Help with API LED control

ESPHome
1

Cant seem to get a LED to turn on when connected to the API,

Any ideas?

api:
  encryption:
    key: ""
    on_connect:
      - light.turn_on:
          id: led
          brightness: 100%
          red: 0%
          green: 100%
          blue: 0%
          effect: none
    on_disconnect:
      - light.control:
          id: led
          state: on
          effect: ERROR
2

I think we need the whole yaml in order to be able to give any help.

Maybe this yaml helps; this is for a sonoff switch.
When the relay (named “light_1”) is off, the LED (called led_1) is on and vise versa.
It also has a physical button (on GPIO00), which will toggle light_1 and led_1 too.

esphome:
  name: sonoff-switch-ip50
  comment: "IP50"
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_iotpw

# Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: sonoff-switch-ip50_FB
    password: "fallback"

captive_portal:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret api_encryption

# Enable Over The Air updates
ota:
  - platform: esphome

# Disable logging
logger:
  baud_rate: 0
  logs:
    sensor: ERROR
    duty_cycle: ERROR
    binary_sensor: ERROR
    light: ERROR

# Binary Sensors.
binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO00
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
      inverted: True
    id: button_1
    on_press:
      then:
        - light.toggle: light_1

light:
  - platform: binary
    name: "My Light"
    id: light_1
    output: relay_1
    on_turn_on:
      then:
      - output.turn_on: led_1
    on_turn_off:
      then:
      - output.turn_off: led_1

output:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: GPIO12
    id: relay_1
  - platform: gpio
    pin: GPIO13
    id: led_1

Note: led_1 is connected to GPIO13 :wink:

3

Ok sorry I figured it out, managed to find it in the API examples,

I needed to use

on_client_connected:

and 

on_client_disconnected:
4 
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: ""
  on_client_connected:
    - light.turn_on:
         id: led
         brightness: 100%
         red: 0%
         green: 100%
         blue: 0%
         effect: none
  on_client_disconnected:
     - light.control:
         id: led
         state: on
         effect: ERROR
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5

So you read the documents.

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6

oh boy, guess I should have seen that one coming.

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