alasdairh / hasslingbank

Starling Bank API data for Home Assistant

Features

• Gathers account balance from the Starling Bank API

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Installation

Manual

1. Open the directory for your HA configuration (where configuration.yaml is located)
2. Open or create a custom_components directory
3. Download all the files from the custom_components/hasslingbank/ directory (folder) in this repository.
4. Place the files you downloaded into the custom_components directory
5. Add "hasslingbank:" to your HA configuration (see examples below)
6. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration options

Key	Type	Required	Default	Description
api_key	string	yes	None	Your Starling Bank API token
name	string	no	sensor.starling	An optional custom name for the sensor

Example configuration.yaml

hasslingbank:
  api_key: <api_key>

Generate a Starling Bank Personal Access Token

Creating a Personal Access Token requires a Starling Bank Developer account. These are free and easy to setup.

1. Log in to the Starling Developer website
2. Open https://developer.starlingbank.com/personal/list
3. Create a new token with the permissions:
   • account:read
   • balance:read
4. Enter your password and click Generate
5. Copy the token and paste it into the api_key entry in your configuration.yaml file