Unable to make hello_state example work

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Hi.
So I’m trying to create a custom integration and I decided to start off with the “hello_state” example from https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/creating_component_index.

I created a “hello_state” directory in the custom_components folder, then a init script inside of it. I copied the non-async code from the docs into it. Then I restarted Home Assistant and added hello_state: to my configuration.yaml. After that, I tried restarting again, but Home Assistant keeps saying Integration error: hello_state - Integration 'hello_state' not found.

Am I missing something? The docs don’t seem to mention any extra steps so I’m not sure why this basic example is not working.

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Directory should be inside custom_components folder, double check its place

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Whoops. I forgot to mention that. It is in the custom_components folder. I edited the post.

custom_components/
├── hacs
│   ├── ...
├── hello_state
│   └── __init__.py
└── pyscript
    ├── ...
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What other files you have inside that folder?
There is a json file which is a must with version information

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You mean manifest.json?
Well I gave it a try.

I created it in the hello_state directory.

{
  "domain": "hello_state",
  "name": "hello_state",
  "documentation": "https://www.example.com",
  "dependencies": [],
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "codeowners": [],
  "requirements": [],
  "iot_class": "cloud_polling"
}

I works now. Interesting. I did create this file before but it didn’t work. Maybe because I forgot to add version.
Thanks! :smiley:

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Yes, without version, you can not have it. On the other hand, you should see error logs about missing version information.