Chore Cards for Home Assistant

Cards designed to be used with the Chore Helper integration.

• Display single chores
• List, filter, and sort multiple chores
• Mark chores as complete or reschedule them easily
• Coming soon: Create and manage chores from the front-end

Options

Name	Type	Requirement	Description	Default
type	string	Required	custom:boilerplate-card
name	string	Optional	Card name	Boilerplate
show_error	boolean	Optional	Show what an error looks like for the card	false
show_warning	boolean	Optional	Show what a warning looks like for the card	false
entity	string	Optional	Home Assistant entity ID.	none
tap_action	object	Optional	Action to take on tap	action: more-info
hold_action	object	Optional	Action to take on hold	none
double_tap_action	object	Optional	Action to take on double tap	none

Action Options

Name	Type	Requirement	Description	Default
action	string	Required	Action to perform (more-info, toggle, call-service, navigate url, none)	more-info
navigation_path	string	Optional	Path to navigate to (e.g. /lovelace/0/) when action defined as navigate	none
url	string	Optional	URL to open on click when action is url. The URL will open in a new tab	none
service	string	Optional	Service to call (e.g. media_player.media_play_pause) when action defined as call-service	none
service_data	object	Optional	Service data to include (e.g. entity_id: media_player.bedroom) when action defined as call-service	none
haptic	string	Optional	Haptic feedback success, warning, failure, light, medium, heavy, selection	none
repeat	number	Optional	How often to repeat the hold_action in milliseconds.	none

Starting a new card from boilerplate-card

Step 1

Click the "Use this template" button on the main page and clone the new repository to your machine

Step 2

Install necessary modules (verified to work in node 8.x) yarn install or npm install

Step 3

Do a test lint & build on the project. You can see available scripts in the package.json npm run build

Step 4

Search the repository for all instances of "TODO" and handle the changes/suggestions

Step 5

Customize to suit your needs and contribute it back to the community

Starting a new card from boilerplate-card with [devcontainer][devcontainer]

Note: this is available only in vscode ensure you have the Remote Containers extension installed.

1. Fork and clone the repository.
2. Open a [devcontainer][devcontainer] terminal and run npm start when it's ready.
3. The compiled .js file will be accessible on http://127.0.0.1:5000/boilerplate-card.js.
4. On a running Home Assistant installation add this to your Lovelace resources:

- url: 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/boilerplate-card.js'
  type: module

Change "127.0.0.1" to the IP of your development machine.

Bonus

If you need a fresh test instance you can install a fresh Home Assistant instance inside the devcontainer as well.

1. Run the command container start.
2. Home Assistant will install and will eventually be running on port 9123

Troubleshooting

NB This will not work with node 9.x if you see the following errors try installing node 8.10.0

yarn install v1.3.2
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
warning [email protected]: This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. Please use @rollup/plugin-commonjs.
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
error @typescript-eslint/[email protected]: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^8.10.0 || ^10.13.0 || >=11.10.1".
error Found incompatible module
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

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