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Hass object
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<p>While developing Home Assistant you will see a variable that is everywhere: <code class="highlighter-rouge">hass</code>. This is the Home Assistant instance that will give you access to all the various parts of the system.</p>
<h3><a class="title-link" name="the-hass-object" href="#the-hass-object"></a> The <code class="highlighter-rouge">hass</code> object</h3>
<p>The Home Assistant instance contains four objects to help you interact with the system.</p>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">hass</code></td>
<td>This is the instance of Home Assistant. Allows starting, stopping and enqueing new jobs. <a href="https://dev-docs.home-assistant.io/en/master/api/core.html#homeassistant.core.HomeAssistant">See available methods.</a></td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">hass.config</code></td>
<td>This is the core configuration of Home Assistant exposing location, temperature preferences and config directory path. <a href="https://dev-docs.home-assistant.io/en/master/api/core.html#homeassistant.core.Config">See available methods.</a></td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">hass.states</code></td>
<td>This is the StateMachine. It allows you to set states and track when they are changed. <a href="https://dev-docs.home-assistant.io/en/master/api/core.html#homeassistant.core.StateMachine">See available methods.</a>.</td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">hass.bus</code></td>
<td>This is the EventBus. It allows you to trigger and listen for events. <a href="https://dev-docs.home-assistant.io/en/master/api/core.html#homeassistant.core.EventBus">See available methods.</a>.</td>
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<td><code class="highlighter-rouge">hass.services</code></td>
<td>This is the ServiceRegistry. It allows you to register services. <a href="https://dev-docs.home-assistant.io/en/master/api/core.html#homeassistant.core.ServiceRegistry">See available methods.</a>.</td>
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<h3><a class="title-link" name="where-to-find-hass" href="#where-to-find-hass"></a> Where to find <code class="highlighter-rouge">hass</code></h3>
<p>Depending on what youre writing, there are different ways the <code class="highlighter-rouge">hass</code> object is made available.</p>
<p><strong>Component</strong><br />
Passed into <code class="highlighter-rouge">setup(hass, config)</code> or <code class="highlighter-rouge">async_setup(hass, config)</code>.</p>
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Passed into <code class="highlighter-rouge">setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None)</code> or <code class="highlighter-rouge">async_setup_platform(hass, config, async_add_devices, discovery_info=None)</code>.</p>
<p><strong>Entity</strong><br />
Available as <code class="highlighter-rouge">self.hass</code> once the entity has been added via the <code class="highlighter-rouge">add_devices</code> callback inside a platform.</p>
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