MQTT settings to select what is send #364📩

front/plugins/_publisher_mqtt/config.json

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
             "description": [
                 {
                 "language_code": "en_us",
-                "string" : "Enable sending notifications via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/\">MQTT</a> to your Home Assistance instance. Usually, <code>on_notification</code> is recommended."
+                "string" : "Enable sending notifications via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt/\">MQTT</a> to your Home Assistance instance. Usually, <code>on_notification</code> is recommended. See the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://github.com/jokob-sk/Pi.Alert/blob/main/docs/HOME_ASSISTANT.md\">PiAlert Home Assistant guide</a> for details."
 				},
                 {
                 "language_code": "es_es",
@@ -493,6 +493,40 @@
                 "language_code": "es_es",
                 "string" : "Un pequeño truco: retrase la adición a la cola en caso de que el proceso se reinicie y los procesos de publicación anteriores se anulen (se necesitan ~<code>2</code>s para actualizar la configuración de un sensor en el intermediario). Probado con <code>2</code>-<code>3</code> segundos de retraso. Este retraso solo se aplica cuando se crean dispositivos (durante el primer bucle de notificación). No afecta los escaneos o notificaciones posteriores."
             }]
+        },
+        {
+            "function": "SEND_STATS",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default_value":true,
+            "options": [],
+            "localized": ["name", "description"],
+            "name" : [{
+                "language_code":"en_us",
+                "string" : "Send stats"
+            }
+            ],
+            "description": [{
+                "language_code":"en_us",
+                "string" : "Check to send overal device stats, such as number of Online and Offline devices."
+            }
+            ]
+        },         
+        {
+            "function": "SEND_DEVICES",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default_value":true,
+            "options": [],
+            "localized": ["name", "description"],
+            "name" : [{
+                "language_code":"en_us",
+                "string" : "Send devices"
+            }
+            ],
+            "description": [{
+                "language_code":"en_us",
+                "string" : "Check to send individual devices to the broker with details, such as <code>is_new</code>, <code>is_present</code>, or <code>mac_address</code> of the devices."
+            }
+            ]
         }         
     ]
 }

front/plugins/_publisher_mqtt/mqtt.py

@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ def mqtt_start(db):
     # General stats    
 
     # Create a generic device for overal stats
+    if get_setting_value('MQTT_SEND_STATS') == True: 
+        # Create a new device representing overall PiAlert stats   
         create_generic_device(client)
 
         # Get the data
@@ -270,13 +272,15 @@ def mqtt_start(db):
         for column in columns:       
             payload += '"'+column+'": ' + str(row[column]) +','       
 
-    # Publish (warap into {} and remove last ',' from above)
+        # Publish (wrap into {} and remove last ',' from above)
         publish_mqtt(client, "system-sensors/sensor/pialert/state",              
                 '{ \
                     '+ payload[:-1] +'\
                 }'
             )
 
+    # Generate device-specific MQTT messages if enabled
+    if get_setting_value('MQTT_SEND_DEVICES') == True:
 
         # Specific devices
 

pialert/initialise.py

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ def read_config_file(filename):
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DEPERECATED soonest after 3/3/2024
+# 🤔Idea/TODO: Check and compare versions/timestamps amd only perform a replacement if config/version older than...
 replacements = {
     r'\bREPORT_TO\b': 'SMTP_REPORT_TO',
     r'\bREPORT_FROM\b': 'SMTP_REPORT_FROM',