docs/customservices.md

   1 # Custom Services
   2
   3 Some service can use a specific a component that provides some extra features by adding a `type` key to the service yaml
   4 configuration and, where applicable, an apikey. Note that config.yml is exposed at /assets/config.yml via HTTP and any
   5 apikey included in the configuration file is exposed to anyone who can access the homer instance. Only include an apikey
   6 if your homer instance is secured behind some form of authentication or access restriction.
   7
   8 Available services are in `src/components/`. Here is an overview of all custom services that are available
   9 within Homer.
  10
  11 If you experiencing any issue, please have a look to the [troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md) page.
  12
  13
  14 ## Common options
  15
  16 ```yaml
  17 - name: "My Service"
  18   logo: "assets/tools/sample.png"
  19   url: "http://my-service-link"
  20   endpoint: "http://my-service-endpoint" # Optional: alternative base URL used to fetch service data is necessary.
  21   useCredentials: false # Optional: Override global proxy.useCredentials configuration.
  22   type: "<type>"
  23 ```
  24
  25 ## PiHole
  26
  27 Using the PiHole service you can display info about your local PiHole instance right on your Homer dashboard.
  28
  29 The following configuration is available for the PiHole service.
  30
  31 ```yaml
  32 - name: "Pi-hole"
  33   logo: "assets/tools/sample.png"
  34   # subtitle: "Network-wide Ad Blocking" # optional, if no subtitle is defined, PiHole statistics will be shown
  35   url: "http://192.168.0.151/admin"
  36   type: "PiHole"
  37 ```
  38
  39 ## OpenWeatherMap
  40
  41 Using the OpenWeatherMap service you can display weather information about a given location.
  42 The following configuration is available for the OpenWeatherMap service:
  43
  44 ```yaml
  45 - name: "Weather"
  46   location: "Amsterdam" # your location.
  47   locationId: "2759794" # Optional: Specify OpenWeatherMap city ID for better accuracy
  48   apikey: "<---insert-api-key-here--->" # insert your own API key here. Request one from https://openweathermap.org/api.
  49   units: "metric" # units to display temperature. Can be one of: metric, imperial, kelvin. Defaults to kelvin.
  50   background: "square" # choose which type of background you want behind the image. Can be one of: square, cicle, none. Defaults to none.
  51   type: "OpenWeather"
  52 ```
  53
  54 **Remarks:**
  55 If for some reason your city can't be found by entering the name in the `location` property, you could also try to configure the OWM city ID in the `locationId` property. To retrieve your specific City ID, go to the [OWM website](https://openweathermap.org), search for your city and retrieve the ID from the URL (for example, the City ID of Amsterdam is 2759794).
  56
  57 ## Medusa
  58
  59 This service displays News (grey), Warning (orange) or Error (red) notifications bubbles from the Medusa application.
  60 Two lines are needed in the config.yml :
  61
  62 ```yaml
  63   type: "Medusa"
  64   apikey: "01234deb70424befb1f4ef6a23456789"
  65 ```
  66
  67 The url must be the root url of Medusa application.
  68 The Medusa API key can be found in General configuration > Interface. It is needed to access Medusa API.
  69
  70 ## Lidarr, Prowlarr, Sonarr and Radarr
  71
  72 This service displays Activity (blue), Warning (orange) or Error (red) notifications bubbles from the Lidarr, Radarr or Sonarr application.
  73 Two lines are needed in the config.yml :
  74
  75 ```yaml
  76   type: "Lidarr", "Prowlarr", "Radarr" or "Sonarr"
  77   apikey: "01234deb70424befb1f4ef6a23456789"
  78 ```
  79
  80 The url must be the root url of Lidarr, Prowlarr, Radarr or Sonarr application.
  81 The Lidarr, Prowlarr, Radarr or Sonarr API key can be found in Settings > General. It is needed to access the API.
  82
  83 ## PaperlessNG
  84
  85 This service displays total number of documents stored. Two lines are required:
  86
  87 ```yaml
  88   type: "PaperlessNG"
  89   apikey: "0123456789abcdef123456789abcdef"
  90 ```
  91
  92 API key can be generated in Settings > Administration > Auth Tokens
  93
  94 ## Ping
  95
  96 For Ping you need to set the type to Ping and provide a url.
  97
  98 ```yaml
  99 - name: "Awesome app"
 100   type: Ping
 101   logo: "assets/tools/sample.png"
 102   subtitle: "Bookmark example"
 103   tag: "app"
 104   url: "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/"
 105 ```
 106
 107 ## Prometheus
 108
 109 For Prometheus you need to set the type to Prometheus and provide a url.
 110
 111 ```yaml
 112 - name: "Prometheus"
 113   type: Prometheus
 114   logo: "assets/tools/sample.png"
 115   url: "http://192.168.0.151/"
 116   # subtitle: "Monitor data server"
 117 ```