node-red-contrib-hass

Node-RED node to publish states directly to Home Assistant (https://home-assistant.io)

##Usage

Publishes msg.payload via POST to Home Assistant using the RESTful API

The API method called is /api/states/

msg.payload must be a JSON object with at least a state attribute:
``
{
"state": "custom_state",
"attributes": {
"attr1":"value1",
"attr2":"value2"
}
}
`

If needed, also a unit_of_measurement attribute can be set.

More info on the API here.

EntityId must be set in the node or in msg.entityid`

##Configuration

The configuration of the Home Assistant server must be specified in a configuration node, and can be shared between several nodes.

The configuration parameters are:
- server (defaults to http://localhost)
- port (defaults to 8123)
- Long-Lived Access Token