Get Started with the Home Assistant MQTT Integration

Home Assistant is a popular open-source automation platform that lets you control and monitor smart devices from different brands using a unified interface. in this video, let's learn more about the MQTT protocol, and explore the Home Assistant MQTT integration in Postman.

0:00 Start
0:08 Introduction to MQTT
0:55 Create a new Home Assistant user
1:47 Install and start message broker add-on
2:25 Add and configure MQTT integration
4:10 Fork the Postman collection
5:00 Authorize MQTT API in Postman
6:09 Send MQTT message in Postman
6:40 Subscribe to MQTT topic in Postman
7:28 Example of Tasmota smart switch
8:43 Example of streaming real-time sensor data

Step-by-step tutorial:
https://quickstarts.postman.com/guide...

Home Assistant developer documentation:
https://www.home-assistant.io/integra...

Home Assistant MQTT API Postman collection:
https://www.postman.com/postman/works...