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title: "Uptime Robot"
description: "Instructions on how to set up Uptime Robot within Home Assistant."
date: 2018-05-29 21:00
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logo: uptimerobot.png
ha_category: Binary Sensor
ha_release: "0.72"
ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling"
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The `uptimerobot` binary_sensor platform allows you get the status for all of your monitors from your account on [Uptime Robot.]( https://uptimerobot.com)

## Example for `configuration.yaml` :

```yaml
binary_sensor:
  - platform: uptimerobot
    api_key: u432898-d2507e493b31217e6c64fd35
```

{% configuration %}
api_key:
  description: Your Uptime Robot API key.
  required: true
  type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

All the data will be fetch from [Uptime Robot](https://uptimerobot.com).

To get your API key, go to [My Settings](https://uptimerobot.com/dashboard#mySettings) on the Uptime Robot website, at the bottom you will find your "Main API Key".