Shopping List Manager Integration for Home Assistant

The backend integration that powers the Shopping List Manager. Provides persistent multi-list storage, a 500+ product catalog, real-time WebSocket events, and a full API for the Lovelace card — all running natively inside Home Assistant.

Pair with the Shopping List Manager Card for the full UI experience.

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Features

🛒 Multi-List Management

• Create and manage multiple shopping lists
• Private or shared lists with per-member access control
• Active list state shared across all connected devices and users
• List total price calculation

📦 Items

• Add, update, check, and delete items with quantity and unit
• Atomic quantity increment / decrement
• Bulk check and clear checked items
• Per-item pricing, notes, and category assignment

🔍 Product Catalog

• 500+ products (NZ-focused, extensible to AU, US, GB, CA)
• Fuzzy search with alias matching
• Recently-used product suggestions
• Custom product creation
• Allergen filtering and product substitute groups
• Product images (WebP, 200×200px, optimised)

🗂️ Categories

• 13 default categories — Produce, Dairy, Meat, Bakery, Pantry, Frozen, Beverages, Snacks, Household, Health, Pet, Baby, Other
• Category colour coding and emoji icons
• Per-list category ordering

💳 Loyalty Cards

• Store loyalty and rewards card data
• Private or shared card access per user

🔄 Real-Time Events

• All changes fire events on the Home Assistant bus
• Custom WebSocket subscription proxy so non-admin users receive live updates without requiring HA admin privileges

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Requirements

Component	Minimum Version
Home Assistant	2024.1
HACS	2.x

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Installation

Via HACS (Recommended)

1. Click the button above
2. Confirm adding the repository to HACS
3. Install Shopping List Manager from HACS → Integrations
4. Restart Home Assistant
5. Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration and search for Shopping List Manager

Manual Installation

1. Copy the custom_components/shopping_list_manager/ folder into your HA /config/custom_components/ directory
2. Restart Home Assistant
3. Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration and search for Shopping List Manager

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Lovelace Card

Install the companion card to get the full shopping UI:

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Documentation

Full documentation is available in the Wiki.

Support & Feedback

• Open an Issue
• Home Assistant Community Forum

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License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.