/boilerplate-card

A community driven blueprint for best practices

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Boilerplate Card by @iantrich

A community driven boilerplate of best practices for Home Assistant Lovelace custom cards

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Options

Name Type Requirement Description Default
type string Required custom:boilerplate-card
name string Optional Card name Boilerplate
show_error boolean Optional Show what an error looks like for the card false
show_warning boolean Optional Show what a warning looks like for the card false
entity string Optional Home Assistant entity ID. none
tap_action object Optional Action to take on tap action: more-info
hold_action object Optional Action to take on hold none
double_tap_action object Optional Action to take on double tap none

Action Options

Name Type Requirement Description Default
action string Required Action to perform (more-info, toggle, call-service, navigate url, none) more-info
navigation_path string Optional Path to navigate to (e.g. /lovelace/0/) when action defined as navigate none
url string Optional URL to open on click when action is url. The URL will open in a new tab none
service string Optional Service to call (e.g. media_player.media_play_pause) when action defined as call-service none
service_data object Optional Service data to include (e.g. entity_id: media_player.bedroom) when action defined as call-service none
haptic string Optional Haptic feedback success, warning, failure, light, medium, heavy, selection none
repeat number Optional How often to repeat the hold_action in milliseconds. none

Starting a new card from boilerplate-card

Step 1

Click the "Use this template" button on the main page and clone the new repository to your machine

Step 2

Install necessary modules (verified to work in node 8.x) yarn install or npm install

Step 3

Do a test lint & build on the project. You can see available scripts in the package.json npm run build

Step 4

Search the repository for all instances of "TODO" and handle the changes/suggestions

Step 5

Customize to suit your needs and contribute it back to the community

Starting a new card from boilerplate-card with devcontainer

Note: this is available only in vscode ensure you have the Remote Containers extension installed.

  1. Fork and clone the repository.
  2. Open a devcontainer terminal and run npm start when it's ready.
  3. The compiled .js file will be accessible on http://127.0.0.1:5000/boilerplate-card.js.
  4. On a running Home Assistant installation add this to your Lovelace resources:
- url: 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/boilerplate-card.js'
  type: module

Change "127.0.0.1" to the IP of your development machine.

Bonus

If you need a fresh test instance you can install a fresh Home Assistant instance inside the devcontainer as well.

  1. Run the command container start.
  2. Home Assistant will install and will eventually be running on port 9123

NB This will not work with node 9.x if you see the following errors try installing node 8.10.0

yarn install v1.3.2
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
warning rollup-plugin-commonjs@10.1.0: This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. Please use @rollup/plugin-commonjs.
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
error @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@2.6.0: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^8.10.0 || ^10.13.0 || >=11.10.1".
error Found incompatible module
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.