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title: "ThingSpeak"
description: "Record one entity in ThingSpeak"
date: 2016-10-24 15:45
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The `thingspeak` components makes Home Assistant communicate with the [ThingSpeak API](https://thingspeak.com/). 
For now, it records exactly one entity at once, which is great for testing purposes. For long-time storage you should rely
on the [InfluxDB component](https://home-assistant.io/components/influxdb/).

You will have to create a [new channel](https://thingspeak.com/channels/new) on ThingSpeak and grab your API key from your [account page](https://thingspeak.com/account). 

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

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
thingspeak:
  api_key: MY_API_KEY
  id: 1337
  whitelist: sensor.yr_temperature
```

Configuration variables:

- **api_key** (*Required*): Yout ThingSpeak API key.
- **id** (*Required*): The ID of your desired ThingSpeak channel.
- **whitelist** (*Required*): The name of the entity whose states should be sent to the channel.