[HASS.IO] [API] Specify version for add-on install

[carldebilly]

It would be great to be able to specify the version number of an add-on when installing.

Currently, the API consist in a request to the following url:
POST https://<hostname>/api/hassio/addons/<addon_slug>/install with a json-empty payload {}.

It would be great to be able to specify the version number in the payload like that:
{"version": "0.1.2"}

Since the version is simply translated into a repository tag, it would simply request this tag instead of the one supplied in the config.json file. Obviously, it can only work with pre-built docker images, but it would allow the following scenarios:

1. Downgrade a faulty add-on to a known good version without loosing the settings.
2. QA test a new published version before updating the config.json of the add-on on Github.
3. Give users a way to test special builds for feature branches, etc…

Obviously, it should be also available on the update endpoint:
POST https://<hostname>/api/hassio/addons/<addon_slug>/update.

ANYWAY it’s already “kind-of” available when you’re restoring a package from a backup… just let us do as if it were restored from a backup.

After that we can add the following hassio's CLI parameter:

hassio addons update superaddon --version 1.2.3

It could/should be an advanced feature only available on command-line.

Anybody else interested in this feature?

[philsson]

I would very much appreciate this feature

[arkimedes (Michele Perniola)]

YES! Just installed breaking add-on update, I WANT rollback!

[arkimedes (Michele Perniola)]

In this way I solved the problem of downgrading an add-on

MotionEye 0.9.0 update failure

Just in case … To fix the problem temporarily I have: copied the old motionEye configuration removed the “original” add-on created a copy of the Hassio addons repository and modified the motionEye version … You can find it at https://github.com/mikyjazz/repository add the link as a custom repository in Hassio Supervisor changed motionEye version to 8.1.0 (in this way it downloads the docker image of that version) installed in this way version 8.1.0 restored the old configur…

it can be useful?

[johntdyer (John Dyer)]

Yea, MQTT 5.1.1 is broken and I’m having issues downgrading… This would be helpful

[krystof.k]

+1

I needed to install older UniFi Network add-on for legacy UAP.

Here is my approach:

1. Download ZIP with the older add-on version
2. Copy it into /addons and unzip (I uploaded it using VSCode add-on and then just unzip from the Terminal & SSH addon)
3. Go to add-on store, open the three-dots menu (top right corner) and click Check for updates
4. You should see new Local add-ons section
5. Install the add-on

[poseido]

Hey!

the first part worked. I cloudl unzip, refresh addons, and see it in local addons, click on installl but then I got:

The command ‘/bin/bash -o pipefail -c apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends binutils=2.34-6ubuntu1.8 libcap2=1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 logrotate=3.14.0-4ubuntu3 mongodb-server=1:3.6.9+really3.6.8+90~g8e540c0b6d-0ubuntu5.3 openjdk-17-jre-headless=17* && curl -J -L -o /tmp/unifi.deb “https://dl.ui.com/unifi/8.0.28/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb” && dpkg --install /tmp/unifi.deb && apt-get clean && rm -fr /tmp/* /var/cache/* /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/log/*.log /var/log/apt’ returned a non-zero code: 100