Webhooks in Home Assistant: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide (with Automations & Node-RED)
Title: Webhooks in Home Assistant: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide (with Automations & Node-RED)
In this step-by-step guide, I’ll walk you through how to send and receive webhooks in Home Assistant — perfect for beginners looking to trigger automations from external apps or devices.
We'll cover:
What webhooks are and why they’re useful in Home Assistant
Installing and using Postman to test your setup
Receiving webhooks in native Home Assistant automations
Sending webhooks from automations using rest_command
How to send and receive webhooks in Node-RED
Plus a live demo to tie it all together!
🔗 Links Referenced in This Video
📦 Postman (Free API Testing Tool):
https://www.postman.com/downloads/
🛠️ How to Install HACS (Home Assistant Community Store):
• How to Install HACS in Home Assistant (Ste...
💻 Get the Code (Node-RED Flows, Arduino, YAML Templates):
https://github.com/LazyTechGeek/Webhooks
📚 Home Assistant Docs:
Automations: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/au...
Rest Command: https://www.home-assistant.io/integra...
Webhooks: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/au...
🧠 JSONPath Tester (for condition-based automations):
https://jsonpath.com/
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – What Are Webhooks? (And Why You Should Care)
04:06 – Install Postman (Free API Testing Tool)
04:48 – Receive a Webhook in Home Assistant Automations
14:25 – Send a Webhook from Home Assistant: Step 1 (REST Command)
20:06 – Send a Webhook from Home Assistant: Step 2 (Automation Setup)
24:48 – Node-RED: Send & Receive Webhooks – Prerequisites
27:32 – Node-RED: Send & Receive Webhooks – Setup and Flow
35:05 – Live Webhook Demo
38:55 – Outro (Final Thoughts & Tips)
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