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hamqa - Home Assistant MQTT autodiscovery sensor registration library

The hamqa library provides an easy way to register and manage MQTT-based sensors for Home Assistant. It handles both devices producing a single or multiple values and allows to easily push updates from those devices to be consumed by Home Assistant.

Features

• Register and manage multiple sensors for a single device.
• Automatically handle Home Assistant MQTT discovery.
• Publish sensor values in both single-sensor and multi-sensor devices.
• Flexible configuration of MQTT topic paths.
• Easily remove devices from Home Assistant via MQTT.

Installation

Install the dependencies required for this library:

pip install hamqa

Example Usage

Below are examples for single value sensors and multi-sensor devices.

Single Value Sensors

Here is an example of how to register a single value sensor and publish its values:

import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
from hamqa import HAMQTTDevice

ip_address = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'
mqtt_client = mqtt.Client(mqtt.CallbackAPIVersion.VERSION2)
mqtt_client.connect(ip_address, 1883, 60)

single_sensor = HAMQTTDevice(client=mqtt_client, 
                          base_topic="home",
                          device_id="lx_device")

single_sensor.add_sensor(sensor_name="illumination", 
                         kwargs={"device_class":"illuminance", "unit_of_measurement":"lx"})

single_sensor.register_sensors()
single_sensor.publish_value(300)
# single_sensor.remove_device()

Multi-Sensor Devices

Here is an example of how to register a device with multiple sensors and publish their values as a JSON object:

import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
from hamqa import HAMQTTDevice

ip_address = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'
mqtt_client = mqtt.Client(mqtt.CallbackAPIVersion.VERSION2)
mqtt_client.connect(ip_address, 1883, 60)

# Create a multi-sensor device (for temperature and humidity)
multi_sensor = HAMQTTDevice(client=mqtt_client, 
                            base_topic="home",
                            device_id="temp_hum_device")

# Add sensors for the multi-sensor device
multi_sensor.add_sensor(sensor_name="temperature",
                        kwargs={"device_class":"temperature", "unit_of_measurement":"°C"})
multi_sensor.add_sensor(sensor_name="humidity",
                        kwargs={"device_class":"humidity", "unit_of_measurement":"%"})

multi_sensor.register_sensors()
sensor_values = {"temperature": 22, "humidity": 60}
multi_sensor.publish_value(sensor_values)
# multi_sensor.remove_device()

Key Functions

__init__(self, client, base_topic, device_id, path_pattern=None)

Initializes a new device instance.

• client: The MQTT client instance.
• base_topic: The base MQTT topic for sensor values.
• device_id: Unique identifier for the device.
• path_pattern: Optional path pattern for Home Assistant MQTT discovery topics.

add_sensor(self, sensor_name, sensor_type, device_class, unit_of_measurement)

Adds a new sensor to the device.

• sensor_name: The name of the sensor (e.g., temperature, humidity).
• kwargs: keyword arguments passed as a dictionary, e.g.:
  • device_class: The device class (e.g., temperature, humidity).
  • unit_of_measurement: Unit of measurement for the sensor (e.g., °C, %).

register_sensors(self)

Registers all added sensors with Home Assistant, configuring MQTT discovery topics.

publish_value(self, value)

Publishes the sensor value(s) to MQTT. If the device has multiple sensors, the values are published as a JSON object.

• value: Either a single value (for single-sensor devices) or a dictionary of values (for multi-sensor devices).

remove_device(self)

Removes all sensors associated with the device from Home Assistant by publishing an empty payload to the discovery topics.

set_path_pattern(self, path_pattern)

Sets a custom MQTT path pattern with placeholders such as {device_id}, {sensor_type}, and {sensor_name}.

Path Structure

The MQTT paths for Home Assistant discovery and sensor values are handled automatically. The discovery paths will include sensor_type, while the state topics used for publishing sensor values will not.

Home Assistant Discovery Path Example

For a temperature sensor, the discovery topic will look like:

homeassistant/sensor/multi_sensor/temperature/config

Sensor Value Topic Example

For the same temperature sensor, the sensor value topic will be:

home/multi_sensor/temperature/state

Multi-Sensor Value Publishing

When multiple sensors are registered for the same device, the values are published as a JSON object:

{
  "temperature": 22,
  "humidity": 60
}

Custom Path Patterns

You can customize the MQTT path for Home Assistant discovery by providing a custom path_pattern. The placeholders {device_id}, {sensor_type}, and {sensor_name} will be replaced with the appropriate values.

Example:

python custom_pattern = "custom/{device_id}/{sensor_type}/{sensor_name}/config" multi_sensor.set_path_pattern(custom_pattern)

This will change the discovery path to:

custom/multi_sensor/sensor/temperature/config