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title: "Hook Switch"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate the Hook Smart Home Hub into Home Assistant."
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logo: hook.png
ha_category: Switch
ha_iot_class: "Assumed State"
ha_release: 0.34
---

The `hook` component allows you to control the [Hook Smart Home Hub](http://www.hooksmarthome.com/) from within Home Assistant.

Hook allows you to control cheap mains electrical outlets, like these ones at [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Wireless-Electrical-Household-Appliances/dp/B00DQELHBS). 

In short, Hook is an RF to Wi-Fi bridge, controlling devices that recieve commands at 315MHz and 433MHz. Unfortunately, this does not allow Hook to determine if the command was successful, so the state is assumed.

Hook provides a simple [REST API](https://app.swaggerhub.com/api/rahilj/GetHook_RestAPI/v1). This Home Assistant component reads in devices that have been set up in the official app.

Configure with either your username/password or your API token for the official app.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
-  platform: hook
   username: <email address>
   password: !secret hook
```
Or
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
-  platform: hook
   token: <your API token>
```

Extra debug logging is available, if you need it.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
logger:
  default: error
  logs:
    homeassistant.components.switch.hook: debug
```