Kodi for Home Assistant (built-in integration)

About

Kodi is a built-in Home Assistant integration that connects to a Kodi media player over the local network. It adds the player as a media entity and provides a notifier platform for sending messages to it. Home Assistant can discover the system on the network and offer to add it, and setup is done in the UI with host, port, optional login details and an SSL option. One action adds music to the default playlist, and another calls a Kodi JSONRPC method with optional parameters. Results of a method call are returned as a Home Assistant event, which lets automations react to them. Turned on and turned off device triggers can start automations directly.

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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.
Found by itself Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
Device triggers Its devices can start automations directly.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

Provides

Media

Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

Connect

HostThe hostname or IP address of the system hosting your Kodi server.
Port
Uses an SSL certificate

Sign in

Password
Username

Ws port

Port

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, Apache License 2.0.

Actions

Add to playlistAdds music to the default playlist (i.e. playlistid=0).Fields: Artist name, Media ID, Media name, Media type
Call methodCalls a Kodi JSONRPC API method with optional parameters. Results of the Kodi API call will be redirected in a Home Assistant event: kodi_call_method_result.Fields: Method