# SwitchBot MQTT client
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MQTT client controlling [SwitchBot button automators](https://www.switch-bot.com/bot)
and [curtain motors](https://www.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-curtain)
Compatible with [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/)'s
[MQTT Switch](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.mqtt/)
and [MQTT Cover](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cover.mqtt/) platform.
## Setup
```sh
$ pip3 install --user --upgrade switchbot-mqtt
```
## Usage
```sh
$ switchbot-mqtt --mqtt-host HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS
```
Use `sudo hcitool lescan`
or select device settings > 3 dots on top right in
[SwitchBot app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theswitchbot.switchbot)
to determine your SwitchBot's **mac address**.
### Button Automator
Send `ON` or `OFF` to topic `homeassistant/switch/switchbot/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff/set`.
```sh
$ mosquitto_pub -h MQTT_BROKER -t homeassistant/switch/switchbot/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff/set -m ON
```
The command-line option `--fetch-device-info` enables battery level reports on topic
`homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/MAC_ADDRESS/battery-percentage` after every command.
### Curtain Motor
Send `OPEN`, `CLOSE`, or `STOP` to topic `homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff/set`.
```sh
$ mosquitto_pub -h MQTT_BROKER -t homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff/set -m CLOSE
```
The command-line option `--fetch-device-info` enables position reports on topic
`homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/MAC_ADDRESS/position` after `STOP` commands
and battery level reports on topic `homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/MAC_ADDRESS/battery-percentage`
after every command.
### Device Passwords
In case some of your Switchbot devices are password-protected,
create a JSON file mapping MAC addresses to passwords
and provide its path via the `--device-password-file` option:
```json
{
"11:22:33:44:55:66": "password",
"aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff": "secret",
"00:00:00:0f:f1:ce": "random string"
}
```
```sh
$ switchbot-mqtt --device-password-file /some/where/switchbot-passwords.json â¦
```
### MQTT Authentication
```sh
switchbot-mqtt --mqtt-username me --mqtt-password secret â¦
# or
switchbot-mqtt --mqtt-username me --mqtt-password-file /var/lib/secrets/mqtt/password â¦
```
â ï¸ `--mqtt-password` leaks the password to other users on the same machine,
if `/proc` is mounted with `hidepid=0` (default).
## Home Assistant ð¡
### Rationale
Why not use the official [SwitchBot integration](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switchbot/)?
I prefer not to share the host's **network stack** with home assistant
(more complicated network setup
and additional [netfilter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netfilter) rules required for isolation).
Sadly, `docker run --network host` even requires `--userns host`:
> docker: Error response from daemon: cannot share the host's network namespace when user namespaces are enabled.
The docker image built from this repository works around this limitation
by explicitly running as an **unprivileged user**.
The [official home assistant image](https://hub.docker.com/r/homeassistant/home-assistant)
runs as `root`.
This imposes an unnecessary security risk, especially when disabling user namespace remapping
(`--userns host`).
See https://github.com/fphammerle/docker-home-assistant for an alternative.
### Setup
```yaml
# https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/mqtt/broker/#configuration-variables
mqtt:
broker: BROKER_HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS
# credentials, additional optionsâ¦
# https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.mqtt/#configuration-variables
switch:
- platform: mqtt
name: switchbot_button
command_topic: homeassistant/switch/switchbot/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff/set
state_topic: homeassistant/switch/switchbot/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff/state
# http://materialdesignicons.com/
icon: mdi:light-switch
cover:
- platform: mqtt
name: switchbot_curtains
command_topic: homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/11:22:33:44:55:66/set
state_topic: homeassistant/cover/switchbot-curtain/11:22:33:44:55:66/state
```
## Docker ð³
Pre-built docker images are available at https://hub.docker.com/r/fphammerle/switchbot-mqtt/tags
Annotation of signed tags `docker/*` contains docker image digests: https://github.com/fphammerle/switchbot-mqtt/tags
```sh
$ docker build -t switchbot-mqtt .
$ docker run --name spelunca_switchbot \
--userns host --network host \
switchbot-mqtt:latest \
switchbot-mqtt --mqtt-host HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS
```
Alternatively, you can use `docker-compose`:
```yaml
version: '3.8'
services:
switchbot-mqtt:
image: switchbot-mqtt
container_name: switchbot-mqtt
network_mode: host
userns_mode: host
environment:
- MQTT_HOST=localhost
- MQTT_PORT=1883
#- MQTT_USERNAME=username
#- MQTT_PASSWORD=password
restart: unless-stopped
```
## Alternatives
* https://github.com/binsentsu/switchbot-ctrl
* https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/python-host/blob/master/switchbot_py3.py
* https://gist.github.com/aerialist/163a5794e95ccd28dc023161324009ed
* https://gist.github.com/mugifly/a29f34df7de8960d72245fcb124513c7