Idea: add MQTT

[gvdhoven]

Would be cool to add MQTT, basically what you have done here i am doing myself for controlling my Airco.

[nklerk]

Can you send pronto codes to control it?

[gvdhoven]

I haven't looked further then ordering the hardware (D1 with IR shield); soldering the pins and bookmarking some pages;
https://www.sysrun.io/2017/02/22/use-a-esp8266-to-control-your-ac-via-mqtt/
https://github.com/krzynio/esp8266-ir-ac-remote
https://github.com/markszabo/IRremoteESP8266

But basically the idea is more or less thesame as what you have.