Notice

The component and platforms in this repository are not meant to be used by a user, but as a "blueprint" that custom component developers can build upon, to make more awesome stuff.

HAVE FUN! 😎

Why?

This is simple, by having custom_components look (README + structure) the same it is easier for developers to help each other and for users to start using them.

If you are a developer and you want to add things to this "blueprint" that you think more developers will have use for, please open a PR to add it :)

What?

This repository contains multiple files, here is a overview:

File	Purpose
.devcontainer/*	Used for development/testing with VSCODE, more info in the readme file in that dir.
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md	Template for Feature Requests
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md	Template for issues
.github/settings.yml	Probot settings to control the repository settings.
.vscode/tasks.json	Tasks for the devcontainer.
custom_components/blueprint/translations/*	Translation files.
custom_components/blueprint/__init__.py	The component file for the integration.
custom_components/blueprint/api.py	This is a sample API client.
custom_components/blueprint/binary_sensor.py	Binary sensor platform for the integration.
custom_components/blueprint/config_flow.py	Config flow file, this adds the UI configuration possibilities.
custom_components/blueprint/const.py	A file to hold shared variables/constants for the entire integration.
custom_components/blueprint/manifest.json	A manifest file for Home Assistant.
custom_components/blueprint/sensor.py	Sensor platform for the integration.
custom_components/blueprint/switch.py	Switch sensor platform for the integration.
CONTRIBUTING.md	Guidelines on how to contribute.
example.png	Screenshot that demonstrate how it might look in the UI.
info.md	An example on a info file (used by hacs).
LICENSE	The license file for the project.
README.md	The file you are reading now, should contain info about the integration, installation and configuration instructions.
requirements.txt	Python packages used by this integration.

How?

If you want to use all the potential and features of this blueprint template you should use Visual Studio Code to develop in a container. In this container you will have all the tools to ease your python development and a dedicated Home Assistant core instance to run your integration. See .devcontainer/README.md for more information.

If you need to work on the python library in parallel of this integration (sampleclient in this example) there are different options. The following one seems easy to implement:

• Create a dedicated branch for your python library on a public git repository (example: branch dev on https://github.com/ludeeus/sampleclient)
• Update in the manifest.json file the requirements key to point on your development branch ( example: "requirements": ["git+https://github.com/ludeeus/sampleclient.git@dev#devp==0.0.1beta1"])
• Each time you need to make a modification to your python library, push it to your development branch and increase the number of the python library version in manifest.json file to ensure Home Assistant update the code of the python library. (example "requirements": ["git+https://...==0.0.1beta2"]).

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README content if this was a published component:

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blueprint

Component to integrate with blueprint.

This component will set up the following platforms.

Platform	Description
binary_sensor	Show something True or False.
sensor	Show info from blueprint API.
switch	Switch something True or False.

Installation

1. Using the 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 blueprint.
4. Download all the files from the custom_components/blueprint/ directory (folder) in this repository.
5. Place the files you downloaded in the new directory (folder) you created.
6. Restart Home Assistant
7. In the HA UI go to "Configuration" -> "Integrations" click "+" and search for "Blueprint"

Using your HA configuration directory (folder) as a starting point you should now also have this:

custom_components/blueprint/translations/en.json
custom_components/blueprint/translations/nb.json
custom_components/blueprint/translations/sensor.nb.json
custom_components/blueprint/__init__.py
custom_components/blueprint/api.py
custom_components/blueprint/binary_sensor.py
custom_components/blueprint/config_flow.py
custom_components/blueprint/const.py
custom_components/blueprint/manifest.json
custom_components/blueprint/sensor.py
custom_components/blueprint/switch.py

Configuration is done in the UI

Contributions are welcome!

If you want to contribute to this please read the Contribution guidelines

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