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RESTful in Home Assistant

rest part of Home Assistant since 0.7.4

Local, polling

RESTful is an official Home Assistant integration for Binary sensor and Sensor. Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, polling – Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Online service
Installations
48,291 (7.1 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Binary sensor, Sensor
Provides
Binary sensor, Notifications, Sensor, Switch
Python packages
jsonpath-python==1.1.6, xmltodict==1.0.4

Setup

  1. This integration is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the user interface.
  2. The documentation lists the exact entries; restart Home Assistant after adding them.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation AWTRIX Weather ⛈️ + Forecast + 🌕️ (Service Calls) ♥ 37 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

2 open issues and 1 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for RESTful in the Home Assistant issue tracker.

Open

  • open Reported problem #170992 since May 17, 2026 · 0 reactions · 7 comments · #170992
  • open Reported problem #179334 since August 16, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #179334

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 14, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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