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Radio Browser

The Radio Browser integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to use the directory of radio stations collected on Radio Browser in Home Assistant.

Configuration

To add the Radio Browser service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Radio Browser.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

To start the Radio Browser, in Home Assistant, go to Media > Radio Browser and select the speaker. Starting the radio browser

Automation

You can also use the Radio Browser in automations. When creating an automation in the UI, use the Play Media action to browse the Radio Browser directory and select a station. The station identifier is filled in automatically. This allows you, for example, to create an automation that starts playing your favorite radio station on your Cast devices.

If you prefer to write an automation in YAML, you need the station’s UUID. To find it:

  1. Open the Radio Browser website.
  2. Search for the station you want.
  3. Select the station to open its details page. The UUID is shown on that page and is also part of the station’s URL.

Then use the UUID in the media_content_id as shown below:

action: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.YOUR_MEDIA_PLAYER
data:
  media_content_id: >-
    media-source://radio_browser/963ccae5-0601-11e8-ae97-52543be04c81
  media_content_type: audio/mpeg

See Media Player for more options.