Home Assistant

LIFX Cloud

The lifx_cloud scene platform allows you to activate the scenes that LIFX smartphone apps store in the LIFX cloud.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
scene:
  - platform: lifx_cloud
    token: YOUR_LIFX_TOKEN

You can then activate each scene with its name from the smartphone app:

  - service: scene.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: scene.goodnight

Configuration Variables

Looking for your configuration file?
token string Required

The API token for your LIFX Cloud account.

timeout integer (Optional, default: 10)

Network timeout in seconds.

Getting an API token

You create your API token on the LIFX website:

  1. Sign in to the LIFX Cloud
  2. Click on your email address and select Personal Access Tokens
  3. Now click Generate New Token
  4. Enter a meaningful label, such as ‘Home Assistant’
  5. Click Generate
  6. Copy the token that now appears
  7. Paste the token into the Home Assistant configuration file