Scrape entity_id and icon definition is missing

[Bastian007]

The problem

Hi everyone,

To use a scrape sensor it would be benficial to have entity_id (and icon) definition as optional parameter to allow entity can be managed from the UI.

Greetings, Bastian

What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2021.5.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Scrape

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/scrape/

Example YAML snippet

sensor:
  - platform: scrape
    resource: https://lua.rlp.de/de/presse/detail/news/News/detail/coronavirus-sars-cov-2-aktuelle-fallzahlen-fuer-rheinland-pfalz/
    name: Inzidenz
    select: ".contenttable tr:nth-child(4) td:nth-of-type(9)"
    value_template: '{{ ((value.split(" ")[0]) | replace (",", ".")) }}'
    unit_of_measurement: "7-Tages-Inzidenz"
    # Request every hour
    scan_interval: 3600

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

https://www.home-assistant.io/faq/unique_id

Additional information

No response

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