esphome / esphome/feature-requests
Convert substitution to mDNS friendly name
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Description
**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
It would be nice if there would be a function to convert a substitution to a mDNS friendly name.
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
I have a substitution for my device name which I use for my sensor names.
To keep the code clean I want to use this substitution also for the device name.
This is not possible because it contains spaces and/or underscores which is not permitted for a mDNS name.
It would be nice if all illegal characters would be automatically replaced with "-" for the mDNS name.
An alternative may be to use the file name and replace all mDNS illegal characters with "-".
**Additional context**
```
substitutions:
device_name: "Wemos D1 mini 1"
esphome:
name: $device_name
platform: ESP8266
board: d1_mini
...
binary_sensor:
- platform: status
name: "${device_name} Status"
```
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named in feature request #1367. Start by identifying where substitutions and the ESPHome device name are processed, then determine how mDNS-invalid characters should be handled and what configuration or test coverage would demonstrate completion.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- yaml
- Domain
- embedded-iot, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100