Web Server Component¶

The web_server component creates a simple web server on the node that can be accessed through any browser and a simple REST API. Please note that enabling this component will take up a lot of memory and may decrease stability, especially on ESP8266.

../_images/web_server.png — Web server version 1¶

../_images/web_server-v2.png — Web server version 2¶

../_images/web_server-v3.png — Web server version 3¶

To navigate to the web server in your browser, either use the IP address of the node or use <node_name>.local/ (note the trailing forward slash) via mDNS.

# Example configuration entry
web_server:
  port: 80

Configuration variables:¶

port (Optional, int): The port the web server should open its socket on.
css_url (Optional, url): The URL that should be used for the CSS stylesheet. Defaults to https://esphome.io/_static/webserver-v1.min.css (updates will go to v2, v3, etc). Can be set to empty string.
css_include (Optional, local file): Path to local file to be included in web server index page. Contents of this file will be served as /0.css and used as CSS stylesheet by internal webserver. Useful when building device without internet access, where you want to use built-in AP and webserver.
js_url (Optional, url): The URL that should be used for the JS script. Defaults to https://esphome.io/_static/webserver-v1.min.js. Can be set to empty string.
js_include (Optional, local file): Path to local file to be included in web server index page. Contents of this file will be served as /0.js and used as JS script by internal webserver. Useful when building device without internet access, where you want to use built-in AP and webserver.
auth (Optional): Enables a simple Digest authentication with username and password.
- username (Required, string): The username to use for authentication.
- password (Required, string): The password to check for authentication.
include_internal (Optional, boolean): Whether internal entities should be displayed on the web interface. Defaults to false.
enable_private_network_access (Optional, boolean): Enables support for Private Network Access and the Private Network Access Permission Prompt. Defaults to true.
log (Optional, boolean): Turn on or off the log feature inside webserver. Defaults to true.
ota (Optional, boolean): Turn on or off the OTA feature inside webserver. Strongly not suggested without enabled authentication settings. Defaults to true. Cannot be used with the esp-idf framework.
id (Optional, ID): Manually specify the ID used for code generation.
local (Optional, boolean): Include supporting javascript locally allowing it to work without internet access. Defaults to false.
version (Optional, string): 1, 2 or 3. Version 1 displays as a table. Version 2 uses web components and has more functionality. Version 3 uses HA-Styling. Defaults to 2.
sorting_groups (Optional, list): Available only on version: 3. A list of group ID’s and names to group the entities. See Webserver Entity Grouping.
- id (Required, ID): Manually specify the ID used for the group.
- name (Required, string): A string representing the group name which is displayed as the header of the group
- sorting_weight (Optional, float): A float representing the weight of the group. A group with a smaller sorting_weight will be displayed first. Defaults to 50

To conserve flash size, the CSS and JS files used on the root page to show a simple user interface are hosted by esphome.io. If you want to use your own service, use the css_url and js_url options in your configuration.

Example configurations:¶

Enabling HTTP authentication:

# Example configuration entry
web_server:
  port: 80
  auth:
    username: !secret web_server_username
    password: !secret web_server_password

Use version 1 user interface:

# Example configuration entry
web_server:
  port: 80
  version: 1

No internet/intranet required on the clients (all assets are inlined, compressed and served from flash):

# Example configuration entry
web_server:
  local: true

Advanced usage¶

The following assume copies of the files with local paths - which are config dependant.

Example web_server version 1 configuration with CSS and JS included from esphome-docs. CSS and JS URL’s are set to empty value, so no internet access is needed for this device to show it’s web interface. Force to turn off OTA function because the missing authentication.

web_server:
  port: 80
  version: 1
  ota: false
  css_include: "../../../esphome-docs/_static/webserver-v1.min.css"
  css_url: ""
  js_include: "../../../esphome-docs/_static/webserver-v1.min.js"
  js_url: ""

Example web_server version 2 configuration with JS included from a local file. CSS and JS URL’s are set to empty value, so no internet access is needed for this device to show it’s web interface. V2 embeds the css within the js file so is not required, however you could include your own CSS.

# Example configuration entry v2
web_server:
  js_include: "./v2/www.js"
  js_url: ""
  version: 2

Copy https://oi.esphome.io/v2/www.js to a V2 folder in your yaml folder.

Version 3 features¶

Entity sorting¶

Version 3 supports the sorting of the entities. You can set a sorting_weight on each entity. Smaller numbers will be displayed first, defaults to 50. My Sensor 2 is displayed before My Sensor 1

Example configuration:

sensor:
  - platform: template
    name: "My Sensor 1"
    web_server:
      sorting_weight: 10
  - platform: template
    name: "My Sensor 2"
    web_server:
      sorting_weight: -1

Entity grouping¶

Version 3 of the web_server allows for grouping of entities in custom groups. Groups can be sorted by providing a sorting_weight. Groups with a smaller sorting_weight will be displayed first. If you don’t provide a web_server_sorting_group on the component, the entity_category will be used as the group.

Example configuration:

web_server:
  version: 3
  sorting_groups:
    - id: sorting_group_time_settings
      name: "Time Settings"
      sorting_weight: 10
    - id: sorting_group_number_settings
      name: "Number settings"
      sorting_weight: 20

datetime:
  - platform: template
    ...
    web_server:
      sorting_group_id: sorting_group_time_settings

number:
  - platform: template
  ...
    web_server:
      sorting_group_id: sorting_group_number_settings

Number in slider mode¶

You can change the value by moving the slider. If you wish to enter a precise number you can click and hold the current value. A popup input field will appear where you can enter a number and confirm your input by pressing the enter key.