Family Health Tracker for Home Assistant

A Home Assistant custom integration for tracking family members' temperature and medication data.

Features

• Track temperature measurements for multiple family members
• Record medication administration (Paracetamol/Ibuprofen)
• Timestamp tracking for all measurements
• Individual entities for temperature and medication
• Easy configuration through Home Assistant UI

Installation

Development Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Copy the custom_components/family_health_tracker directory to your Home Assistant's custom_components directory
3. Restart Home Assistant
4. Add the integration through UI (Configuration -> Integrations -> Add Integration)

Configuration

1. Go to Configuration > Integrations
2. Click the "+ ADD INTEGRATION" button
3. Search for "Family Health Tracker"
4. Enter the required information:
   • Name: A name for the integration
   • Family Members: Comma-separated list of family members to track

Usage

Each family member will have two sensor entities:

1. Temperature sensor: Shows the latest temperature measurement with timestamp
2. Medication sensor: Shows the latest medication administered with timestamp

Service Calls

You can add new measurements using the service call in two ways:

Method 1: Using Developer Tools

1. Go to Developer Tools -> Services
2. Search for "Family Health Tracker: Add Measurement"
3. Fill in the service data:

name: "John"  # The family member's name
temperature: 37.5  # Temperature in Celsius
medication: "paracetamol"  # The medication given

Method 2: Using Service Call in Automations

service: family_health_tracker.add_measurement
data:
  name: "John"
  temperature: 37.5
  medication: "none"  # Options: "none", "paracetamol", "ibuprofen"

Available Medication Options

The following medication options are supported:

• none: No medication given
• paracetamol: Paracetamol was administered
• ibuprofen: Ibuprofen was administered

Examples

1. Recording temperature without medication:

service: family_health_tracker.add_measurement
data:
  name: "John"
  temperature: 37.2
  medication: "none"

2. Recording temperature with medication:

service: family_health_tracker.add_measurement
data:
  name: "John"
  temperature: 38.5
  medication: "paracetamol"

Development

This integration was developed for use with Home Assistant. To set up a development environment:

1. Set up Home Assistant development container
2. Copy the custom component to the appropriate directory
3. Configure Home Assistant with the basic configuration provided in test_config.yaml
4. Test the integration through the UI and service calls