From 95428824642980046da54bd81c32f8003f98e3c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. Nick Koston" Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:57:31 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] document state --- esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h index c80cce2e2c..c7c0488a15 100644 --- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h +++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.h @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ struct UrlMatch { return method && method_len == strlen(str) && memcmp(method, str, method_len) == 0; } - /// Check if method is empty or "state" (for sub-device GET requests) + /// Check if method is empty or "state" (for backward compatibility with old frontends) + /// Old frontends send /{domain}/{entity}/state for GET requests, so "state" is treated as no action. + /// This is safe because no ESPHome entity type has a "state" action - actions are like "turn_on", "toggle", etc. bool method_empty() const { return method_len == 0 || this->method_equals("state"); } };