Update Config

This node allows you to update the Home Assistant configuration of a node from within a flow. This is useful if you want to change the configuration of a node based on the state of an entity or some other event.

Configuration

Name

• Type: string

A name for the node.

Server

• Type: string

The node id of a Server Config node.

Entity Config

• Type: string

The node id of an entity config. This can be overridden by the payload.id property on the msg object.

Inputs

All properties must be under msg.payload and will be ignored if not.

Example input

Example of the msg.payload object.

{
  "id": "d9d27ac6b4ebf78f",
  "icon": "mdi:lightbulb",
  "name": "My Light",
  "entityPicture": "/local/images/my_light.png"
}

id

• Type: string

The node id of an entity config.

icon

• Type: string

The icon to use for the entity.

name

• Type: string

The friendly name to use for the entity.

entityPicture

• Type: string

The entity picture to use for the entity.

Examples

Usage example

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