Home Assistant Battery Level

This is a simple software that will check the battery level of your computer et send it to Home Assistant.

Compatibility

Installation

Simply download the latest release and run the executable.

Configuration

1. Create a new sensor in Home Assistant (template type)

2. Create a access token in Home Assistant

3. Run the software, a error will appear

4. Open the file path that is in the error message (Listed here)

5. Edit the file with your Home Assistant informations and save it (Interval is in seconds)

6. Run the software again, it should work
7. Add the sensor to your dashboard (Entity Card)

Config paths

• Windows: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\ha-battery-level\settings.toml
• Linux: ~/.config/ha-battery-level/settings.toml
• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ha-battery-level/settings.toml

Development

Prerequisites

• Go

  Linux

  Building apps requires gcc as well as the gtk3 and libayatana-appindicator3 development headers to be installed. For Debian or Ubuntu, you may install these using:

  sudo apt-get install gcc libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev

  (Source: getlantern/systray)

Building

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/oriionn/ha-battery-level.git

2. Change directory

   cd ha-battery-level

Windows

go build -ldflags -H=windowsgui

Linux and MacOS

go build

Credits

• Johan Stickman - For the idea and the help with the Home Assistant
• getlantern/systray - For the tray icon
• pelletier/go-toml - For the TOML parser
• sqweek/dialog - For the dialog box

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.