{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103/events","html_url":"https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103","id":70932554,"number":103,"title":"Is there a generic \"person status\" entity?","user":{"login":"wind-rider","id":3463496,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3463496?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider","html_url":"https://github.com/wind-rider","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wind-rider/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-04-25T16:18:18Z","updated_at":"2015-04-25T20:53:18Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm wondering whether there is a generic entity that describes a person (whether this person is at home) without using the device tracker.\r\n\r\nIn my opinion the device_tracker component is one way how to implement that person status, but there can be more ways. For example, there are apps like [Geofancy](https://my.geofancy.com/) that can send a request to a given url based on geolocation / iBeacon presence.\r\n\r\nHaving a generic entity having the STATE_HOME / STATE_NOT_HOME states would be the most simple solution since then a POST request to /api/states/<entity_id> could be made."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/balloob/home-assistant/issues/comments/96276503","html_url":"https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103#issuecomment-96276503","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/balloob/home-assistant/issues/103","id":96276503,"user":{"login":"balloob","id":1444314,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1444314?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob","html_url":"https://github.com/balloob","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/balloob/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-25T20:53:18Z","updated_at":"2015-04-25T20:53:18Z","body":"There is currently no platform for the device tracker component that supports entities to be controlled by events/service calls.\r\n\r\nIn case of geofancy you are able to send POST requests to URL endpoints. You can have it target the [update state API](https://home-assistant.io/developers/api.html#post-apistatesltentity_id)."}}