HA No Service

A Home Assistant custom integration that provides creative rejection reasons via the no-as-a-service API.

Perfect for when you need a creative excuse to say "no" - now integrated into your Home Assistant!

Features

• 🎲 Random Rejection Reasons: Access to 1,000+ pre-written creative excuses
• 🔄 Auto-Update: Sensor automatically refreshes every hour
• 🎯 Manual Refresh: Service call to get a new reason on demand
• 📊 Sensor Integration: Full Home Assistant sensor with attributes

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in your Home Assistant instance
2. Click on "Integrations"
3. Click the three dots in the top right corner
4. Select "Custom repositories"
5. Add this repository URL: https://github.com/Diondk/ha_no_service
6. Select category: "Integration"
7. Click "Add"
8. Search for "HA No Service" and install

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page
2. Copy the custom_components/ha_no_service folder to your Home Assistant custom_components directory
3. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

All configuration is done via the Home Assistant UI:

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services
2. Click + Add Integration
3. Search for HA No Service
4. Enter your API URL:
   • Default/Public API: https://naas.isalman.dev/no
   • Custom: Use your own no-as-a-service Docker instance (e.g., http://localhost:8080/no)
5. Click Submit

The integration will automatically create a sensor and start fetching rejection reasons.

Changing Configuration

To change the API URL:

• Go to Settings → Devices & Services → HA No Service
• Click the three dots (⋮) and select Configure
• Update the API URL
• Click Submit

Legacy YAML Configuration (Deprecated)

Note: YAML configuration is deprecated and will be automatically migrated to the UI when Home Assistant restarts.

If you have existing YAML configuration like this:

sensor:
  - platform: ha_no_service
    api_url: "https://naas.isalman.dev/no"

It will be automatically imported to the UI configuration. You can then remove it from your YAML files.

Usage

Sensor

The sensor sensor.ha_no_service will be available with:

• State: The rejection reason text
• Attributes:
  • reason: The full rejection text

Service

Call the service to manually get a new rejection reason:

service: ha_no_service.get_no

Example Automations

Daily morning rejection:

automation:
  - alias: "Daily No"
    trigger:
      - platform: time
        at: "09:00:00"
    action:
      - service: ha_no_service.get_no
      - service: notify.mobile_app
        data:
          title: "Today's Rejection Reason"
          message: "{{ states('sensor.ha_no_service') }}"

Use in your dashboard:

type: entities
entities:
  - entity: sensor.ha_no_service
    name: "Need an excuse?"

API Information

This integration uses the No-as-a-Service API:

• Endpoint: https://naas.isalman.dev/no
• Rate Limit: 120 requests per minute per IP
• Response: {"reason": "rejection reason text"}

Credits

• API Provider: no-as-a-service by @hotheadhacker
• API Endpoint: naas.isalman.dev

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

This integration is not affiliated with or endorsed by the no-as-a-service project.

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