Skip to content

Commit 33c4be0

Browse files
authored
Update addon_communication.markdown
1 parent 544fbab commit 33c4be0

File tree

1 file changed

+3
-0
lines changed

1 file changed

+3
-0
lines changed

source/developers/hassio/addon_communication.markdown

Lines changed: 3 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Use `hassio` to speak with the internal API.
2222

2323
An add-on can speak to the [Home Assistant API][hass-api] with our internal proxy. That makes it very easy to communicate with the API without knowing the password, port or any other information of the Home Assistant instance. Use this URL: `http://hassio/homeassistant/api` and internal communication is redirected to the right place. The next stept is to add `homeassistant_api: true` to `config.json` and read the environment variable `API_TOKEN` and use this as Home-Assistant password.
2424

25+
We have also a proxy for [Websocket Home Assistant API][hass-websocket]. It work like the API proxy above and use `API_TOKEN` as password.
26+
2527
It is also possible to speak direct to the Home Assistant instance which is named `homeassistant` over our internal network. But you need to know the configuration that is used by the running instance.
2628

2729
We have severals services for Hass.io inside Home Assistant to execute tasks. To send data over STDIN to an add-on use the simply `hassio.addon_stdin` service.
@@ -31,4 +33,5 @@ We have severals services for Hass.io inside Home Assistant to execute tasks. To
3133
To enables calls to the [Hass.io API][hassio-api], add `hassio_api: true` to `config.json` and read the environment variable `API_TOKEN`. Now you can use the API over the URL: `http://hassio/`. Use the `API_TOKEN` with header `X-HASSIO-KEY`.
3234

3335
[hass-api]: https://home-assistant.io/developers/rest_api/
36+
[hass-websocket]: https://home-assistant.io/developers/websocket_api/
3437
[hassio-api]: https://github.com/home-assistant/hassio/blob/master/API.md

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)