Allow single appliance access to non HA users

[miguelpucela]

Hello.

I wonder if there’s a way to allow single switch or automation trigger with HA to anybody not in my HA installation.

I explain a possible use case.

Imagine the plumber is coming to repair a tap in my garden when I’m not at home. I have an automatic door to access the garden. I’d like to send him through WhatsApp or telegram a link or something similar to allow him enter. Of course, I’d made it only work in the time span he’s supposed to come. This won’t be a problem, I think.

I have no idea if this is possible with HA and if so, what would I need. Any ideas or help will be welcome.

Thanks for reading.

[tom_l]

Yes! One of our community members has developed just such access:

Limited guest access addon

I’ve created my first home assistant addon. I got the idéa from a fellow community member Albertjvanr#6536, who wanted to be able to share a link to friends coming to visit. Now his guests don’t have to call him to ask him to open the gate any more, they get a link with a one-time-use or time limited button which opens his gate instead. [image] Do you need something similar? Grab a copy from the addon store, just add this repository:

[miguelpucela]

Thank you!
Just what I need