Basic State Setting Example

This is a simple hello world example to show the basics for setting a state. To use this example, create the file <config dir>/custom_components/hello_state.py and copy the below example code.

# The domain of your component. Should be equal to the name of your component
DOMAIN = "hello_state"

CONF_NAME = 'name'
DEFAULT_NAME = 'World'


def setup(hass, config):
    """ Setup is called when Home Assistant is loading our component. """

    # Get the name from the configuration. Use DEFAULT_NAME if no name provided.
    name = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_NAME, DEFAULT_NAME)

    # States are in the format DOMAIN.OBJECT_ID
    hass.states.set('hello_state.hello', name)

    # return boolean to indicate that initialization was successful
    return True

Load the component by adding the following to your configuration.yaml:

# configuration.yaml entry
hello_state:
  # optional
  name: Paulus