float + 1500 }}"{% endraw %}
    include_only_feed_id:
      - 107
      - 106
```

Display feeds from the same Emoncms instance with 2 groups of feeds, different `scan_interval` and a different `unit_of_measurement`.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key: API_KEY
    url: https://emoncms.org
    scan_interval: 30
    id: 1
    unit_of_measurement: "W" 
    include_only_feed_id:
      - 107
      - 106
  - platform: emoncms
    api_key:  put your emoncms read api key here
    url: https://emoncms.org
    id: 2
    scan_interval: 60
    unit_of_measurement: "A" 
    include_only_feed_id:
      - 108
      - 61
```
