Python Scripts

This component allows you to write Python scripts that are exposed as services in Home Assistant. Each Python file created in the <config>/python_scripts/ folder will be exposed as a service. The content is not cached so you can easily develop: edit file, save changes, call service. The scripts are run in a sandboxed environment. The following variables are available in the sandbox:

Name	Description
`hass`	The Home Assistant object. Access is only allowed to call services, set/remove states and fire events. API reference
`data`	The data passed to the Python Script service call.
`logger`	A logger to allow you to log messages: `logger.info()`, `logger.warning()`, `logger.error()`. API reference

Writing your first script

Add to configuration.yaml: python_script:
Create folder <config>/python_scripts
Create a file hello_world.py in the folder and give it this content:

name = data.get('name', 'world')
logger.info("Hello {}".format(name))
hass.bus.fire(name, { "wow": "from a Python script!" })

Start Home Assistant
Call service python_script/hello_world with parameters

{
  "name": "you"
}

Calling Services

The following example shows how to call a service from python_script. This script takes two parameters: entity_id (required), rgb_color (optional) and calls light.turn_on service by setting the brightness value to 255.

entity_id = data.get('entity_id')
rgb_color = data.get('rgb_color', [255, 255, 255])
if entity_id is not None:
    service_data = {'entity_id': entity_id, 'rgb_color': rgb_color, 'brightness': 255 }
    hass.services.call('light', 'turn_on', service_data, False)

The above python_script can be called using the following JSON as an input.

{"entity_id": "light.bedroom", "rgb_color": [255, 0, 0] }

For more examples, visit the Scripts section in our forum.