From 290e8fcfda3c28207f30cf736a722fd725efaf60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex X <alexey.khit@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:52:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add custom category_id for HomeKit server #985 by @Minims

---
 internal/homekit/homekit.go |  3 ++-
 internal/homekit/server.go  | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/homekit/homekit.go b/internal/homekit/homekit.go
index 4de49624..98988806 100644
--- a/internal/homekit/homekit.go
+++ b/internal/homekit/homekit.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func Init() {
 			Name          string   `yaml:"name"`
 			DeviceID      string   `yaml:"device_id"`
 			DevicePrivate string   `yaml:"device_private"`
+			CategoryID    string   `yaml:"category_id"`
 			Pairings      []string `yaml:"pairings"`
 		} `yaml:"homekit"`
 	}
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func Init() {
 				hap.TXTProtoVersion: "1.1",
 				hap.TXTStateNumber:  "1",
 				hap.TXTStatusFlags:  hap.StatusNotPaired,
-				hap.TXTCategory:     hap.CategoryCamera,
+				hap.TXTCategory:     calcCategoryID(conf.CategoryID),
 				hap.TXTSetupHash:    srv.hap.SetupHash(),
 			},
 		}
diff --git a/internal/homekit/server.go b/internal/homekit/server.go
index 57e97287..25082e4e 100644
--- a/internal/homekit/server.go
+++ b/internal/homekit/server.go
@@ -376,3 +376,16 @@ func calcDevicePrivate(private, seed string) []byte {
 	b := sha512.Sum512([]byte(seed))
 	return ed25519.NewKeyFromSeed(b[:ed25519.SeedSize])
 }
+
+func calcCategoryID(categoryID string) string {
+	switch categoryID {
+	case "bridge":
+		return hap.CategoryBridge
+	case "doorbell":
+		return hap.CategoryDoorbell
+	}
+	if core.Atoi(categoryID) > 0 {
+		return categoryID
+	}
+	return hap.CategoryCamera
+}