APOD Component

This is a custom component for Home Assistant that provides the Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD).

Installation

To install the component, clone this repository and copy the apod directory to your custom components directory in your config.

config_dir/custom_components/apod

You will also need to register an account to get an API key. To generate a key, go to the NASA Open API page and register.

To register the integration in home assistant you will need to add it to your configuration as show below.

sensor:
  - platform: apod
    api_key: !secret nasa_api_key

Example Frontend

Here is an example of how to display the image to the lovelace UI using a markdown card. Currently there is no easy way to display the image url using Home Assistant Core. There are custom cards available that support this functionality.

cards:
  - type: markdown
    content: |
      # {{states('sensor.apod')}}
      ![]({{state_attr('sensor.apod', 'url')}})