diff --git a/i3pystatus/hassio.py b/i3pystatus/hassio.py
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+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
+from requests import get
+import json
+
+
+class Hassio(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    Displays the state of a Homeassistant.io entity
+    Requires the PyPI package `requests`
+    """
+
+    settings = (
+        ("entity_id", "Entity ID to track."),
+        ("hassio_url", "URL to your hassio install. (default: "
+            "https://localhost:8123)"),
+        ("hassio_token", "HomeAssistant API token "
+            "(https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/auth_api/#long-lived-access-token)"),
+        ("interval", "Update interval."),
+        ("desired_state", "The desired or \"good\" state of the entity."),
+        ("good_color", "Color of text while entity is in desired state"),
+        ("bad_color", "Color of text while entity is not in desired state"),
+        "format"
+    )
+    required = ("hassio_url", "hassio_token", "entity_id")
+    desired_state = "on"
+    good_color = "#00FF00"     # green
+    bad_color = "#FF0000"      # red
+    interval = 15
+    format = "{friendly_name}: {state}"
+
+    def run(self):
+        headers = {"content-type": "application/json",
+                   "Authorization": "Bearer %s" % self.hassio_token}
+        url = "%s/api/states/%s" % (self.hassio_url, self.entity_id)
+        response = get(url, headers=headers)
+        entity = json.loads(response.text)
+
+        cdict = {
+            "friendly_name": entity['attributes']['friendly_name'] or None,
+            "entity_id": entity['entity_id'] or self.entity_id,
+            "last_change": entity['last_changed'] or None,
+            "last_update": entity['last_updated'] or None,
+            "state": entity['state']
+        }
+
+        color = self.good_color if entity['state'] == self.desired_state else self.bad_color
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": self.format.format(**cdict),
+            "color": color
+        }
diff --git a/tests/test_hassio.py b/tests/test_hassio.py
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+"""
+Basic test for the hassio module
+Requires the PyPI package `requests`
+"""
+
+import unittest
+from mock import patch
+from requests import get
+from i3pystatus import hassio
+import json
+
+# inline json of hassio api response
+STREAM = {'attributes': {'friendly_name': 'Light',
+                         'node_id': 18,
+                         'supported_features': 1,
+                         'value_id': '72054591347734729',
+                         'value_index': 0,
+                         'value_instance': 1},
+          'context': {'id': '54188133d21271036bbfb089019a3481',
+                      'parent_id': None,
+                      'user_id': None},
+          'entity_id': 'asdf1234',
+          'last_changed': '2021-02-24T23:37:25.627676+00:00',
+          'last_updated': '2021-02-24T23:37:25.627676+00:00',
+          'state': 'off'}
+
+HASSIO_URL = 'http://localhost:8123'
+FAKETOKEN = 'ihasatoken'
+
+
+class HassioTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @patch('i3pystatus.hassio.get', autospec=True)
+    def test_not_desired_state(self, get):
+        """
+        Test output when state matches desired state
+        """
+        hassio.get.return_value.text = json.dumps(STREAM)
+        hassiostat = hassio.Hassio(entity_id='asdf1234',
+                                   hassio_url=HASSIO_URL,
+                                   hassio_token=FAKETOKEN,
+                                   good_color="#00FF00",
+                                   bad_color="#FF0000",
+                                   desired_state='on')
+        hassiostat.run()
+        import pdb
+        self.assertTrue(hassiostat.output == {'full_text': 'Light: off', 'color': '#FF0000'})
+
+    @patch('i3pystatus.hassio.get', autospec=True)
+    def test_desired_state(self, urlopen):
+        """
+        Test output from side-loaded xml (generated from a real hassio server
+        response)
+        """
+        hassio.get.return_value.text = json.dumps(STREAM)
+        hassiostat = hassio.Hassio(entity_id='asdf1234',
+                                   hassio_url=HASSIO_URL,
+                                   hassio_token=FAKETOKEN,
+                                   good_color="#00FF00",
+                                   bad_color="#FF0000",
+                                   desired_state='off')
+        hassiostat.run()
+        self.assertTrue(hassiostat.output == {'full_text': 'Light: off', 'color': '#00FF00'})
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()