Companion Component to node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket to integrate Node-RED with Home Assistant.

• Create and update entities from Node-RED
  • binary sensor
  • button
  • number
  • select
  • sensor
  • switch
  • text
• Disable and enable Node-RED flows from Home Assistant UI
• Create Home Assistant webhooks and handle them in Node-RED
• Use Device triggers and action from Node-RED

• node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket v0.57+
• Home Assistant 2023.7.0+

Install via HACS (Home Assistant Community Store)

1. Go to HACS -> Integrations -> "+ Explore & Download Repos"
2. Find "Node-RED Companion".
3. Open the search result and click "Download this Repository with HACS".
4. Refresh your browser window (bug in HA where it doesn't update the integration list after a reboot)
5. From "Settings" in the Home Assistant sidebar, select "Devices and Services", click the blue [+ Add integration] button (in bottom right of the page) and search for "Node-RED", and install it.

1. Using your tool of choice open the directory (folder) for your HA configuration (where you find configuration.yaml).
2. If you do not have a custom_components directory (folder) there, you need to create it.
3. In the custom_components directory (folder) create a new folder called nodered.
4. Download all the files from the custom_components/nodered/ directory (folder) in this repository.
5. Place the files you downloaded in the new directory (folder) you created.
6. Restart Home Assistant
7. Refresh your browser window (bug in HA where it doesn't update the integration list after a reboot)
8. From "Settings" in the Home Assistant sidebar, select "Devices and Services", click the blue [+ Add integration] button (in bottom right of the page) and search for "Node-RED", and install it.

Once installed and added via Home-Assistant Integrations all configuration is done from within Node-RED.

If you want to contribute please read the Contribution guidelines