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add hint about API password in Home Assistant URL (#1352)

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Adding hint to the REST sensor documentation that suggests appending the api password to the url of a Home Assistant instance.
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DrewSK 2016-10-29 03:13:21 -05:00 committed by Fabian Affolter
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The Home Assistant [API](/developers/rest_api/) exposes the data from your attached sensors. If you are running multiple Home Assistant instances which are not [connected](/developers/architecture/#multiple-connected-instances) you can still get information from them. The Home Assistant [API](/developers/rest_api/) exposes the data from your attached sensors. If you are running multiple Home Assistant instances which are not [connected](/developers/architecture/#multiple-connected-instances) you can still get information from them.
If the Home Assistant instance in the resource variable is protected by an API password, you can append `?api_password=YOUR_PASSWORD` to the resource url to authenticate.
```yaml ```yaml
sensor: sensor:
- platform: rest - platform: rest