muchtall/ActiveWindowMQTT

Report the active window to a HomeAssistant MQTT Broker as a sensor

ActiveWindowMQTT

AutoHotKey script that reports the active window to a HomeAssistant MQTT Broker as a sensor.

Prerequisites

• AutoHotKey (https://www.autohotkey.com/)
• Installation of Mosquitto (specifically mosquitto_pub) (https://mosquitto.org/download/)

Usage

• Create an ank file named ActiveWindowMQTT.credentials.ahk in the same directory as ActiveWindowMQTT.ahk
• Add these lines to the file (with your credentials an host) and save:

MQTTBrokerHostname = 192.168.1.1
MQTTBrokerUsername = mqtt
MQTTBrokerPassword = your_password

• Run ActiveWindowMQTT.ahk
• You should now see an MQTT sensor with a name following this format: Domain.fqdn/COMPUTERNAME Active Window (unique ID: sensor.domain_fqdn_computername_active_window)