Homeassistant MQTT Binding for python

This package enables you to implement arbitrary devices in python supported in homeassistant. The communication with homeassistant is handled by MQTT. For example you could write an simple program running on a raspberry pi controlling an LED. By exposing this configuration to homeassistant you can easily control the LED via HA.

The base class handles the following things automatically:

• registering devices in homeassistant through the mqtt discovery protocol
• setting the device as available once fully setup
• setting the device unavailable when quitting the application

Installation

python3 -m pip install homeassistant-mqtt-binding the dependencies should be installed automatically

Usage

1. create an paho mqtt Client instance connected to your mqtt server
2. instantiate your desired device and pass the Client instance to the constructor
3. when your program closes make sure to call the close() function of each device for cleanup

Examples

The following examples require an already running stack of homeassistant and an MQTT server.
See the examples folder for all demo scripts.

• switch.py: simple switch device that can be toggled by homeassistant

Expanding the application

Since I don't use all devices I haven't implemented them yet. You can easily implement any missing device:

1. create an empty class subclassing any of the devices (normally you would subclass MQTTDevice or MQTTSensor).
2. implement the pre_discovery() if necessary:
   It gets called before sending out the discovery payload to the broker. This is the right place to place custom config options for the config dictionary via add_config_option()
3. implement the post_discovery() if necessary:
   It gets called right after sending out the discovery payload to the broker. Use it to send initial values to HA, if it is necessary that HA knows about the device beforehand.
4. Implement any callbacks that might be necessary for all devices that can receive data. (commands for switches for example).
5. If your device needs more topics than state, configuration and set, feel free to implement them additionally.