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# Home Assistant - Albert Python Extension
An [Albert](https://albertlauncher.github.io/) extention to view and control devices in your [HomeAssistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/) instance.
This extension is heavily inspired by the home assistant extesnsion for ulauncher from [qcasey](https://github.com/qcasey/ulauncher-homeassistant).
![Demo](./ha_demo.gif)
## Requirements
To use this extension, you need the Python `requests` library:
```
pip install requests
```
## Configuration
You need to specify the URL and [API Key](https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/api/rest/¦) of your Home Assistant instance in the configuration file (e.g. location: `$HOME/.config/albert/homeassistant_config.json`).
You can generate a new long lived API Key by clicking your name in the bottom left in the Home Assistant UI.
## Usage
`<trigger> <entity search>`
You can see the actions by pressing the `alt` key.
### ToDo
- renew icons (.svg)
- test more device classes and adjust which service to call
- sort items: name matching first
## Contributing
I welcome all issues and contributions! You can send patches per email to dev-at-hoellen.eu or open a PR/issue.