Get State

home_assistant.get_state

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Calls the Home Assistant API with the connection's credentials.

Read one entity's current state and attributes.

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Connection

Required: Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type: Bearer token
Providers: Home Assistant
Secret shape: the long-lived access token, or {"access_token": "…"}
Config it needs: base_url
Resolved by: config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

1 field, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Constraints	Example
entity_id The entity to read, as '<domain>.<object_id>'.	string	Yes	—	—	light.kitchen

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "entity_id": "light.kitchen"
}

Output

One shape.

result

Field	Type	Example
entity_id The entity this state belongs to.	string	light.kitchen
state The state itself, always a string.	string	on
attributes The entity's attributes, including friendly_name.	object	—
last_changed When the state last changed, ISO-8601.	string	—
last_updated When the state object was last written, ISO-8601.	string	—
context Who or what caused the change (id, user_id, parent_id).	object	—

{
  "attributes": {},
  "context": {},
  "entity_id": "light.kitchen",
  "last_changed": "",
  "last_updated": "",
  "state": "on"
}

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