Playstation Network for Home Assistant

Installation

There are two main ways to install this custom component within your Home Assistant instance:

1. Using HACS (see https://hacs.xyz/ for installation instructions if you do not already have it installed):

   

   Or

   1. From within Home Assistant, click on the link to HACS
   2. Click on Integrations
   3. Click on the vertical ellipsis in the top right and select Custom repositories
   4. Enter the URL for this repository in the section that says Add custom repository URL and select Integration in the Category dropdown list
   5. Click the ADD button
   6. Close the Custom repositories window
   7. You should now be able to see the playstation network card on the HACS Integrations page. Click on INSTALL and proceed with the installation instructions.
   8. Restart your Home Assistant instance and then proceed to the Configuration section below.

2. Manual Installation:

   1. Download or clone this repository
   2. Copy the contents of the folder custom_components/playstation_network into the same file structure on your Home Assistant instance
   3. Restart your Home Assistant instance and then proceed to the Configuration section below.

While the manual installation above seems like less steps, it's important to note that you will not be able to see updates to this custom component unless you are subscribed to the watch list. You will then have to repeat each step in the process. By using HACS, you'll be able to see that an update is available and easily update the custom component. Trust me, HACS is the worth the small upfront investment to get it setup.

Configuration

There is a config flow for this integration. After installing the custom component and restarting:

1. Go to Settings -> Devices & Services -> Integrations
2. Click + ADD INTEGRATION to setup a new integration
3. Search for Playstation Network and select it
4. You will now begin the configuration flow process
5. NPSSO can be found via the following steps:
   1. Login to your Playstation account
   2. Be sure to include your contry code like /en-us/ or /en-gb/ on the end of the url
   3. Follow this link to be presented with your NPSSO code
   4. Only copy the alphanumeric string after "npsso": Do not copy the quotes
   5. If you are receiving a 429 error, logout of your playstation account and go back to step 1

Usage

After the device is configured, the integration will expose 3 entities:

• Sensors
  • Status: Your current status on the playstation network
  • Trophies: Your playstation trophy level
    • Additional attributes are available which breakdown your trophy stats
• Media Player
  • When playing a game the media player entity will be populated with game details such as the title and cover art

Options

There is now an option to configure the playstation network integration so it will create all additional state attributes as top level sensor entities. If you had trouble referencing the state attributes on the sensors, toggle this option on.

Playstation Messages

The integration supports sending playstation network messages using the notify.playstation_network action. Below are two examples:

action: notify.playstation_network
data: {
  message: "Hey buddy, want to play some overwatch? ",
  target: user1
}

action: notify.playstation_network
data: {
  message: "Hey guys, want to play some destiny?",
  target: ["user1","user2"]
}

[!TIP] When more than one user is supplied in a list, a group conversation will be created

Future Ideas

• Extract additional game information
• Display friends who are online

Notes

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About This Project

I am not associated with Sony or any of its subsidiaries, and provide this custom component purely for your own enjoyment and home automation needs.