---
title: Space API
description: Instructions on how to configure the SpaceAPI for Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Social
ha_release: '0.70'
ha_codeowners:
  - '@fabaff'
ha_domain: spaceapi
---

The `spaceapi` integration allow Hackerspaces to expose information to web apps or any other application with the [SpaceAPI](http://spaceapi.net/).

## Configuration

To setup the `spaceapi` integration in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
spaceapi:
  space: HACKERSPACE_NAME
  logo: URL_FOR_LOGO
  url: URL
  location:
    address: ADDRESS
  contact:
    email: EMAIL_ADDRESS
  issue_report_channels:
    - email
  state:
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
```

{% configuration %}
space:
  description: Name of the Hackerspace.
  required: true
  type: string
logo:
  description: URL which is publicly accessible of the logo.
  required: true
  type: string
url:
  description: URL of the hackerspace's web site.
  required: true
  type: string
location:
  description: Location of the Hackerspace.
  required: false
  type: map
  keys:
    address:
      description: The physical address of the Hackerspace.
      required: true
      type: string
contact:
  description: Contact information of the Hackerspace. At least one entry is mandatory.
  required: true
  type: map
  keys:
    phone:
      description: The phone number of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    sip:
      description: The SIP URI for Voice-over-IP of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    keymasters:
      description: Persons who carry a key and are able to open the space upon request. One of the fields must be specified.
      required: false
      type: list
      keys:
        name:
          description: Real Name of the keymaster.
          required: false
          type: string
        irc_nick:
          description: Contact the person with this nickname directly in irc if available. The irc channel to be used is defined in the contact/irc field.
          required: false
          type: string
        phone:
          description: Phone number of the keymaster.
          required: false
          type: string
        email:
          description: Email address of the keymaster.
          required: false
          type: string
        twitter:
          description: Twitter username of the keymaster.
          required: false
          type: string
    irc:
      description: The IRC channel of the Hackerspace
      required: false
      type: string
    twitter:
      description: The Twitter account of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    facebook:
      description: The facebook URL of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    identica:
      description: The Identi.ca or StatusNet account of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    foursquare:
      description: The Foursquare ID of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    email:
      description: The email address of the Hackerspace.
      required: true
      type: string
    ml:
      description: The mailing list of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    jabber:
      description: The public Jabber/XMPP multi-user chatroom of the Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    issue_mail:
      description: A separate email address for issue reports.
      required: false
      type: string
issue_report_channels:
  description: "The reporting channel for issues. Valid values are `email`, `issue_mail`, `twitter` or `ml`"
  required: true
  type: list
state:
  description: The current state of the Hackerspace.
  required: true
  type: list
  keys:
    entity_id:
      description: "The `entity_id` of a binary sensor that represents the current state."
      required: true
      type: string
    icon_open:
      description: The URL which is publicly accessible of the icon for the open Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
    icon_closed:
      description: The URL which is publicly accessible of the icon for the closed Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: string
feeds:
  description: Feeds where users can get updates of your space.
  required: false
  type: map
  keys:
    blog:
      description: The blog of your Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: map
      keys:
        type:
          description: Type of the feed, for example rss, atom, ical
          required: false
          type: string
        url:
          description: Feed URL
          required: true
          type: string
    wiki:
      description: The wiki of your Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: map
      keys:
        type:
          description: Type of the feed, for example rss, atom, ical
          required: false
          type: string
        url:
          description: Feed URL
          required: true
          type: string
    calendar:
      description: The calendar of your Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: map
      keys:
        type:
          description: Type of the feed, for example rss, atom, ical
          required: false
          type: string
        url:
          description: Feed URL
          required: true
          type: string
    flicker:
      description: The Flicker stream of your Hackerspace.
      required: false
      type: map
      keys:
        type:
          description: Type of the feed, for example rss, atom, ical
          required: false
          type: string
        url:
          description: Feed URL
          required: true
          type: string
cache:
  description: Specifies options about caching of your SpaceAPI endpoint. Use this if you want to avoid hundreds/thousands of application instances crawling your status.
  required: false
  type: map
  keys:
    schedule:
      description: Cache update cycle. Valid values are m.02 | m.05 | m.10 | m.15 | m.30 | h.01 | h.02 | h.04 | h.08 | h.12 | d.01 |
      required: true
      type: string
projects:
  description: Your project sites (links to GitHub, wikis or wherever your projects are hosted).
  required: false
  type: list
radio_show:
  description: A list of radio shows that your hackerspace might broadcast.
  required: false
  type: list
  keys:
    name:
      description: The name of the radio show.
      required: true
      type: string
    url:
      description: The stream URL of the radio show.
      required: true
      type: string
    type:
      description: The stream encoder. Valid values are mp3 or ogg
      required: true
      type: string
    start:
      description: Specify the start time by using the ISO 8601 standard.
      required: true
      type: string
    end:
      description: Specify the end time by using the ISO 8601 standard.
      required: true
      type: string
sensors:
  description: List of sensors to expose.
  required: false
  type: list
  keys:
    temperature:
      description: List of temperature sensors.
      required: true
      type: string
    humidity:
      description: List of humidity sensors.
      required: true
      type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

The list of sensors can be any sensor, not just temperature or humidity.

## Sensor specific location

The [SpaceAPI specification](http://spaceapi.net/documentation) requires every sensor to provide a location.
In order to set a sensor specific location do the following steps:

1. Go to Configuration -> Customization
2. Select the sensor entity
3. Pick "Other" from the attribute override pulldown
4. Set the attribute name to location and the attribute value to your desired location

If no location is set, the location defined in the HA configuration is used.

## Examples

In this section you find some real-life examples of how to use this component.

### Eastermundigen

A possible configuration entry for [Eastermundigen](https://www.eastermundigen.ch/), a Hackerspace in Switzerland, could look like this.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
spaceapi:
  space: Eastermundigen
  logo: https://eastermundigen.ch/logo.png
  url: https://eastermundigen.ch
  location:
    address: "Steinbruchweg 16, 3072 Ostermundigen, Schweiz"
  contact:
    phone: "+41311111111"
    twitter: "@eastermundigen"
    email: "info@eastermundigen.ch"
  issue_report_channels:
    - email
  state:
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door"
    icon_open: https://eastermundigen.ch/open.png
    icon_closed: https://eastermundigen.ch/close.png
  sensors:
    temperature:
      - "sensor.temperature_in"
      - "sensor.temperature_out"
    humidity:
      - "sensor.humidity_in"
      - "sensor.humidity_out"
```