notifications

[landonr]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
notifications exist but theyre hard to call

Describe the solution you'd like
add service calls

Additional context

voice_assistant:
  microphone: external_mic
  on_start:
    then:
      lambda: |-
        id(homeThingMenu)->clearNotifications();
        id(homeThingMenu)->addNotification("Voice Assistant", "Listening", "", true);

this should be a service call

[landonr]

#118

[ManuRiver]

This sparked the following idea and wanted to share back with you guys.

Add the following self published service to esphome config file.

service: ##provisions a self published service back to homeassistant thru esphome api.

api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret api

  services:
    - service: notify_homething
      variables:
        title: string
        message: string
        # type_str: string
      then:
        - lambda: |-
            id(homeThingMenu)->addNotification(title, message, "", true);

##configuration.yaml on the hass side, profit ;-)

notify:
  - platform: group
    name: "Notify Homething"
    services:
      - service: esphome ##propagates the notify.notify events back to the variables and calls back the service.
        data:
          target: studiotdisplay_notify_homething