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title, description, ha_release, ha_category, ha_iot_class, ha_domain
| title | description | ha_release | ha_category | ha_iot_class | ha_domain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | Instructions how to use Google Maps Location Sharing to track devices in Home Assistant. | 0.67 |
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Cloud Polling | google_maps |
The google_maps platform allows you to detect presence using the unofficial API of Google Maps Location Sharing.
Setup
You need two Google accounts. Account A is the account that has to be set up to share its location with account B. Account B is used to fetch the location of your device(s) and will be connected to this integration.
- You first have to setup sharing of the location of account A through the Google Maps app on your mobile phone. Share your location with account B. You can find more information here.
- Next, you have to retrieve a valid cookie from Google, while being logged in with account B. Log in with your credentials of account B on Google Maps with a PC with Firefox or Chrome. Make sure to use the
.comTLD (e.g., maps.google.com), otherwise the cookie won't be able to provide a valid session. After you have properly authenticated, you can retrieve the cookie with either Export cookies for Firefox (make sure that "Prefix HttpOnly cookies" is unchecked) or cookies.txt for Chrome/Chromium. - Save the cookie file to your Home Assistant configuration directory with the following name:
.google_maps_location_sharing.cookies.followed by the slugified username of the NEW Google account (account B).- For example: If your email address was
location.tracker@gmail.com, the filename would be:.google_maps_location_sharing.cookies.location_tracker_gmail_com.
- For example: If your email address was
Configuration
To integrate Google Maps Location Sharing in Home Assistant, add the following section to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
- platform: google_maps
username: YOUR_USERNAME
Once enabled and you have rebooted devices discovered through this integration will be listed in the known_devices.yaml file within your configuration directory.
They will be created with indentifiers like google_maps_<numeric_id>. To be able to properly track entities you must set the track attribute to true.
{% configuration %} username: description: The email address for the Google account that has access to your shared location. required: true type: string max_gps_accuracy: description: Sometimes Google Maps can report GPS locations with a very low accuracy (few kilometers). That can trigger false zoning. Using this parameter, you can filter these false GPS reports. The number has to be in meters. For example, if you put 200 only GPS reports with an accuracy under 200 will be taken into account - Defaults to 100km if not specified. required: false type: float scan_interval: description: The frequency (in seconds) to check for location updates. required: false default: 60 type: integer {% endconfiguration %}