esphome-docs/components/binary_sensor/custom.rst

Custom Binary Sensor
====================

.. warning::

    Custom components are deprecated, not recommended for new configurations
    and will be removed from ESPHome in a future release.
    Please look at creating a real ESPHome component and "importing" it into your
    configuration with :doc:`/components/external_components`.

    You can find some basic documentation on creating your own components
    at :ref:`contributing_to_esphome`.

This integration can be used to create custom binary sensors in ESPHome
using the C++ (Arduino) API.

Please first read :doc:`/components/sensor/custom` guide,
the same principles apply here and binary sensors are very similar
to sensors internally.

The example below is an example of a custom binary sensor; this custom sensor is essentially the
same as the gpio binary sensor.

.. code-block:: cpp

    #include "esphome.h"

    class MyCustomBinarySensor : public PollingComponent, public BinarySensor {
     public:
      // constructor
      MyCustomBinarySensor() : PollingComponent(15000) {}

      void setup() override {
        // This will be called by App.setup()
        pinMode(5, INPUT);
      }
      void update() override {
        // This will be called every "update_interval" milliseconds.

        // Publish an OFF state
        bool state = digitalRead(5);
        publish_state(state);
      }
    };

(Store this file in your configuration directory, for example ``my_binary_sensor.h``)

And in YAML:

.. code-block:: yaml

    # Example configuration entry
    esphome:
      includes:
        - my_binary_sensor.h

    binary_sensor:
      - platform: custom
        lambda: |-
          auto my_custom_sensor = new MyCustomBinarySensor();
          App.register_component(my_custom_sensor);
          return {my_custom_sensor};

        binary_sensors:
          name: "My Custom Binary Sensor"

Configuration variables:

- **lambda** (**Required**, :ref:`lambda <config-lambda>`): The lambda to run for instantiating the
  binary sensor(s).
- **binary_sensors** (**Required**, list): A list of binary sensors to initialize. The length here
  must equal the number of items in the ``return`` statement of the ``lambda``.

    - All options from :ref:`Binary Sensor <config-binary_sensor>`.

See :apiclass:`BinarySensor <binary_sensor::BinarySensor>`

See Also
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- :ghedit:`Edit`