WTH feature request: "Guest Assistant"

Archive Month of "What the heck?!" 2022
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Good idea, but I suggest changing the thread title to “Guest Access to HomeAssistant”.

Additional application is a bad idea. It is enough to use what comes with some modifications. That’s how I see it:

  1. Add person - Create an account for the guest in HomeAssistant.
  • Name: Guest
  • Allow person to login: Yes
  • Ability to log in only from the local network: Yes
  • “Guest” user group selection. As we can read now in HA “Work on user groups is ongoing.”. For groups, we must therefore be able to specify the desktops to which they have access.

So in the case of the HomeAssistant system, we only lack the ability to define groups with appropriate permissions.
2. NFC tags (maybe and QR codes) - The ability to easily download the HomeAssistant Companion application and log in to it as a guest.

  • The guest puts the smartphone to the NFC tag or scans the QR code, if the Home Assistant Companion application is not installed, he is redirected to the screen where the application can be installed.
  • The guest puts the smartphone to the NFC tag or scans the QR code, has the Home Assistant Companion application already installed, and is automatically logged in to the guest account.
  • The guest puts the smartphone to the NFC tag or scans the QR code, has the Home Assistant Companion application installed (he uses it to control his home, is logged in to it), a new home is created in the application, and the guest is automatically logged in to it to guest account.
    We already have NFC tags in HA, you can use them to log guests into the HomeAssistant Companion. The ability to log in to HA will be useful to expand. And here the option of logging in to the HAC application using a QR code. The code should be available in the person’s settings. And we have the ability to easily pair the HomeAssistant Companion application with the HomeAssistant. We can also download a QR code and print it, make it available in some place and allow our guests to log into an account dedicated to them. In the HAC application, a QR scanner should be available. Scanner for pairing the application with HA, allowing you to log in to the application in this way.

By introducing the above, we have the maximum possible. In addition, in a simple form and all in one application.

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