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Home Assistant and Ortto integration

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How to connect Home Assistant and Ortto

  • Step 1: Create a new workflow
  • Step 2: Add and configure nodes
  • Step 3: Connect
  • Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
  • Step 5: Test and activate your workflow

Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step

In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.

Home Assistant and Ortto integration: Create a new workflow and add the first step

Step 2: Add and configure Home Assistant and Ortto nodes (using the HTTP Request node)

You can find the Home Assistant node in the nodes panel and drag it onto your workflow canvas. To add the Ortto app to the workflow select the HTTP Request node and use the generic authentication method to make custom API calls to Ortto. Configure Ortto and Home Assistant one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.

Home Assistant and Ortto integration: Add and configure Home Assistant and Ortto nodes

Step 3: Connect Home Assistant and Ortto

A connection establishes a link between Home Assistant and Ortto (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.

Home Assistant and Ortto integration: Connect Home Assistant and Ortto

Step 4: Customize and extend your Home Assistant and Ortto integration

Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect Home Assistant and Ortto with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.

Home Assistant and Ortto integration: Customize and extend your Home Assistant and Ortto integration

Step 5: Test and activate your Home Assistant and Ortto workflow

Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from Home Assistant to Ortto or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.

Home Assistant and Ortto integration: Test and activate your Home Assistant and Ortto workflow

Build your own Home Assistant and Ortto integration

Create custom Home Assistant and Ortto workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.

Home Assistant supported actions

Get Screenshot
Get the camera screenshot
Get
Get the configuration
Check Configuration
Check the configuration
Create
Create an event
Get Many
Get many events
Get Error Logs
Get a log for a specific entity
Get Logbook Entries
Get all logs
Call
Call a service within a specific domain
Get Many
Get many services
Create or Update
Create a new record, or update the current one if it already exists (upsert)
Get
Get a state for a specific entity
Get Many
Get many states
Create
Create a template

Supported methods for Ortto

Delete
Get
Head
Options
Patch
Post
Put

Requires additional credentials set up

Use n8n’s HTTP Request node with a predefined or generic credential type to make custom API calls.

FAQs

  • Can Home Assistant connect with Ortto?

  • Can I use Home Assistant’s API with n8n?

  • Can I use Ortto’s API with n8n?

  • Is n8n secure for integrating Home Assistant and Ortto?

  • How to get started with Home Assistant and Ortto integration in n8n.io?

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