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+"""
+homeassistant.components.sensor.rest
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The rest sensor will consume JSON responses sent by an exposed REST API.
+
+Configuration:
+
+To use the rest sensor you will need to add something like the following
+to your configuration.yaml file.
+
+sensor:
+  platform: arest
+    name: REST sensor
+    resource: http://IP_ADDRESS/ENDPOINT
+    variable: temperature
+    unit: '°C'
+
+Variables:
+
+name
+*Optional
+The name of the sensor. Default is 'REST Sensor'.
+
+resource
+*Required
+The full URL of the REST service/endpoint that provide the JSON response.
+
+variable
+*Required
+The name of the variable inside the JSON response you want to monitor.
+
+unit
+*Optional
+Defines the units of measurement of the sensor, if any.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.rest.html
+"""
+import logging
+from requests import get, exceptions
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from homeassistant.util import Throttle
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_NAME = "REST Sensor"
+
+# Return cached results if last scan was less then this time ago
+MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES = timedelta(seconds=60)
+
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-variable
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """ Get the REST sensor. """
+
+    resource = config.get('resource', None)
+
+    try:
+        response = get(resource, timeout=10)
+    except exceptions.MissingSchema:
+        _LOGGER.error("Missing resource or schema in configuration. "
+                      "Add http:// to your URL.")
+        return False
+    except exceptions.ConnectionError:
+        _LOGGER.error("No route to resource/endpoint. "
+                      "Please check the URL in the configuration file.")
+        return False
+
+    rest = RestData(resource)
+
+    dev = []
+    add_devices([RestSensor(rest,
+                            config.get('name', DEFAULT_NAME),
+                            config.get('variable'),
+                            config.get('unit'))])
+    add_devices(dev)
+
+
+class RestSensor(Entity):
+    """ Implements a REST sensor. """
+
+    def __init__(self, rest, name, variable, unit_of_measurement):
+        self.rest = rest
+        self._name = name
+        self._variable = variable
+        self._state = 'n/a'
+        self._unit_of_measurement = unit_of_measurement
+        self.update()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """ The name of the sensor. """
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        """ Unit the value is expressed in. """
+        return self._unit_of_measurement
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """ Returns the state of the device. """
+        return self._state
+
+    def update(self):
+        """ Gets the latest data from REST API and updates the state. """
+        self.rest.update()
+        value = self.rest.data
+
+        if 'error' in value:
+            self._state = value['error']
+        else:
+            try:
+                self._state = value[self._variable]
+            except KeyError:
+                _LOGGER.error('Variable "%s" not found in response: "%s".',
+                              self._variable, value)
+                self._state = 'N/A'
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class RestData(object):
+    """ Class for handling the data retrieval. """
+
+    def __init__(self, resource):
+        self.resource = resource
+        self.data = dict()
+
+    @Throttle(MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES)
+    def update(self):
+        """ Gets the latest data from REST service. """
+        try:
+            response = get(self.resource, timeout=10)
+            if 'error' in self.data:
+                del self.data['error']
+            self.data = response.json()
+        except exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            _LOGGER.error("No route to resource/endpoint.")
+            self.data['error'] = 'N/A'