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---
layout: page
title: "Folder sensor"
description: "Sensor for monitoring the contents of a folder."
date: 2018-02-21 14:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
logo: file.png
ha_category: Sensor
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
ha_release: 0.64
---
Sensor for monitoring the contents of a folder. Note that folder paths must be added to [whitelist_external_dirs](https://home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/basic/). Optionally a [wildcard filter](https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/fnmatch.html) can be applied to the files considered within the folder. The state of the sensor is the size in MB of files within the folder that meet the filter criteria. The number of filtered files in the folder and total size in bytes of those files are exposed as attributes.
To enable the `folder` sensor in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
sensor:
- platform: folder
folder: /config
```
{% configuration %}
folder:
description: The folder path
required: true
type: string
filter:
description: Filter to apply
required: false
default: "`*`"
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}