12.02.2021
estimated reading time 3 min
the forked-daapd Server is an awesome replacement for the older iTunes-Server (e.g. Firefly). Here is the link to the github repository : https://github.com/ejurgensen/forked-daapd/
It is assumed that you have a running and properly configured instance of Home-Assistant. And it is also assumed that you have your daapd-server already running.
Step 1: Splitting up the configuration of Home-Assistant
edit the configuration.yaml of your home-assistant instance as shown below. There are several ways to edit configuration files depending on your setup. The result should always look like this:
############ Splitting up the configuration for forked-daapd-server ############
automation: !include automations.yaml
input_number: !include input_number.yaml
media_player: !include media.yaml
rest_command: !include rest_command.yaml
sensor: !include sensors.yaml
switch: !include switches.yaml
############ configuring a YAML based Lovelace Dashboard for greater flexibility ############
############ but ensuring that the default dashboard will be configurable via UI ############
lovelace:
mode: storage
# Add yaml dashboards
dashboards:
lovelace-yaml:
mode: yaml
title: My Awesome Home
icon: mdi:home-assistant
show_in_sidebar: true
filename: lovelace.yaml
Save the configuration
Step 2: creating the new configuration files for the daapd-server
Create a switches.yaml file in the configuration directory of your home-assistant instance as shown below.
- platform: rest
name: Bedroom Speaker
resource: http://192.168.1.10:3689/api/outputs/149669430557359
<<: $SPEAKER_PARAMS
method: PUT
body_on: '{"selected": true}'
body_off: '{"selected": false}'
is_on_template: '{% if value_json is defined %} {{ value_json.selected }} {% else %} off {% endif %}'
scan_interval: 5
- platform: rest
name: Hallway Speaker
resource: http://192.168.1.10:3689/api/outputs/36051160497996
<<: *SPEAKER_PARAMS
- platform: rest
name: AppleTV
resource: http://192.168.1.10:3689/api/outputs/159280432546163
<<: *SPEAKER_PARAMS
Replace the IP address of the resource with the IP of your daapd-server.
Step 2a : getting the know devices of your daapd-server and the id of those devices
To get all known outputs (devices) of the daapd server open a browser and type the address of your daapd-server followed by /api/outputs
For example: https://192.168.1.10:3689/api/outputs
Your browser will show your all known outputs and the corresponding id. It will look similar to this:
{ "outputs": [ { "id": "149669430557359", "name": "AirPort Express BedRoom", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "36051160497996", "name": "AirportExpressHallway", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": true, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "225178807873973", "name": "AllSpeakers+", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "159280432546163", "name": "AppleTV", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": true, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": true, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "225176754010055", "name": "Chromecast Bedroom+", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "201465269782", "name": "core", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "225179517502430", "name": "Home Mini Livingroom+", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 0 }, { "id": "225180256734299", "name": "Living Room 1_3722+", "type": "AirPlay", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "2981933678", "name": "AllSpeakers", "type": "Chromecast", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "2820081666", "name": "Chromecast Bedroom", "type": "Chromecast", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "2751583723", "name": "Home Mini Livingroom", "type": "Chromecast", "selected": true, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "59990543", "name": "HomeMini Bedroom", "type": "Chromecast", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "4076771296", "name": "Living Room 1_3722", "type": "Chromecast", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 }, { "id": "0", "name": "Computer", "type": "ALSA", "selected": false, "has_password": false, "requires_auth": false, "needs_auth_key": false, "volume": 37 } ] }
That’s the JSON-Output plainly shown by your browser. After prettifying the output it will look like this:
{
"outputs": [
{
"id": "149669430557359",
"name": "AirPort Express BedRoom",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "36051160497996",
"name": "AirportExpressHallway",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": true,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "225178807873973",
"name": "AllSpeakers+",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "159280432546163",
"name": "AppleTV",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": true,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": true,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "225176754010055",
"name": "Chromecast Bedroom+",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "201465269782",
"name": "core",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "225179517502430",
"name": "Home Mini Livingroom+",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 0
},
{
"id": "225180256734299",
"name": "Living Room 1_3722+",
"type": "AirPlay",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "2981933678",
"name": "AllSpeakers",
"type": "Chromecast",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "2820081666",
"name": "Chromecast Bedroom",
"type": "Chromecast",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "2751583723",
"name": "Home Mini Livingroom",
"type": "Chromecast",
"selected": true,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "59990543",
"name": "HomeMini Bedroom",
"type": "Chromecast",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "4076771296",
"name": "Living Room 1_3722",
"type": "Chromecast",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
},
{
"id": "0",
"name": "Computer",
"type": "ALSA",
"selected": false,
"has_password": false,
"requires_auth": false,
"needs_auth_key": false,
"volume": 37
}
]
}
That’s better and gives you all the information you need. Now replace the part of the resource url after output/ with the id of your speaker.
Step 3: input_number.yaml
create a new file in your Home-Assistant configuration directory and name it input_number.yaml.
Edit the input_number.yaml as shown below:
bedroom_volume_slider: name: Bedroom Volume min: 0 max: 100 step: 1 hallway_volume_slider: name: Hallway Volume min: 0 max: 100 step: 1 appletv_volume_slider: name: AppleTV Volume min: 0 max: 100 step: 1
Save and close the file.
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