Document integration can consume the state of entities which provide location #2081
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| These integrations interact with external devices & services and make them available in Home Assistant via integrations that define IoT domains like `light`. An example of such an integration is Philips Hue. Philips Hue lights are made available as light entities in Home Assistant. | |||
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| Integrations which interact with external devices & services are generally not allowed to consume the state of entities from other integrations, with the exception of entities from other integrations which have a location, e.g. the state of zone and device_tracker entities. | |||
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This does not exclude sensor entities with lat and long set in the state attributes, as they also show on the map. iss is an example for this.
When you read this, you could read such entity as "entities from other integrations which have a location"
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Do we need to assume our developers read the documentation like the devil reads the bible? A sensor, or button, or switch, is not designed to provide a location whereas a device tracker or zone entity is.
Having said that, do you have a suggestion for how to make it clearer?
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True true, just sharing this in case you weren't aware. I don't have any other proposals.
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Your concern is valid, it's just that I also don't have a great idea for how to make it clearer :)
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We've said that we allow location state from other integrations. It doesn't matter what kind of entity that is. If something seems weird in a PR, we'll take it up for discussion at that time.
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Document integration can consume the state of entities which provide location
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