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---
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title: "MQTT Event"
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description: "Instructions on how to integrate MQTT events into Home Assistant."
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ha_category:
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- Event
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ha_release: 2023.8
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ha_iot_class: Configurable
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ha_domain: mqtt
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---
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The `mqtt` event platform allows you to process event info from an MQTT message. Events are signals that are emitted when something happens, for example, when a user presses a physical button like a doorbell or when a button on a remote control is pressed. With the event some event attributes can be sent te become available as an attribute on the entity. MQTT events are stateless. For example, a doorbell does not have a state like being "on" or "off" but instead is momentarily pressed.
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## Configuration
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<a id='new_format'></a>
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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mqtt:
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- event:
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state_topic: "home/doorbell/state"
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```
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{% configuration %}
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availability:
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description: A list of MQTT topics subscribed to receive availability (online/offline) updates. Must not be used together with `availability_topic`.
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required: false
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type: list
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keys:
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payload_available:
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description: The payload that represents the available state.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: online
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payload_not_available:
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description: The payload that represents the unavailable state.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: offline
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topic:
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description: An MQTT topic subscribed to receive availability (online/offline) updates.
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required: true
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type: string
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value_template:
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description: "Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#using-templates-with-the-mqtt-integration) to extract device's availability from the `topic`. To determine the devices's availability result of this template will be compared to `payload_available` and `payload_not_available`."
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required: false
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type: template
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availability_mode:
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description: When `availability` is configured, this controls the conditions needed to set the entity to `available`. Valid entries are `all`, `any`, and `latest`. If set to `all`, `payload_available` must be received on all configured availability topics before the entity is marked as online. If set to `any`, `payload_available` must be received on at least one configured availability topic before the entity is marked as online. If set to `latest`, the last `payload_available` or `payload_not_available` received on any configured availability topic controls the availability.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: latest
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availability_template:
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description: "Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#using-templates-with-the-mqtt-integration) to extract device's availability from the `availability_topic`. To determine the devices's availability result of this template will be compared to `payload_available` and `payload_not_available`."
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required: false
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type: template
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availability_topic:
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description: The MQTT topic subscribed to receive availability (online/offline) updates. Must not be used together with `availability`.
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required: false
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type: string
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command_template:
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description: Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#using-templates-with-the-mqtt-integration) to generate the payload to send to `command_topic`.
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required: false
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type: template
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command_topic:
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description: The MQTT topic to publish commands to trigger the event.
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required: false
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type: string
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device:
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description: "Information about the device this event is a part of to tie it into the [device registry](https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/device_registry_index.html). Only works when [`unique_id`](#unique_id) is set. At least one of identifiers or connections must be present to identify the device."
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required: false
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type: map
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keys:
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configuration_url:
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description: 'A link to the webpage that can manage the configuration of this device. Can be either an HTTP or HTTPS link.'
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required: false
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type: string
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connections:
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description: 'A list of connections of the device to the outside world as a list of tuples `[connection_type, connection_identifier]`. For example the MAC address of a network interface: `"connections": [["mac", "02:5b:26:a8:dc:12"]]`.'
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required: false
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type: list
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hw_version:
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description: The hardware version of the device.
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required: false
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type: string
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identifiers:
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description: A list of IDs that uniquely identify the device. For example a serial number.
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required: false
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type: [string, list]
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manufacturer:
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description: The manufacturer of the device.
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required: false
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type: string
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model:
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description: The model of the device.
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required: false
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type: string
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name:
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description: The name of the device.
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required: false
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type: string
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suggested_area:
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description: 'Suggest an area if the device isn’t in one yet.'
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required: false
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type: string
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sw_version:
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description: The firmware version of the device.
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required: false
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type: string
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via_device:
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description: 'Identifier of a device that routes messages between this device and Home Assistant. Examples of such devices are hubs, or parent devices of a sub-device. This is used to show device topology in Home Assistant.'
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required: false
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type: string
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device_class:
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description: The [type/class](/integrations/event/#device-class) of the event to set the icon in the frontend. The `device_class` can be `null`.
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required: false
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default: None
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type: device_class
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default: None
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enabled_by_default:
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description: Flag which defines if the entity should be enabled when first added.
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required: false
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type: boolean
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default: true
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encoding:
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description: The encoding of the published messages.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: "utf-8"
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entity_category:
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description: The [category](https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/core/entity#generic-properties) of the entity.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: None
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event_types:
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description: A list of valid `event_type` strings.
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required: true
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type: list
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icon:
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description: "[Icon](/docs/configuration/customizing-devices/#icon) for the entity."
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required: false
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type: icon
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json_attributes_template:
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description: "Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#using-templates-with-the-mqtt-integration) to extract the JSON dictionary from messages received on the `json_attributes_topic`. Usage example can be found in [MQTT sensor](/integrations/sensor.mqtt/#json-attributes-template-configuration) documentation."
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required: false
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type: template
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json_attributes_topic:
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description: The MQTT topic subscribed to receive a JSON dictionary payload and then set as sensor attributes. Usage example can be found in [MQTT sensor](/integrations/sensor.mqtt/#json-attributes-topic-configuration) documentation.
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required: false
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type: string
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name:
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description: The name to use when displaying this event.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: MQTT Event
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object_id:
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description: Used instead of `name` for automatic generation of `entity_id`
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required: false
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type: string
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payload_available:
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description: The payload that represents the available state.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: online
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payload_not_available:
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description: The payload that represents the unavailable state.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: offline
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qos:
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description: The maximum QoS level of the state topic. Default is 0 and will also be used to publishing messages.
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required: false
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type: integer
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default: 0
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state_topic:
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description: The MQTT topic subscribed to receive JSON event payloads. The JSON payload should contain the `event_type` element. The event type should be one of the configured `event_types`.
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default: None
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required: true
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type: string
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unique_id:
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description: An ID that uniquely identifies this event entity. If two events have the same unique ID, Home Assistant will raise an exception.
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required: false
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type: string
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value_template:
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description: "Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#using-templates-with-the-mqtt-integration) to extract the value and render it to a valid JSON event payload. If the template throws an error, the current state will be used instead."
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required: false
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type: template
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{% endconfiguration %}
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<div class='note warning'>
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Make sure that your topic matches exactly. `some-topic/` and `some-topic` are different topics.
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</div>
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### Full configuration with JSON data
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The example below shows a full configuration for an event MQTT entity.
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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mqtt:
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- event:
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state_topic: "home/doorbell/state"
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event_types:
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- "press"
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- "hold"
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availability:
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- topic: "home/doorbell/available"
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qos: 0
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device_class: "doorbell"
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```
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The event information is extracted from a JSON formatted MQTT message.
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To test, you can use the command line tool `mosquitto_pub` shipped with `mosquitto` or the `mosquitto-clients` package to send MQTT messages.
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To set trigger the `mqtt` event entity manually:
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```bash
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mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t home/doorbell/available -m "online"
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mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t home/doorbell/state -m '{"event_type": "hold"}'
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```
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Besides the required `event_type` element, the payload can contain additional event attributes.
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These additional attribute updates will be exposed as attributes on the `mqtt` event entity.
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The example below demonstrates how event attributes can be added to the event data.
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```bash
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mosquitto_pub -h 127.0.0.1 -t home/doorbell/state -m '{"event_type": "press", "duration": 0.1}'
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```
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