Home Assistant create an action call response as it's own sensor

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Title: "Response as sensor"

Description: "Create an entity from an action call response data."

Date created: 2024-09-21

Last update: 2024-09-21

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Configuration Options

Set once

• Name: Name of the new entity.
• Action: Which service to call.

Options that you can change at any time

• Value template: Use a template to construct the final state of the sensor.
• Icon: Icon to use in frontend.
• Device class: Device class (select from list).
• State class: State class (select from list).
• Unit of measurement: UoM to use in frontend (select from list, only temperature, or write your own).
• Frequency: Frequency of the action call, don't set too low.

Installation

Option 1 (preferred)

Use HACS to install Add as custom repository to HACS

Option 2

1. Below config-folder create a new folder calledcustom_components if not already exist.
2. Below new custom_components folder create a new folder called response_as_entity
3. Upload the files/folders in custom_components/response_as_sensor directory to the newly created folder.
4. Restart before proceeding

Activate integration in HA

After installation go to "Devices & services" and then "helper" page in HA, press "+ Create helper" and find "Response as sensor" Follow on-screen information for the required information No restart needed