home-assistant.io/source/_integrations/switch.markdown

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_quality_scale	ha_domain	ha_iot_class	ha_platforms
Switch	Instructions on how to set up your switches with Home Assistant.	Switch	0.7	internal	switch		light

Keeps track which switches are in your environment, their state and allows you to control them.

• Maintains a state per switch and a combined state all_switches.
• Registers services switch.turn_on, switch.turn_off, and switch.toggle to control switches.

Device Class

The way these switches are displayed in the frontend can be modified in the customize section. The following device classes are supported for switches:

• None: Generic switch. This is the default and doesn't need to be set.
• outlet: This switch, switches a power outlet.
• switch: A generic switch.

Use the services

In the frontend open the sidebar. At the bottom, under Developer Tools, click Services. From the Service dropdown menu choose switch.turn_on or switch.turn_off from the list of available services. In the Entity dropdown menu choose or enter the entity ID you want to work with. This will enter something like the sample below into the Service Data field. Now hit CALL SERVICE.

{"entity_id":"switch.livingroom_pin2"}

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	no	The entity ID of the switch to control. To target all switches, set the entity ID to all