Since I use docker I don’t get the fancy notification when new versions come out, so I rolled my own. It uses the rest platform to grab the latest version number from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/homeassistant/json every 15 minutes (900 seconds). It will send you one persistent notification anytime the latest version is different from your version.
First, you need to declare an input boolean:
input_boolean:
version_checked:
name: Version checked
initial: off
Then create a couple of sensors:
sensor:
- platform: rest
resource: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/homeassistant/json
name: Latest version
scan_interval: 900
value_template: >-
{% set ver = value_json.info.version | trim() %}
{% if (ver | regex_match('^(?!\s*$)[0-9|.\s]*$')) %}
{{ver}}
{% else %}
unavailable
{%endif%}
- platform: version
name: Current version
Last, the automations to tie the room together:
automation:
- alias: Latest version updated
initial_state: false
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.latest_version
action:
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
entity_id: input_boolean.version_checked
- alias: Check New Version
trigger:
platform: time_pattern
minutes: '/15'
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.current_version') != states('sensor.latest_version') }}"
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.latest_version') != 'unavailable'}}"
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.version_checked
state: 'on'
action:
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
entity_id: input_boolean.version_checked
- service: persistent_notification.create
data_template:
message: "{{states('sensor.latest_version') | string }} is available for download"
title: 'Update available'