From 65464f3c86ccc1297b7c71d61b7a40f951df884d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Cooper Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:10:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Whois Sensor (#3744) * Init whois sensor docs * Fixed glaring typo (hostname => domain) --- source/_components/sensor.whois.markdown | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_components/sensor.whois.markdown diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.whois.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.whois.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..215e7aa01e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_components/sensor.whois.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: "Whois Sensor" +description: "Instructions on how to integrate WHOIS lookup sensor within Home Assistant." +date: 2017-10-22 00:00 +sidebar: true +comments: false +sharing: true +footer: true +logo: home-assistant.png +ha_category: Sensor +ha_release: "0.57" +ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling" +--- + + +`whois` sensor allows you to perform daily WHOIS lookups against your owned domains. This provides you with information such as `expiration_date`, `name_servers`, and `registrar` details. + +```yaml +# Example configuration.yaml entry +sensor: + - platform: whois + domain: example.net + name: primary +``` + +Configuration variables: + +- **domain** (*Required*): The domain you want to perform WHOIS lookups against. +- **name** (*Optional*): A friendly name to apply to this sensor.