esphome / esphome/feature-requests
Adding support for Home Assistant event entity
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Description
**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
The Event entity was introduced in Home Assistant 2023.8. ESPhome should introduce support for this type of entity
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
The doorbell is a good example. I am currently operating it as a binary_sensor with the PRESENCE class, and the event is dedicated to this type of device.
**Additional context**
Home Assistant documentation:
- Integration: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/event/
- Developer: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/core/entity/event/
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Research direction
Start with the Home Assistant integration and developer documentation linked in the issue to understand the Event entity contract and compare it with ESPHome's existing binary_sensor approach. Done means ESPHome can expose an Event entity for use cases such as a doorbell and Home Assistant recognizes it correctly.
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Assessment
- Domain
- embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100