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title: "Joaoapps Join"
description: "Instructions for how to integrate the Join by Joaoapps service within Home Assistant."
date: 2016-07-12 10:49
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ha_category: Hub
ha_release: "0.24"
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The Join platform exposes services from [Join](http://joaoapps.com/join). In Home Assistant, the Join features are divided up in two locations, the Join component, and the Join notify platform. The notify platform allows us to send messages to Join devices, the the component allows us to access the other special features that Join offers.

In the `configuration.yaml` file you need to provide the api key and device id or name of the target device.  You can find your device id and api key [here](https://joinjoaomgcd.appspot.com/).

To set it up, add the following information to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
notify:
  - platform: joaoapps_join
    api_key: asd97823jb628a34fwsdfwefd5384345tf2d
    device_id: d5asdfasdf54645h45h368761dfe5gt8a   *optional
    device_ids: d5asdfasdf54645h45h368761dfe5gt8a, a4asdfasdf54645h45h368761dfe5gt3b  *optional
    device_names: Pixel, iPhone       *optional
    name: Phones                      *optional


joaoapps_join:
  - name: android
    device_id: group.android
    api_key: asd97823jb628a34fwsdfwefd5384345tf2d
```

Configuration variables:

- **api_key** (*Required*): The API key for Join.
- **device_id** (*Optional*): The id of your device.
- **device_ids** (*Optional*): Comma separated list of device ids.
- **device_names** (*Optional*): Comma separated list of device names.

The notify service has two optional parameters: `icon` and `vibration`.  You can use them like so:

```json
{"message":"Hello from Home Assistant!","title":"Home Assistant","data":{"icon":"https://goo.gl/xeetdy", "vibration":"0,65,706,86,657,95,668,100"}}
```

The services exposed in the joaoapps_join component can be used with the service data described below:

| Service                       | Data                                                              |
|------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| joaoapps_join/ring            |                                                                   |
| joaoapps_join/send_sms        | {"number":"5553334444", "message":"Hello!"}                       |
| joaoapps_join/send_tasker     | {"command":"test"}                                                |
| joaoapps_join/send_url        | {"url":"http://google.com"}                                       |
| joaoapps_join/send_wallpaper  | {"url":"http://www.planwallpaper.com/static/images/ZhGEqAP.jpg"}  |
| joaoapps_join/send_file       | {"url":"http://download.thinkbroadband.com/5MB.zip"}              |