# Exporting nodered to home assistant yaml
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270
**Category:** General
**Created:** [21 May 2018 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270 "2018-05-21T11:53:04Z")
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### Author:  [@david\_c](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/david_c)
#### Post date: [21 May 2018 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/1 "2018-05-21T11:53:05Z")
Hi. new to nodered so be patient please. I have it installed and running on a Rpi with Hasio. When I drag the nodes into the working area and deploy, how do I get the code into Hasio with the correct formatting, spaces etc.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Stwissel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Stwissel)
#### Post date: [21 May 2018 13:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/2 "2018-05-21T13:25:21Z")
Hi David,
could you explain a little more what you would like to do. I sI presume you refer to: www.home-assistant io?
There are 3 nodes (e.g. [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-home-assistant](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-home-assistant) ) and a sample flow here: [https://flows.nodered.org/flow/d3439d33e85b76b5832ac2a0212ef567](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/d3439d33e85b76b5832ac2a0212ef567)
You could give it a try by installing the node and copy & paste the flow.
From what I saw in the description: the NodeRED integration isn’t about designing (design as in: floorplan) your home-assist, but to send and receive commands to automate things. Like an incoming message in NodeRED triggers a switch on/off of a light (e.g. Your router signals your departure from home to NodeRED and you switch off all lights).
Makes sense?
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### Author:  [@rgerrans](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rgerrans)
#### Post date: [21 May 2018 14:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/3 "2018-05-21T14:38:42Z")
Another option if you want to add one more level of abstraction and increase your flexibility is to use a MQTT broker as a communication bus off Node-Red then you can use it to communicate with HomeAssistant and other points of integration. This is assuming you are wanting to use Node-Red as your rules engine for HomeAssistant.
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### Author:  [@david\_c](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/david_c)
#### Post date: [22 May 2018 12:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/4 "2018-05-22T12:27:47Z")
I am taking baby steps with Nodred and have got it installed on the Pi with Home Assistant Hasio with the pallet and the node for HA. I think I have the idea of how to get the info out to the config Yamil file by just selecting all the nodes and exporting it to the clip/b, is that correct?
after doing that the formatting (indenting) seems wrong. Any ideas or am I on the compleatly wrong track here and Nodered replaces the Yamil file. I have a MQTT broker installed.
Thanks guys.
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [22 May 2018 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/5 "2018-05-22T12:31:28Z")
Unless I’m mistaken the Node-RED flow/code cannot be imported into Home Assistant.
What you can do is share data between HA and Node-RED.
Perhaps you could give us a slightly more in depth explanation of what you are trying to achieve.
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### Author:  [@david\_c](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/david_c)
#### Post date: [22 May 2018 12:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/6 "2018-05-22T12:38:01Z")
I am trying to achieve the automating of most of my home devices, lights on at sunset audio control and the like. I have done this to some degree with the Yamil files but would like a more graphic approach to rather than text based. So how do I set Nodred up to talk to H/A.
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [22 May 2018 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/7 "2018-05-22T12:47:56Z")
I’d start by looking at the nodes that @Stwissel suggested or looking into the approach that @rgerrans mentioned.
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### Author:  [@rgerrans](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rgerrans)
#### Post date: [22 May 2018 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/8 "2018-05-22T12:51:58Z")
@david_c This might help. This is a tutorial I put together when I used to be on OpenHab for how to use Node-Red as a replacement rules engine for OH (similar to what it sounds like you are trying to do for HomeAssistant) that I just reposted to these Forums.
> [@Node-RED as Replacement Rule Engine for OpenHab](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-as-replacement-rule-engine-for-openhab/298):
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> Original thread is posted here - [https://community.openhab.org/t/node-red-as-alternative-rule-engine/29509](https://community.openhab.org/t/node-red-as-alternative-rule-engine/29509) “[Node-RED](http://nodered.org/) is a visual wiring tool for the Internet of Things.” From an Openhab perspective it a visual tool that can replace the builtin rules engine. There is a good discussion thread already running [here](https://community.openhab.org/t/node-red-as-a-rule-script-engine-for-openhab/14914) around Node-RED. The purpose of this tutorial is specifically how to replace the functionality of the Openhab rules engine with Node-RED utilizing @Peter\_De\_Mangelaere‘s [nodes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-openhab2) for eas…
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### Author:  [@david\_c](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/david_c)
#### Post date: [22 May 2018 13:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/9 "2018-05-22T13:52:10Z")
Thanks I will give it a go and post my results, be they good or bad.