How can I add a button to a custom component?

tomato · August 7, 2016, 4:41am

I’m trying to REST enable my air purifier which currently uses a single button to cycle through fan modes and another button to activate/deactivate the plasma generator. I don’t believe I can just extend a switch configuration since it can have multiple states.

I was able to follow the Basic State Setting Example in the cookbook to add a new component with a text label successfully. However, I’ll need buttons to control the fan speed and to toggle the plasma generator.

What is required to add a custom button? I would also like to add a second line to include more information. Do I need to do more than just set a state?

anon63427907 · January 12, 2023, 12:05pm

you can add a button using ButtonEntity. (replied a thread from 2016 )

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fuatakgun/eufy_security/blob/43a3d0736b22a0d184af05028aa7a8a7219cafaa/custom_components/eufy_security/button.py

import logging

from homeassistant.components.button import ButtonEntity
from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntry
from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
from homeassistant.helpers.entity_platform import AddEntitiesCallback

from .const import COORDINATOR, DOMAIN
from .coordinator import EufySecurityDataUpdateCoordinator
from .entity import EufySecurityEntity
from .eufy_security_api.metadata import Metadata
from .eufy_security_api.const import ProductCommand

_LOGGER: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__package__)


async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, config_entry: ConfigEntry, async_add_entities: AddEntitiesCallback) -> None:
    """Setup binary sensor entities."""
    coordinator: EufySecurityDataUpdateCoordinator = hass.data[DOMAIN][COORDINATOR]
    product_properties = []

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