Site updated at 2016-10-30 15:07:35 UTC

atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/community/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Community | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/community/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/device-tracking/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Device-Tracking | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/device-tracking/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/esp8266/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: ESP8266 | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/esp8266/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/how-to/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: How-To | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/how-to/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/ibeacons/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: iBeacons | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/ibeacons/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/internet-of-things/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Internet-of-Things | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/internet-of-things/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/iot-data/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: IoT-Data | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/iot-data/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/micropython/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Micropython | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/micropython/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/mqtt/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: MQTT | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/mqtt/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/organisation/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Organisation | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/organisation/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/owntracks/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: OwnTracks | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/owntracks/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/presence-detection/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Presence-Detection | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/presence-detection/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/public-service-announcement/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Public-Service-Announcement | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/public-service-announcement/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/release-notes/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Release-Notes | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/release-notes/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/survey/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Survey | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/survey/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/talks/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Talks | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/talks/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/technology/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Technology | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/technology/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/user-stories/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: User-Stories | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/user-stories/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/video/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Video | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/video/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/website/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Website | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/website/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-30T11:33:18+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-30T15:03:51+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

components/binary_sensor.rest/index.html

@@ -133,10 +133,14 @@
   <li><strong>value_template</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): Defines a <a href="/topics/templating/">template</a> to extract the value.</li>
   <li><strong>payload</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): The payload to send with a POST request. Usualy formed as a dictionary.</li>
   <li><strong>verify_ssl</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): Verify the certification of the endpoint. Default to True.</li>
+  <li><strong>authentication</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): Type of the HTTP authentication. <code class="highlighter-rouge">basic</code> or <code class="highlighter-rouge">digest</code>.</li>
+  <li><strong>username</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): The username for accessing the REST endpoint.</li>
+  <li><strong>password</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): The password for accessing the REST endpoint.</li>
+  <li><strong>headers</strong> (<em>Optional</em>): The headers for the requests.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <p class="note warning">
-Make sure that the URL matches exactly your endpoint or resource.
+Make sure that the URL exactly matches your endpoint or resource.
 </p>
 
 <h2><a class="title-link" name="examples" href="#examples"></a> Examples</h2>
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ Make sure that the URL matches exactly your endpoint or resource.
 
 <h3><a class="title-link" name="arest-sensor" href="#arest-sensor"></a> aREST sensor</h3>
 
-<p>Instead of using an <a href="/components/binary_sensor.arest/">aREST</a> binary sensor could the value of a device supporting aREST directly retrieved with a REST binary sensor.</p>
+<p>Instead of using an <a href="/components/binary_sensor.arest/">aREST</a> binary sensor, you could retrieve the value of a device supporting aREST directly with a REST binary sensor.</p>
 
 <div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="s">binary_sensor</span><span class="pi">:</span>
   <span class="pi">-</span> <span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">rest</span>
@@ -153,10 +157,35 @@ Make sure that the URL matches exactly your endpoint or resource.
     <span class="s">method</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">GET</span>
     <span class="s">name</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">Light</span>
     <span class="s">sensor_class</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">light</span>
-    <span class="s">value_template</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">'</span>
+    <span class="s">value_template</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">{{</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">value_json.return_value</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">}}'</span>
 </code></pre>
 </div>
 
+<h3><a class="title-link" name="accessing-an-http-authentication-protected-endpoint" href="#accessing-an-http-authentication-protected-endpoint"></a> Accessing an HTTP authentication protected endpoint</h3>
+
+<p>The REST sensor supports HTTP authentication and customized headers.</p>
+
+<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="s">binary_sensor</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+  <span class="pi">-</span> <span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">rest</span>
+    <span class="s">resource</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">http://IP_ADDRESS:5000/binary_sensor</span>
+    <span class="s">username</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">ha1</span>
+    <span class="s">password</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">test1</span>
+    <span class="s">authentication</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">basic</span>
+    <span class="s">headers</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+      <span class="s">User-Agent</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">Home Assistant</span>
+      <span class="s">Content-Type</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">application/json</span>
+</code></pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>The headers will contain all relevant details. This will also give you the ability to access endpoints that are protected by tokens.</p>
+
+<p>```bash
+Content-Length: 1024
+Host: IP_ADDRESS1:5000
+Authorization: Basic aGExOnRlc3Qx
+Accept-Encoding: identity
+Content-Type: application/json
+User-Agent: Home Assistant</p>
 
 
 </article>

components/sensor.rest/index.html

@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@
 </ul>
 
 <p class="note warning">
-Make sure that the URL matches exactly your endpoint or resource.
+Make sure that the URL exactly matches your endpoint or resource.
 </p>
 
-<p><code class="highlighter-rouge">curl</code> could help you with the identification of the variable you want to display in your Home Assistant frontend. The example below show the JSON response of a device that is running with <a href="http://arest.io/">aREST</a>.</p>
+<p><code class="highlighter-rouge">curl</code> can help you identify the variable you want to display in your Home Assistant frontend. The example below shows the JSON response of a device that is running with <a href="http://arest.io/">aREST</a>.</p>
 
 <div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="gp">$ </span>curl -X GET http://192.168.1.31/temperature/
 <span class="o">{</span><span class="s2">"temperature"</span>: 77, <span class="s2">"id"</span>: <span class="s2">"sensor02"</span>, <span class="s2">"name"</span>: <span class="s2">"livingroom"</span>, <span class="s2">"connected"</span>: <span class="nb">true</span><span class="o">}</span>
@@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ Make sure that the URL matches exactly your endpoint or resource.
     <span class="s">password</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">test1</span>
     <span class="s">authentication</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">basic</span>
     <span class="s">headers</span><span class="pi">:</span>
-      <span class="s">User-agent</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">Home Assistant</span>
+      <span class="s">User-Agent</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">Home Assistant</span>
       <span class="s">Content-Type</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">application/json</span>
 </code></pre>
 </div>
 
-<p>The header will contains all relevant details. This will give you the flexibility to access also endpoints wich are protected by Tokens.</p>
+<p>The headers will contain all relevant details. This will also give you the ability to access endpoints that are protected by tokens.</p>
 
-<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>Content-Length: 
+<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code>Content-Length: 1024
 Host: IP_ADDRESS1:5000
 Authorization: Basic aGExOnRlc3Qx
 Accept-Encoding: identity
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ User-Agent: Home Assistant
 
 <h3><a class="title-link" name="use-github-to-get-the-latest-release-of-home-assistant" href="#use-github-to-get-the-latest-release-of-home-assistant"></a> Use GitHub to get the latest release of Home Assistant</h3>
 
-<p>This sample is very similar to the <a href="/components/updater/"><code class="highlighter-rouge">updater</code></a> component but the information are recieved from GitHub.</p>
+<p>This sample is very similar to the <a href="/components/updater/"><code class="highlighter-rouge">updater</code></a> component but the information is recieved from GitHub.</p>
 
 <div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="s">sensor</span><span class="pi">:</span>
   <span class="pi">-</span> <span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">rest</span>

sitemap.xml

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 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/frontend.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/index.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-event.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-info.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-service.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-state.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-template.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-history.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-iframe.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-logbook.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-map.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/googlef4f3693c209fe788.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/static/fonts/roboto/DESCRIPTION.en_us.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/static/fonts/robotomono/DESCRIPTION.en_us.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/static/mdi-demo.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-30T11:32:27+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-30T15:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 </urlset>