If you do have and iOS product and uses the calendar there, you might like to integrate this calendar into Home Assistant.
This is not a complex task at all. Firs of all, you need to create a new application password. This is not you normal user account password.
- Sign in to your Apple ID account page.
- In the Security section, click Generate Password below App-Specific Passwords.
- Follow the steps on your screen.
After you have done this, open your configuration.yaml file and add the following lines:
calendar:
– platform: caldav
username: myapplelogin@xxx.no
password: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
url: https://caldav.icloud.com
calendars:
– Your calendar
Reboot Home Assistant, and you should now have an iOS calendar integrated into you smart home.
So why should you do this? Well, you now can create al lot of automations based on your calendar information. If you for example work shift jobs, you can have your job schedule in the calendar. Now you can get an alert like an hour before work. It is just your imagination that can stop you.
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