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+"""
+homeassistant.components.notify.file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+File notification service.
+
+Configuration:
+
+To use the File notifier you will need to add something like the following
+to your config/configuration.yaml
+
+notify:
+  platform: file
+  path: PATH_TO_FILE
+  filename: FILENAME
+  timestamp: 1 or 0
+
+Variables:
+
+path
+*Required
+Path to the directory that contains your file. You need to have write
+permission for that directory. The directory will be created if it doesn't
+exist.
+
+filename
+*Required
+Name of the file to use. The file will be created if it doesn't exist.
+
+date
+*Required
+Add a timestamp to the entry, valid entries are 1 or 0.
+"""
+import logging
+from pathlib import (Path, PurePath)
+
+import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
+from homeassistant.helpers import validate_config
+from homeassistant.components.notify import (
+    DOMAIN, ATTR_TITLE, BaseNotificationService)
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def get_service(hass, config):
+    """ Get the file notification service. """
+
+    if not validate_config(config,
+                           {DOMAIN: ['path',
+                                     'filename',
+                                     'timestamp']},
+                           _LOGGER):
+        return None
+
+    path = config[DOMAIN]['path']
+    filename = config[DOMAIN]['filename']
+    filepath = Path(path, filename)
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+    if not filepath.parent.exists():
+        try:
+            filepath.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+            filepath.touch(mode=0o644, exist_ok=True)
+        except:
+            _LOGGER.exception("No write permission to given location.")
+            # raise PermissionError('') from None
+            # raise FileNotFoundError('') from None
+            return None
+
+    return FileNotificationService(filepath, config[DOMAIN]['timestamp'])
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class FileNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
+    """ Implements notification service for the File service. """
+
+    # pylint: disable=no-member
+    def __init__(self, filepath, add_timestamp):
+        self._filepath = str(PurePath(filepath))
+        self._add_timestamp = add_timestamp
+
+    def send_message(self, message="", **kwargs):
+        """ Send a message to a file. """
+
+        file = open(self._filepath, 'a')
+        if not Path(self._filepath).stat().st_size:
+            title = '{} notifications (Log started: {})\n{}\n'.format(
+                kwargs.get(ATTR_TITLE),
+                dt_util.strip_microseconds(dt_util.utcnow()),
+                '-'*80)
+            file.write(title)
+
+        if self._add_timestamp == 1:
+            text = '{} {}\n'.format(dt_util.utcnow(), message)
+            file.write(text)
+        else:
+            text = '{}\n'.format(message)
+            file.write(text)
+
+        file.close()