Add the next Spot the Station event to Home Assistant sensor

This integration allows you to fetch upcoming International Space Station (ISS) sighting information from Spot the Station and display it as a sensor in Home Assistant.

Notes

• The script requires feedparser in order to work. this can be installed in HA by running 'pip3 install feedparser' in the command line.
• Remember to update the feed_url in the spot_the_next_station.py file. You can get an RSS feed for your area at https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/

Installation

1. Copy the spot_the_station.yaml file to the packages directory in your Home Assistant configuration.
2. Copy the spot_the_next_station.py file to the python_scripts directory in your Home Assistant configuration.
3. Add the following configuration to your configuration.yaml file:

homeassistant:
    packages: !include_dir_named packages
    
python_script:

Sensor Attributes

The sensor provides the following attributes:

Date: The date of the upcoming ISS sighting. Time: The time of the upcoming ISS sighting. Duration: The duration of the ISS sighting. Maximum Elevation: The maximum elevation of the ISS during the sighting. Approach: The approach direction of the ISS. Departure: The departure direction of the ISS. Event Start: The start time of the ISS sighting. Event End: The end time of the ISS sighting.

Customization

You can customize the sensor's name and icon in the customize section of your spot_the_station.yaml file.

Usage

The Spot the Station integration consists of a sensor that retrieves the upcoming ISS sighting information. The sensor updates automatically once a day scan_interval: 1440.

You can manually trigger an update of the sensor by calling the homeassistant.update_entity service:

service: homeassistant.update_entity
data: {}
target:
  entity_id: sensor.spot_the_station

The following could be added as a card to your Home Assistant dashboard to display the sensor data:

## Potential ISS Sighting - {{ state_attr('sensor.spot_the_station', 'Date') }}
The ISS will be flying over your-location-here at {{
state_attr('sensor.spot_the_station', 'Time') }}

__Duration:__ {{ state_attr('sensor.spot_the_station', 'Duration') }}
__Approach:__ {{ state_attr('sensor.spot_the_station', 'Approach') }}
__Depart:__ {{ state_attr('sensor.spot_the_station', 'Departure') }}
__Maximum Elevation:__ {{ state_attr('sensor.spot_the_station', 'Maximum Elevation') }}

Feel free to modify and adapt the code to suit your needs.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Author Staples1010