It doesn’t. I create the integration and all I can do is seen on the screenshot above. I can type in the Host (IP), the port, the Name and “Standort”, which I leave at “admin”. I then hit “Absenden” (which basically means “Confirm” or something similar), and the Pi-Hole gets created, without asking me for an API key.
Understood. But - even without API key - does it work? Are the sensors created etc?
Yea, entities are being created. Just can’t input the API key anywhere, so I can’t disable Pi-Hole from HA.
You have to remove the integration and then add it again. Only when installing the Pi-Hole integration the input for the API key is questioned in the next step when uncheck the Statistics checkbox is done only!
Thus disable/enable will not do the trick to provide you with API insert screen.
@sirpreis: i had the exact same problem, the api key field after entering host, port, name, location did not appear. i discovered that i had an old pihole doh dot installation on unraid, which was not maintained anymore and i had to change the repo for an updated image. after i did that, the api key window appeared suddenly after deinstall/install of the pihole integration.
maybe this helps you…
I can confirm that I had to update my Pi-Hole instances. I didn’t think about that, as they weren’t so old. But after updating Pi-Hole, the HA Pi-Hole integration actually notified me on its own that it had to be reconfigured. I was then able to add the API key, and I am now able to disable Pi-Hole from HA.
Thanks!
Disabling/enabling Pi-hole blocking works for me, but the status of the binary entity is not updated.
Only after reloading the Pi-hole integration the correct status is shown…
Anyone else having this issue?
(Pi-hole v5.16.2 FTL v5.22 Web Interface v5.19)
When Upgrading to Home Assistant 2023.4.0, the Pi-Hole entities where renamed to localized versions (sensor.pihole_dns_abfragen_heute), before they were English.
There was an update in HA 2023.4.1 but that didn’t fix this, instead I had to remove and setup Pi-Hole integration again.
Still, entities are based on local/German terms.
sorry for resurrecting an old thread here but I am having this same issue.
I have HA running on a Pi4, Core 2025.4.3, Supervisor 2025.04.0, OS 15.2.
I had to rebuild my Pi Hole and I do not get a request for the API Key.
I have entered the data as per this thread and teh Pi Hole documentation, using the IP address and the location as admin.
None of the integrations function, downloading diagnostics I see:
< “data”: {
“error”: {
“key”: “bad_request”,
“message”: “Bad request”,
“hint”: “The API is hosted at pi.hole/api, not pi.hole/admin/api”
},
“took”: 0.0004999637603759766
},
“versions”: {
“error”: {
“key”: “bad_request”,
“message”: “Bad request”,
“hint”: “The API is hosted at pi.hole/api, not pi.hole/admin/api”
},
“took”: 0.0004837512969970703
}
}
}>
So I tried the location as api, this as expected does not work either.
You have upgraded PiHole to v6. Core integration only compatible with v5 right now. Major API change. Custom integration for v6 works great.
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Completely unable to log in from HA…I’ve read through the “login problem” stuff on GitHub (most of which I don’t understand), but I can log in fine through the web interface and have re-set the api password…but none of the applicable passwords work (web login or api pass), even with an explicitly set IP for connection.
Somewhat frustrated.
What version of pihole? What version of the integration?
PiHole V6 integration v1.10.0 / PiHole 6.0.6 / Web 6.1.
see jazzyisj reply to mine above, you need to use HACS, not tried it yet but seems to be the ticket.
Thank you so much, I did not even think it was a version issue.
Just installed the HACS PiHole integration and works a treat!
Then ask on the custom configuration GitHub page.