SwitchBot integration cant be added: failed to connect

[AldoQ]

I got my first switchbot devices today and couldn’t get the integration to work either.

I found an article how you can use their API if you have a hub. Explaining how to get curtains in there. Which works pretty okay. Using that logic and the API documentation also got the switchbot itself in HA.

Switch-Bot API integration

Hello, Switch-Bot recently released an API: https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/SwitchBotAPI It allows to control all Switch Bot devices: the bots, meters, curtains, Humidifier, plugs and also the virtual appliances and scenes. Could it be possible to add a new Switch Bot integration based on this API? It would avoid only using Bluetooth which adds some constraints and moreover would allow to control more Switch-Bot devices natively.

Or an article based on that topic

Home Assistant SwitchBot Curtain Integration - Kiril Peyanski's Blog

Does mean its now a cloud based integration and not locally. But its at least a work around I guess if you are really stuck with the official integration.