Folder watcher
Built-in integration
- Installs
- 1.4k sharing analytics
- Connection
- Works locally
- Upkeep
- Part of Home Assistant
- Category
- DIY and makers, Web and data connectors
- Kind
- Built-in integration
- Needs
- Built into Home Assistant
- Domain
folder_watcher
Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation.
About
Folder watcher is a built-in integration that reports changes to files in a chosen folder on the local system. It exposes an events platform, so file activity in the watched location shows up as events in Home Assistant. The setup asks for the path to the folder, which needs to start from the root, such as the config folder. A pattern can limit what is monitored, for example only YAML files, and this pattern can be changed later in the options. It is set up in the interface, and a repair notice appears in Settings if an older YAML configuration could not be imported.
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Supports
Works locally Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
Set up in the UI Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.
Setting it up
It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.
Connect
- Path to the watched folderPath needs to be from root, as example /config
- Pattern(s) to monitorExample: *.yaml to only see yaml files
After setup
- Pattern(s) to monitorExample: *.yaml to only see yaml files
Texts from Home Assistant's source code, Apache License 2.0.
Troubleshooting
- Repair noticesNotices it can show in Settings, Repairs:The Folder Watcher YAML configuration could not be imported
Shows in Vulpo
Entity card (read-only).Information
- Installs
- 1.4k sharing analytics
- Connection
- Works locally
- Upkeep
- Part of Home Assistant
- Category
- DIY and makers, Web and data connectors
- Kind
- Built-in integration
- Needs
- Built into Home Assistant
- Domain
folder_watcher
