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Home Assistant WebSocket API Instructions on how to setup the WebSocket API within Home Assistant.
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websocket_api

The websocket_api integration set up a WebSocket API and allows one to interact with a Home Assistant instance that is running headless. This integration depends on the http component.

Configuration

# Example configuration.yaml entry
websocket_api:

For details to use the WebSocket API, please refer to the WebSocket API documentation .

Track current connections

The websocket API provides a sensor that will keep track of the number of current connected clients. You can add it by adding the following to your configuration:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: websocket_api