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final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 2:36 PM

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it isn't the app

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it also appears if i use sarafi or chrome on ios

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 2:44 PM

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so timestamp_local doesn't work on ios?

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 2:54 PM

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no

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if I use timestamp_local it works fine on windows but on iOS I just get Invalid Date

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 2:55 PM

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what's your timestamp_custom look like?

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:00 PM

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    value_template: >-
      {% set hours, mins = value_json.ProgramEnd.End.split("h") %}
      {{ (now() | as_timestamp() + ((hours | int*60*60) + (mins|int*60))) | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S', true) }}

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:13 PM

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try removing the T

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so timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', true)

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:21 PM

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T is needed for iOS i guess

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When I remove the "T" between Date and Time it doesn't work in iOS

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:23 PM

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is timestamp_custom the right time in android/windows?

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or is it offset like ios?

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cause you could just add an hour

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:25 PM

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it is just wong on ios

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because the fu*** safari webview is rendering it "wrong" -.-

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:25 PM

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is it possible your ios is set to the wrong timezone but the right time?

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:25 PM

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no

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:26 PM

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🤷

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:26 PM

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is set to the correct time zone, 24h and "auto"

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and this happens on Chrome, Safari and the App on the iPhone.
Chrome on Windows 10 comupter is working fine.
If I open the entity it looks correct. But the value in the card is wrong at all.

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If I use {{ (now() | as_timestamp() + ((hours | int*60*60) + (mins|int*60))) | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S', true) }} it works on Windows but is +1h in iOS because it adds an extra hour because time zone is UTC+1. But this only happens on the card.
If I open the entity, it has the correct time

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How to paste a picture?

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:30 PM

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imgur, link it here

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:30 PM

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https://imgur.com/a/VOWyk5J

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As you can see... the time is 16:27 .. duration of washing machine is 13min so it should finish at 16:40 ...

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:32 PM

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is that an entities card?

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try a different format
Valid values are: relative, total, date, time and datetime.

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:34 PM

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i use "time" because I only want to see the time (wihtout date)

pseudo musk Mar 12, 2020, 3:35 PM

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try datetime, see if it's the right timezone...would at least narrow the issue down

final mulch Mar 12, 2020, 3:37 PM

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Wohooooo I got a solution!!!

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😄

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    value_template: >-
      {% set hours, mins = value_json.ProgramEnd.End.split("h") %}
      {{ (utcnow() | as_timestamp() + ((hours | int*60*60) + (mins|int*60))) | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S+01:00', true) }}

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I now use utcnow() to get it as UTC time. Then add "+01:00" manually (not %z as it would) and then say true that is is local time. In this case Windows and iOS showing the same time

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but this is really a wired issue.. that shouldn't happen.

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@pseudo musk thanks four your support! 😄

humble beacon Mar 12, 2020, 7:47 PM

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"{{ states('sensor.date_time') < (state_attr('input_datetime.fiffi_aufwachlicht_de_aktivieren', 'timestamp') | int | timestamp_custom('%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M', True)) }}"

Can anyone help me with this template? I want a result of true, if the input_datetime is in the future.

humble beacon Mar 12, 2020, 8:03 PM

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Got it working

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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is there a way to loop through all of a specific type of device in a template, for example, all device trackers?

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 8:14 PM

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Go to devtools -> Templates

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There's an example there for sensor

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For loop example:
{% for state in states.sensor -%}

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:15 PM

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perfect

dreamy sinew Mar 12, 2020, 8:17 PM

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would that dynamically update?

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 8:19 PM

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Depends entirely on the context

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So, yes, but no, but maybe

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trigger ❌
Elsewhere, most likely

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:39 PM

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i was looking to use it in a condition on an automation, so should work for me right?

dreamy sinew Mar 12, 2020, 8:41 PM

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should work in a condition

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:44 PM

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i'm trying to filter on connections to my guest wifi...

{% set guests = states.device_tracker | selectattr('essid', 'equalto', 'GUEST') | list %}
{{ guests }}

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guests is [] 😦

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 8:45 PM

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Test it in Templates

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:46 PM

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yea, thats what i'm doing...i can use selectattr('state','equalto','home') and get everything on my wifi, but when i try to filter on the essid attribute, it doesnt seem to work

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 8:46 PM

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{{ dict((states|selectattr('entity_id', 'in', state_attr('group.my_downstairs_windows', 'entity_id'))|list)|groupby('state'))['on']|map(attribute='name')|list|join(', ') }}``` is one I use

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:46 PM

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is it a different function to get an attribute over state?

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 8:47 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#working-with-groups

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 8:47 PM

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ahhh...attributes.essid 🙂

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:07 PM

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umm...stupid question..but how do you do the opposite of selectattr(... 'equalto') ? i found rejectattr online, but cant seem to make it work...

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:09 PM

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What are you trying to do?

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:10 PM

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from my list of dtrackers, i need to exclude one...bascially, my son has 24 hour nursing because of a disability, and there is one device always on the guest network, the nurse's tablet they use to chart with, but i'm trying to determine if anyone is in the house by counting devices connected to guest, excluding that one device

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:11 PM

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https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.11.x/templates/#list-of-builtin-tests

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Looks like you may want the ne test

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:12 PM

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yea, i was able to do it in a loop, i was trying to do it in the initial selection if that was possible

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filtered_list | filter_further_here_by_excludingsomethingsomehow

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:13 PM

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Why don't you share what you're doing, so we don't have to guess 😉

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merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:13 PM

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i did above already

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{% set guests = states.device_tracker | selectattr('essid', 'equalto', 'GUEST') | rejectattr('attributes.entity_id','device_tracker.android_3ab9bf0a993f40b5') | list %}
{{ guests }}

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just want one more filter before | list

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:14 PM

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It doesn't have attribute you can use to reject it with?

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https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.11.x/templates/#list-of-builtin-filters are all the default filters, HA has more

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:14 PM

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i tried rejectattr() and kept getting a test by that name doesnt exist or something

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:14 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/

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You could invert the selectattr with ne instead of rejectattr

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:16 PM

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edited above to show what i was trying to do

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replace "equalto" with "ne"?

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:17 PM

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Yeah, except the entity ID isn't an attribute

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:17 PM

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perfect

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i couldnt find "NE" when i was searching for negating equalto lol

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my googlefu is weak

arctic sorrel Mar 12, 2020, 9:17 PM

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It helps to know what to search for

merry ravine Mar 12, 2020, 9:20 PM

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true story

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is there a startswith? 🙂

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nevermind, i'm trying to abstract this out too much.....

tender junco Mar 12, 2020, 10:13 PM

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hey guys, need some help 🙂 i'm stuck with the template: 3 switches action 1 light. https://hastebin.com/ohidowaruj.coffeescript

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(not a programer, but i learned alot in 2 weeks 😋 )

tender junco Mar 12, 2020, 11:09 PM

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no one 😩

charred haven Mar 12, 2020, 11:17 PM

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@tender junco gotta have patience for peopel to come around....on first glance it looks like you added your sensor with your lovelace? if so that is not correct.

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:08 AM

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why? because the first light it's working everything (room pictures, light pictures) just like i want

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:08 AM

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@tender junco it looks like you are mixing and matching the front end code with backend code.

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The code ```yaml
- platform: template
switch:
hol:
...

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:10 AM

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aaaahaaa, oky, that's a step forward for me 🙂

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and the template code is right?

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ty
@queen meteor

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:11 AM

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the template code also contains lovelace code in it

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:12 AM

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hmmm, how can i identify the backend/ frontend code?

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:12 AM

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documentation should be the primary source of information for it.

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If you follow documentation and sample code as-is, you cannot go wrong. If you add your own stuff, it might not work

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:13 AM

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yeah i read it, but i put all in lovelace because i don't know what goes where 😦

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:13 AM

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ok - are you using GUI to add/edit lovelace?

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:14 AM

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no, i write everything in vscode

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:15 AM

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ok - great. Then, all the lovelace code goes into the lovelace files, and other stuff can go in configuration.yaml or packages...etc

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@tender junco browse through my repo to get an idea - I have all lovelace code in a folder called lovelace, and everything else in packages folder. https://github.com/skalavala/mysmarthome

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the frontend code goes into lovelace. all the templates, sensors, automations, scripts, scenes goes into other files

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:16 AM

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i will 🙂

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the frontend code goes into lovelace. all the templates, sensors, automations, scripts, scenes goes into other files
@queen meteor ok, i try to understand them wher goes where

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one more question

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i learned about c++ in my highschool

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:17 AM

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ok - good!

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:17 AM

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there i could call from files into others

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here can i?

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:17 AM

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unfortunately, you cannot.

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:18 AM

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i don;t want to write everything in conf .yaml

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Home Assistant uses two languages - YAML and Jinja. YAML is a descriptive language, where as Jinja is the more dynamic python templating language

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all the configuration is typically in YAML, and automations, scripts...etc can have jinja code to do dynamic stuff - like accessing run time information, finding out what triggered an automation, call scripts, and access and pass parameters...etc

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:20 AM

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good, ty for all the good info you ave me, now i know what to search for and where

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:21 AM

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The C++ templates has nothing to do with Jinja templates

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:21 AM

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and think how to do it right

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ok, i just saw if statemnts

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:21 AM

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try spending time in browsing code in others repositories and see how they are using it... that should give you some idea.

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:21 AM

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if-else 🙂

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:22 AM

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yes, you can have loops, if/else conditions...etc in Jinja

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:22 AM

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ok, so good so far.

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i want to automate my apratment, not only light, i got thermostats that i want to integrate into HA, my roles and my AC

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on what should i go

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yaml or gui

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?

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:24 AM

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yes, everything is possible. first, make sure the thermostat you have in your apartment is supported in HA, If it is, copy and paste code in your config by providing information like IP addresses, user, password...etc should get you started.

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You can use either - GUI or YAML. Both options are supported.

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:25 AM

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the thermostat is not yet suported by HA, they are silvercrest, but i found an app that could work with HA

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or plugin

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smth like that

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:25 AM

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You are going to have to do some research on that to bring it into Home Assistant. If there are custom components, you should be able to bring it inside HA.

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I have some custom components that I use - that should give you some idea as well. All the custom components are usually under custom_components folder

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:26 AM

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yesterday i installed hacs, so that should help me with my plugin you say?

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:27 AM

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I am not a hacs user, but if it is available via hacs, you are good to go!

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:28 AM

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ok, thank alot for all of this, i will do some research on your link, but i need help in the future if smth i wond understnd

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🙂

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:29 AM

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yes, you can always post your question here - someone will be able to help you if they have information

tender junco Mar 13, 2020, 12:29 AM

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thank you again, see you around and have a good night

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or day

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depending where you stay

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😛

queen meteor Mar 13, 2020, 12:29 AM

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thank you! 👍

merry ravine Mar 13, 2020, 4:15 AM

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how can i make a template sensor that updates but based on time?

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- platform: template
  sensors:
    decorative_night_lighting_on:
      entity_id: sun.sun
      friendly_name: "Exterior Decorative Lighting Is On"
      value_template: >-
          {{ state_attr('sun.sun', 'elevation')|float < 0 and now().hour < 23 }}

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It gives me the right value, but doesn't update

thorny snow Mar 13, 2020, 7:15 AM

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hello i woud like to make a template but i'm stuck, Im using rest API to get data from wierguar, and i want so make a sensot to get last handshake data => to make an automation. Right now im here: {{states("sensor.rest_sensor")}} and my output is {"AiPhone":{"endpoint":"x.x.x.x:15614","latest_handshake":1584083263,"transfer_rx":1367360,"transfer_tx":6566120},"LiPhone":{"endpoint":"x.x.x.x:3234","latest_handshake":1584083123,"transfer_rx":2134544,"transfer_tx":25109900}} i woud like to get for each device the last handshake time in diferent sensor. can somboyd help me?

coarse sable Mar 13, 2020, 3:50 PM

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Guys, I'm stuck with accessing the right attributes from json rest api.
Please have a look here?
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/KmNb3VN7Nq/

coarse sable Mar 13, 2020, 8:34 PM

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🤷‍♂️

fast vigil Mar 13, 2020, 9:51 PM

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@coarse sable I struggled with the same. This may help https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/32064

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I still don't think I understand the json_attributes

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the value_template definitely does not look right

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 2:43 AM

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anyone have an example of value_template that joins data from multiple entities with wildcard? ie. i have multiple ( around 50+ z-wave devices that go along: sensor.light__*_kwh_meter that i would like to join into one sensor

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so I rather not type them manually out 😄

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 8:25 AM

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@fast vigil Definitely thanks for your info. I don't think that bug is relevant though.
I am simply(?) struggling with how to reference the JSON attributes in the REST data.

The value_template is based on the docs for the rest sensor platform.

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 9:14 AM

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Is this the right way to reference connected ?


{
   "connections":{
      "76Y7FMR-BXLYM4E-2FPKPU6-GMLUVJN-MMK6UWN-VBCQ7IA-6RIRBEF-YHY5KAM":{
         "at":"2020-03-13T16:40:54.026157492+01:00",
         "clientVersion":"v1.3.4",
         "connected":True
      }
    }
}```

karmic oar Mar 14, 2020, 1:18 PM

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Is it possible to run a for loop in yaml to declare my sensors? I've got 96 sensors that I declare that normally I'd use a for int loop to interate through in javascript

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 2:05 PM

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@coarse sable looked i to it yesterday. It is not a valid json.

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Try pasting the json in jsonlint.com

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:06 PM

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I did, the only errs i noticed were Caps related?

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I've been running the above code these last few hours...seems to function, even tho it ain't pretty

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:29 PM

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@queen meteor jsonlint is also pointing to capitalization errors. (i.e. True should be true ).

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:30 PM

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is that the output for state_attr('sensor.syncthing_connections','connections')["76Y7FMR-BXLYM4E-2FPKPU6-GMLUVJN-MMK6UWN-VBCQ7IA-6RIRBEF-YHY5KAM"]["connected"]?

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the one you pasted above

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:30 PM

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yes

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that is working...but I feel this isn't the way to do that?

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I guess i'm just not getting the jinja way of referencing values from a json dictionary

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:31 PM

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well that is definitely the way to parse json

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state_attr('sensor.syncthing_connections','connections')["76Y7FMR-BXLYM4E-2FPKPU6-GMLUVJN-MMK6UWN-VBCQ7IA-6RIRBEF-YHY5KAM"]["connected"] returns true?

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:33 PM

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yes... well...it returns True

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i'm frustrated that it took me just about 24h to get there.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:33 PM

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isn't that what you are looking for? or you just want to see if there is a better way to get it?

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:34 PM

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yes and yes

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:34 PM

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well, I did not realize that is what you were looking for earlier...I thought you were struggling with json_attributes

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:34 PM

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it's all linked, innit

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😜

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:34 PM

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sorry mate

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missed that

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:35 PM

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no worries.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:35 PM

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look at the positive side....you learned a little :p

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:35 PM

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yes, but only if this is the correct way, and not some kludge I stumbled upon.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:36 PM

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well that is a correct way

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:36 PM

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argh, lol

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:36 PM

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it just looks ugly as you have the huge string there

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:37 PM

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wel, i tried replacing that with things like [1] but no joy.

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and in the end-result, the huge string ain't so bad in a packege file.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:37 PM

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also that can lead to bugs as the order may change

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:37 PM

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yes

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:37 PM

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so I would leave the string there

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it is not the most elegant looking template, but it works

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:38 PM

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thanks, i guess ?

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😛

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:38 PM

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not that I did much

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:39 PM

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on a separate yet related note, digging into this I came across https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/

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Which seems pretty nice, specially compared to the spartiate jsonlint.com

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:40 PM

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yeah, that is what I use

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I thought the json_attributes thing should be able to handle something like that....if we cna figure it out

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:42 PM

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json_attributes wasn't choking on True vs true to be fair.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:42 PM

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it is the same structure...so the rest sensor should be able to get all the sensors

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ok I see

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the problem is the unique strings

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:43 PM

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i wasn't getting errors, just no result...because I wasn't finding the proper syntax to get to that damn connected key.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:44 PM

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yeah, without the string identifiers, no way to get to the connected key

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anyways, you have something for now 🙂

coarse sable Mar 14, 2020, 2:44 PM

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The real problem was/is between chair & keyboard.

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 2:52 PM

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@coarse sable after I fixed the json, I was able to access attributes last night... if you have control over how the json is created, you may want to use array instead of nodes

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when creating the json structure, think about how you are going to access each and every piece of data easily - think about indexing, lists, attributes and hierarchy.

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 2:58 PM

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@queen meteor is it possible to refer to the first element?

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without specifying the entire string

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 3:02 PM

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it is not an array - no easy way to refer to it unless you use the key. you could use a for loop, and access first item

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 3:03 PM

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I thought the recent change to rest sensor where we could specify json_attributes was supposed to do that.

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 3:15 PM

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json_attributes makes it easier to directly access data - I think you can also choose to ignore and go DIY route, where you specify the full path

thorny snow Mar 14, 2020, 4:48 PM

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I am trying to make a standard notification for my light automations, I am printing it to a slack channel
What I would like is to be able to create a template that print out the name of the automation not what triggered the automation
but how do i get the alias of the automation to use in a template within the automation?

fallow quarry Mar 14, 2020, 6:37 PM

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quick one 🙂 ... I do have one sensor with attributes like this:

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memory:
free: 71
cache: 8
buffers: 1
used: 20
storage:
internal:
- name: system
used: 11

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how to reach memory -> used in the template sensor ?

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this does not work and gives 0.0: value_template: "{{ (state_attr('sensor.fibaro_hc2_diagnostics', 'memory.used') | int) | round(1) }}"

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 6:42 PM

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any idea why this wouldn't properly update itself?

power_light_kwh:
        friendly_name: Light Usage
        entity_id: sensor.time
        unit_of_measurement: kWh
        value_template: >
          {% set ns = namespace(states=[]) %}
          {% for s in states.sensor %}
            {% if s.object_id.startswith('light') and s.object_id.endswith('kwh_meter') %}
              {% set ns.states = ns.states + [ s.state | float ] %}
            {% endif %}
          {% endfor %}
          {{ ns.states | sum | round(2) }}

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sensor.time should make it update value every 1 min?

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unless i need to add sensor.time

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Q.Q

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 6:45 PM

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what are you trying to do?

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 6:46 PM

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sum kwh from like 50entities

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well this one is like 25~

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 6:47 PM

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do you get the right value when you test it in template editor?

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 6:47 PM

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yeah it just didn't update

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assume its because i didn't put sensor datetime thingy

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 6:47 PM

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try manually updating the sensor using homeassistant.update_entity

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that should update the value

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 6:53 PM

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was missing
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/time_date/

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for it to properly update

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since I didn't have sensor.time available

fast vigil Mar 14, 2020, 6:54 PM

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that will consume unnecessary resources. I would just create an automation to update the sensor every 30 seconds or so

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 6:55 PM

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sensor.time updates every 1min

fallow quarry Mar 14, 2020, 6:56 PM

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small step ahead 🙂

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value_template: "{{ (state_attr('sensor.fibaro_hc2_diagnostics', 'memory').used | int) | round(1) }}"

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this works for memory -> used

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but if there is one more level below don't

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value_template: "{{ (state_attr('sensor.fibaro_hc2_diagnostics', 'storage').internal.used | int) | round(1) }}"

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can anyone guide me ?

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 7:00 PM

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how does the hc2 sensor look like in HASS?

silent barnBOT Mar 14, 2020, 7:01 PM

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fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 7:03 PM

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how about

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.internal[0].used

fallow quarry Mar 14, 2020, 7:04 PM

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thank you 🙂 works 🙂

fast ginkgo Mar 14, 2020, 7:04 PM

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np

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 7:18 PM

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@fast ginkgo you could also use entity_id: sun.sun instead of entity_id: sensor.time

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 7:46 PM

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could anyone give me a hand for a data_template in an automation?

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 8:12 PM

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@rose reef what do you need?

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 8:12 PM

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heya

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trying to use a data_template on an automation

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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show the code?

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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just getting it 🙂 1 sec

silent barnBOT Mar 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 8:13 PM

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can you see that paste link?

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 8:14 PM

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yes

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I don't see anything wrong there... are you running into any issue?

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 8:15 PM

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so I've tried manual data and that works

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all I can think is the template content is wrong :/

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is it definitely states.?

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 8:16 PM

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have you tried in template editor?

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you should use {{ states('input_text.assistant_command_text') }} instead of ```
{{ states.input_text.assistant_command_text.state }}

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 8:24 PM

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ahhh I shall try

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i'm getting responses, but it's like the wrong data is being passed

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thank you @queen meteor that worked

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@queen meteor do you know if there's a way to stop it triggering again when the text input is emptied? I'm currently getting around it by turning the automation on and off

silent barnBOT Mar 14, 2020, 8:42 PM

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@rose reef posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/bhjPTBtKTT/

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 8:54 PM

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Have a condition and check for empty

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:11 PM

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why didn't I think of that

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thanks

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:27 PM

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gahhh @queen meteor I came back to add the condition and now neither the trigger or the service call are working

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:30 PM

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Post code?

silent barnBOT Mar 14, 2020, 11:32 PM

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@rose reef posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Nr2x9jq2kN/

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:33 PM

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haven't added the empty check in yet as I was trying to get this workiong again

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@queen meteor i'm restarting HAss as it's being funky

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:44 PM

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@rose reef your automation code has changed somehow - maybe it is the UI editor doing it. quotes are missing from the data_template code.

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:45 PM

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ah yeh

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but it's not even triggering now

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I assume it doesn't need specific quotes @queen meteor ? Just appropriately matched

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:46 PM

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that's why it is not triggering. paste the code as-is for data_template ```

data_template:
command: "{{ states('input_text.assistant_command_text') }}"
service: rest_command.assistant_relay

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:46 PM

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the bad action would make it fail to trigger?

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:47 PM

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also, if you want to add condition, you can add something like: ```
condition:

condition: template
value_template: "{{ false if states('input_text.assistant_command_text') | string | trim == '' else true }}"
instead of
condition: []

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the bad action would make it fail to trigger?
yes, it does. it will throw errors in the log and may fail to run altogether

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:48 PM

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ahh fair

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can you sanity check this for me please @queen meteor ?

silent barnBOT Mar 14, 2020, 11:48 PM

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queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:52 PM

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looks good

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you could also run config check

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:52 PM

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no luck :/

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:54 PM

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double check after saving in the UI editor. it may have added or removed quotes.

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:54 PM

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i'm on the yaml

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i've removed everything

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:54 PM

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what editor are you using to edit code?

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:54 PM

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and it's just not triggering now

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the VSCode Hassio add-on

queen meteor Mar 14, 2020, 11:55 PM

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do you see any errors when you run config validation?

rose reef Mar 14, 2020, 11:56 PM

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i've cleared out the assistant relay stuff

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so it should just clear the text field when it's updated

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and that's not even triggering

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oooh

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something in the logs

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oh no it's an old one

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ok @queen meteor , I've got it working, somethign was seriously up as I had to delete and re-created it

silent barnBOT Mar 15, 2020, 12:09 AM

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@rose reef posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YFtR6HdwNF/

rose reef Mar 15, 2020, 12:10 AM

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the condition isn't working to debounce it though

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i'll come back to this tomorrow

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thank you

mighty void Mar 15, 2020, 9:26 AM

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I'm creating a template Switch for my Android TV. To create a on/off toggle switch. I'm setting up the value_template, which would normally have an 'on' state. But Android TV has standby, playing, paused and idle instead of on

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Can I set the value template to be true if state is any of the 4 states?

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I'm trying just listing 4 states, but that's not working

mighty void Mar 15, 2020, 9:47 AM

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Ok found it, I need to separate each with an OR

coarse sable Mar 15, 2020, 11:59 AM

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@queen meteor @fast vigil the json is the result of a rest call to a Syncthing https://syncthing.net/ host . My sensor's conf is here : https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/KmNb3VN7Nq/
I don't see a proper way I could manipulate the json result, perhaps faffing about with my sensor in HA. But...would that be worth it ?

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 12:35 PM

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hi guys good afternoon. I have a csv with this values

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Home Assistant notifications (Log started: 2020-03-15T00:41:36.229161+00:00)

20,1
29,1
24,5
22,7
15,1

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how i can read this values with template?

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platform: file name: 'Acurite Barometric Pressure' file_path: /config/externaldata/acuriteweatherdata.txt value_template: > i dont know what i can put here unit_of_measurement: 'inHg'

buoyant pine Mar 15, 2020, 12:50 PM

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@mighty void {{ states('media_player.whatever') in ['playing', 'paused', 'standby', 'idle'] }}

mighty void Mar 15, 2020, 1:08 PM

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@buoyant pine Ohh, that's a lot shorter than what I came up with. Thank you, I'll plug that in

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:14 PM

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@thick cipher put ```yaml
value_template: "{{ value }}"

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:15 PM

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@queen meteor but this file has 5.. i need do create 5 sensores each sensor read one value.

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:15 PM

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that's not how it works... it only loads the last value.

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:18 PM

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so .. i changed

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{"date":"2020-03-15 15:39:00"; "value":"20,4"}
{"date":"2020-03-15 15:39:01"; "value":"30.4"}
{"date":"2020-03-15 15:39:02"; "value":"34.5"}
{"date":"2020-03-15 15:39:03"; "value":"56.4"}

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is it possible read each value ?

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or only the last value ?

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:19 PM

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not with file sensor. file sensor is designed to read only the last value.

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:20 PM

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what sensor can i use?

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:20 PM

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you may have to write custom code for it. Easier using python_script, where you can create a bunch of sensors easily by reading file contents.

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:22 PM

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ohh, i though that was easier.

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:28 PM

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@thick cipher something like this in python_script should work. this is a pseudo code and may not work. Just to give you some idea...

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f = open("file.txt", "r")
index = 1
for item in f:
  hass.states.set('sensor.temp_' + index++, item, {
    'unit_of_measurement': 'inHg',
    'friendly_name': 'Temperature'
  })

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that should create a bunch of sensors with temp_1, temp_2 ...etc based on number of entries in a text file.

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:31 PM

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ok i put that inside a file like a temp.py and how i can run this?

silent barnBOT Mar 15, 2020, 4:31 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/python_script/

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:32 PM

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check out the calling services section. You call using service: python_script.loadtemps if the filename is loadtemps.py under python_scripts folder in your root config folder.

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:35 PM

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i will try

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Error loading script py.py: Line 4: SyntaxError: invalid syntax at statement: "hass.states.set('sensor.temp_' + index++, item, {"

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@queen meteor

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f = open("counter_total.json", "r") index = 1 for item in f: hass.states.set('sensor.temp_' + index++, item, { 'unit_of_measurement': 'inHg', 'friendly_name': 'Temperature' })

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 4:48 PM

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try

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f = open("counter_total.json", "r")
index = 1
for item in f:
  hass.states.set('sensor.temp_' + str(index), item, {
    'unit_of_measurement': 'inHg',
    'friendly_name': 'Temperature'
  })
  index = index +1

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 4:51 PM

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@queen meteor

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Error executing script: name 'open' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/python_script/init.py", line 196, in execute
exec(compiled.code, restricted_globals)
File "py.py", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'open' is not defined

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 5:09 PM

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🤷‍♂️

thick cipher Mar 15, 2020, 5:11 PM

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strange.. ponder

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any idea?

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 5:37 PM

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the file libraries are not accessible from python_scripts out of the box it seems. You cant really import python libraries in python_scripts. for that, you have to use AppDaemon

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the options are limited - other thing you can do it drop messages into MQTT from a python program, and run the python program as a command line every minute or so...

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just realized how restrictive it is to use python_script by looking at the code! https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/python_script/__init__.py

analog remnant Mar 15, 2020, 6:09 PM

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Hi, can anyone help me out with my template?
https://pastebin.com/cawMFcsi
I'm tryig to apply a rgb colour to the lights in a group that are on. The lights in the group that are off should stay off. I tried to find something in the docs but didn't manager to find anything. Whats wrong with my approach? I get the following error when checking my config:

Invalid config for [script]: expected a dictionary @ data['script']['apply_rgb_colour_to_turned_on_lights_fabian']['sequence'][0]. Got '{'.

queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 6:22 PM

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templates doesn't work that way. you can't generate code by using template like that. you can only set values dynamically using templates.

analog remnant Mar 15, 2020, 6:25 PM

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So I would have to make (number of lights in group) sequences and make the template inside the sequence-call? What would work best then for lights that are off? call the turn off service? Or is there a way for a service call to do nothing?

silent barnBOT Mar 15, 2020, 6:46 PM

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queen meteor Mar 15, 2020, 10:27 PM

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That is correct.

wicked parrot Mar 16, 2020, 12:57 AM

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I want to make a switch in lovelace that triggers a single command for both it's on state and off state.

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I don't have sensor date to provide it info in the value_template. Is there a way to just have HA start this thing in the off state, and toggle the state to on (and have the switch reflect that) when I actually flip the switch?

rare panther Mar 16, 2020, 5:28 AM

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@wicked parrot probanly its just me, but i am unable to follow your objective. Could you try rephrasing what is it that you want? I think you may be looking for template switch. BTW you cannot create a switch in lovelace, you just add a switch created in configuration

silent barnBOT Mar 16, 2020, 5:40 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.template/

queen meteor Mar 16, 2020, 2:59 PM

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Many times people get confused about what goes into Lovelace vs what goes into configuration code. Since everything is YAML, people think they can mix and match.

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:14 PM

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So, i'm not sure if this applies here, but i might be using -platform template wrong

silent barnBOT Mar 16, 2020, 5:16 PM

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Please use https://www.hastebin.com/ or https://paste.ubuntu.com/ to share code or logs.

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:16 PM

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What issue are you having?

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:16 PM

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https://hastebin.com/etowurukis.makefile

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So, i have a number of sensor templates i'm trying to pull from various switches and stuff

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I was just looking through my rats nets of config.yaml and i used -platform: sensors a couple times in different spots

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what is the 'proper' way of calling sensor templates, or definign them in your conf.yaml, do I need -platform, sensors: for each sensor?

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:19 PM

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Do you mean - platform: template?

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:19 PM

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sorry, yes

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platform: template
sensors:

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I have it defined in at least 2x differnt spots in my conf.yaml

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:21 PM

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No prob, just checking. So that has to go under sensor: in your config, like this:

sensor:
- platform: template
  sensors:

You can only have one of each top-level key (sensor: at the very top in this case) in configuration.yaml (unless you're using packages, then you can have more than one)

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:22 PM

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yes

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but i can use sensor:
- platform: template sensors:

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as many times as i wish? should i use that for each template?

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:24 PM

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No, the individual template sensors should go under sensors:

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Again, you can only have one of each top-level key in configuration.yaml

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:25 PM

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yep, go it. only one sensor top-level key, but what about - platform: template? Is that considered a top level key as well

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:26 PM

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Some integrations (like history stats) use multiple - platform: history_stats so no

silent barnBOT Mar 16, 2020, 5:26 PM

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wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:27 PM

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right now i'm doing the above

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:27 PM

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If you're not getting any config validation errors and you see all the sensors you're expecting to at developer tools > states then you're good

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Not sure why you'd want to do that though when you could just use comments

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:28 PM

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i think I need to clean up my entire sensors; and move out of the conf.yaml

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I did it because everything grew up without much though. I was reviewing my config.yaml and the i was like "wow, this is a mess'

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:29 PM

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Not a bad idea. I have my entire config split up into different packages/files

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If you wanna take a look:

silent barnBOT Mar 16, 2020, 5:29 PM

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It's dangerous to go alone! Check out my GitHub.

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:38 PM

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okay, yeah. it's time to clean

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but yes, you have done 1 top level.

prime stag Mar 16, 2020, 5:39 PM

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that's really clean 😄

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:39 PM

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Note that packages are an exception to the one top-level key rule. You can have multiple of the same top-level key in more than one package even if it's already in configuration.yaml

prime stag Mar 16, 2020, 5:39 PM

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The only thing I need to do is make a seperate yaml file and include it in config.yaml ?

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I understand what this does

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!include conf/.calendar.yaml

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:40 PM

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Mmh. Sorry, packages?

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:40 PM

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We should probably take this to #integrations-archived

prime stag Mar 16, 2020, 5:40 PM

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but what's the difference with !include_dir_merge_list conf/automations/

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ok 😄

wheat fulcrum Mar 16, 2020, 5:41 PM

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well, thanks for clearing that up. I'm looking through your config and it's so easy to read

buoyant pine Mar 16, 2020, 5:42 PM

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No prob! Splitting up the config/packages are nice that way

spiral imp Mar 17, 2020, 2:55 PM

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this is returning false. What am I missing:
{{ is_state('now().weekday()', '1') }}

dreamy sinew Mar 17, 2020, 2:58 PM

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you are trying to get the state of something that isn't an entity

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{{ now().weekday() == 1 }}

spiral imp Mar 17, 2020, 3:02 PM

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got it, thanks. Think you are missing a () there 😉

dreamy sinew Mar 17, 2020, 3:17 PM

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nope

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oh, yes

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sorry

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:05 PM

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I want to change a attribute of the Google Calendar component (the start date) into a human readable "March twelfth" for use in a TTS, can I do that in a template? If so could someone give me a hand? The value it gives me in the attribute for the upcoming event is 2020-04-27 00:00:00 and all I want is a month and day out of it. I was thinking use a template to delete the first 5 characters, and the last 9, then use a ton of if statements to convert the month and day to spelled out so they're speakable.

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Is there an easier way to do this?

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:07 PM

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{{ as_timestamp(state_attr('calendar.work', 'start_time')) | timestamp_custom('%B %d') }}

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returns March 17

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change the calendar entity ID obvi

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here are the other options for timestamp_custom: https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.strftime

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:13 PM

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awesome! that makes that so much easier!

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:13 PM

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though that'll have a leading zero for the day...

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hmm

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:13 PM

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I was about to write 43 lines of if statements lol

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:14 PM

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{% set date = as_timestamp('2020-04-01 00:00:00') | timestamp_custom('%B %d') %}
{{ date.replace('0','') }}

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returns April 1

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nooooo

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lmao

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:15 PM

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yeah... I was about to say..

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:15 PM

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good lord

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:15 PM

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what about on the 10th

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:15 PM

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yup

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:17 PM

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If the leading zero doesn't end up working right in the TTS, I may change gears and say "event happens in x days from now" instead.

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 7:18 PM

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%-d

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:18 PM

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thank you lol

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:18 PM

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{{ as_timestamp(state_attr('calendar.work', 'start_time')) | timestamp_custom('%B %-d') }} then

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:19 PM

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yup

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brainfart...

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 7:19 PM

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{% set date = as_timestamp('2020-04-01 00:00:00') %}
{{ date | timestamp_custom('%B') }} {{date | timestamp_custom('%-d') | ordinal}}

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:20 PM

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this works fine

{{ as_timestamp('2020-04-01 00:00:00') | timestamp_custom('%B %-d') }}

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 7:21 PM

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sure, but @queen meteor did the hard work to add ordinal, and no one uses it 😦

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:21 PM

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oh well in that case

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:21 PM

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I want that ordinal!

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:21 PM

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oh right you did want that

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:22 PM

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So all together it's {% set date = as_timestamp(state_attr('calendar.birthday', 'start_time')) %} {{ date | timestamp_custom('%B') }} {{date | timestamp_custom('%-d') | ordinal}}

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and it outputs 😄 April 27th

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:22 PM

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ordinals 🤢

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more like BOREDinals amirite

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:22 PM

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lol

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I just want my TTS to be as natural sounding as possible.

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:23 PM

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yeah i get that

oak summit Mar 17, 2020, 7:23 PM

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It's for a greeting when my dad opens the door after using his code to unlock it. He keeps asking for me to add more stuff to it. it's been really fun playing and learning templates with this stuff.

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:25 PM

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nice! the first automation here probably has my favorite template i've ever written: https://github.com/Tediore/My-HASS-config/blob/master/conf/automations/speaker_volume.yaml

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 7:25 PM

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That's not flippyboimadness

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:26 PM

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true. reminds me, did you see my home assistant rube goldberg machine?

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 7:26 PM

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I doub't I want to

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 7:27 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/alrighty-then-gif-7715492

Tenor

silent barnBOT Mar 17, 2020, 8:48 PM

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@oak juniper posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/KSqDYw4NnH/

oak juniper Mar 17, 2020, 8:49 PM

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Sorry, let's break that up

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Hi folks. I'm trying to figure out what the best way is to monitor the status LED of my gate opener, and let me know what state it is in based on the flashing pattern.

This is the documentation for the status LED that I want to monitor:

Off - Gate is closed.
Slow continuous flash - Gate is opening.
On - Gate is open.
Fast continuous flash - Gate is closing.
1 Flash/sec - Pillar light on permanently.
2 Flashes/sec - No mains.
3 Flashes/sec - Battery low detection.
4 Flashes/sec - Collision detector operated.
5 Flashes/sec - Microprocessor reset

I'm happy to use Tasmota, or ESPHome, or whatever.

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Is the easiest/cleanest way to do this via a template considering the state, previous state of the GPIO, and time since last change?
e.g. previous state is off, time since last update is > 1 second, current state is on, increment a counter and save the current time as "start time".
previous state is off, time since "start time" < 1 second, current state is off, increment the counter.
once "now() - start time > 1 sec", observe the counter and translate the number to a status, then reset the counter

queen meteor Mar 17, 2020, 9:00 PM

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Ordinal filter was written mainly for TTS, to make it sound natural 🤓

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I never used it since! 😛

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@buoyant pine where is the template code in there? https://discordapp.com/channels/330944238910963714/672223497736421388/689555005711450216

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 9:07 PM

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?

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 9:07 PM

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/dev/bull

queen meteor Mar 17, 2020, 9:07 PM

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lol

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 9:08 PM

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oh i get it

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because it's a long template

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😒

queen meteor Mar 17, 2020, 9:09 PM

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It is not a template code if you don’t have loops, filters, and namespaces, complex decoding and encoding of entity ids and regular expressions.

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 9:10 PM

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lol

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 9:10 PM

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There should also be a dictionary in there

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somehow

buoyant pine Mar 17, 2020, 9:11 PM

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what about tuples?

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 9:12 PM

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in the namespace, sure

ebon yoke Mar 17, 2020, 9:54 PM

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i was given the following template to set a value to 0 if the other sensor is unknown or unavailable:

        value_template: >-
          {% set value = states('sensor.test') %}
          {{ value|float|round if value not in ["unavailable", "unknown"] else 0 }}

this works fine if it's unknown or unavailable, but if it's actually a valid value, then it's still set to 0

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so there's evidently something wrong with this

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 9:57 PM

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if there is the issue is what sensor.test has as it's state

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{% set value = "13" %}
{{ value|float|round if value not in ["unavailable", "unknown"] else 0 }}

Returns 13 in developer tools -> template

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{% set value = "Not A number" %} returns 0

ebon yoke Mar 17, 2020, 10:05 PM

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works if i use set value = states.sensor.test instead

rugged laurel Mar 17, 2020, 10:06 PM

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That gives you the entire State object, and not just the state of it

ebon yoke Mar 17, 2020, 10:08 PM

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well, that worked

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if i used set value = states('sensor.test'), then i got returned 0, even if the value of the sensor is a non-zero integer

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or an integer

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arrrr.. then i got unavailable back for the non-integer ones

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i wonder if the way i set the value variable is the problem here

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 7:31 AM

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when using the rest platform for a sensor, is it possible to rename the json_attributes to something more friendlier?

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:48 AM

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i'm attempting to use the state_attr instead to grab the value.. the problem is that the key contains spaces.. so .'Some key' doesn't work

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i've tried different variants.. like " and also ", but it doesn't stick

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TemplateSyntaxError: expected name or number

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:49 AM

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Sounds like a broken integration

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You should raise an issue with the dev, so that the slugs are valid

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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what do you mean? i'm getting this off a rest sensor i've set up myself

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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Then it's your fault 😉

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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so that means i'm the dev here 🙂

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hehe

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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Fix it so that the slugs are valid

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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but basically, i shouldn't have spaces in the keys?

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/troubleshooting/#entity-names

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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the entity name is correct.. that contains underscore instead of spacess

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spaces*

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the problem is inside the entities attributes

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:50 AM

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Same rules apply to attributes

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:51 AM

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ah, ok

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so also lower case it, i guess

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what about localization? international characters and so on?

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only ascii?

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:53 AM

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Yup

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[a-z0-9_]*

mighty void Mar 18, 2020, 10:54 AM

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I'm setting up a virtual switch using a value template. For the off position I want to call two services. Is this possible? Or am I limited to one?

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:54 AM

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Call a script

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:54 AM

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is there some built-in functions in python that can do all that for me?

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:55 AM

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Search for home assistant slugify

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 10:57 AM

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i found the module unidecode

mighty void Mar 18, 2020, 10:58 AM

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Ok, so create a script that calls two services, and then call that in the value template. Not possible to call both services in the value template natively?

arctic sorrel Mar 18, 2020, 10:58 AM

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No

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Defines an action

mighty void Mar 18, 2020, 10:59 AM

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Ok, thanks again :)

torn ruin Mar 18, 2020, 12:16 PM

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whats the best way to save a date and compare it with the current one.

I currently save the the now().date() when it happens. then i want to compare it with the new now().date with as_timestamp. but as_timestamp(now().date()) returns None

rugged laurel Mar 18, 2020, 12:17 PM

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{{now().date() | as_timestamp }}

torn ruin Mar 18, 2020, 12:19 PM

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still none

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if you have a completly diffrent idea I'm open for everything

ebon yoke Mar 18, 2020, 12:24 PM

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argh.. i'm not getting this to work.. i have attempted to use state_attr() to get a key from an entity's attribute dict.. so now i have:

{% set value = state_attr('sensor.test', 'cases').Key1.Key2["confirmed"]|int %}
{{ value|int if value not in ["unavailable", "unknown"] else 0 }}

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the problem is if either Key1 or Key2 is not present in the dict

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then i get an UndefinedError.. dict object has no attribute 'Test'.. how do i work around this? and then just set the value to 0?

buoyant pine Mar 18, 2020, 1:08 PM

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@torn ruin both appear to be working for me

📎 Screenshot_2020-03-18_at_8.06.39_AM_-_Display_2.png

torn ruin Mar 18, 2020, 1:09 PM

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that is exactly what i want 😦

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any idea why this won't work for me?

rugged laurel Mar 18, 2020, 1:54 PM

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Arm has issues with that

long basalt Mar 18, 2020, 2:32 PM

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Any elegant ways to handle a null value coming in and still do an average? {{ ((float(states.sensor.master_bedroom_temp.state) + float(states.sensor.nursery_temp.state) + float(states.sensor.boys_room_temp.state)) / 3) | round(1) }}

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 2:39 PM

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states('sensor.master_bedroom_temp')|float The float() function fails if the input cannot be interpreted as a number, but the |float filter will output zero (by default.)

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 2:39 PM

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is this the right syntax for checking not state - is_not_state('switch.fancontrolspeed', 'unavailable')

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 2:40 PM

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not is_state(...

long basalt Mar 18, 2020, 2:41 PM

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And to count only non zero returned values to calc the average..... ponder

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 2:41 PM

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thanks!

torn ruin Mar 18, 2020, 2:41 PM

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Arm has issues with that
@rugged laurel thanks fro the explanation

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is a timestamp to datetime conversion really missing in jinja2?

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 2:42 PM

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@long basalt https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/min_max/

long basalt Mar 18, 2020, 2:45 PM

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thanks -- elbow bump! 😛

long basalt Mar 18, 2020, 3:02 PM

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Works great, so much better! Using this to feed a generic thermostat

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meta on meta on meta

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:04 PM

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I'm trying to figure out how to get a template to produce a list that can be consumed as a list by a service call. Specific case right now is to enumerate a list of scenes, and send that list to an input_select as a list of available options

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currently, this is what I have

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  - service: input_select.set_options
    data_template:
      entity_id: "input_select.hasp_plate01_page1button4scene"
      options: "[{% for item in states.scene %}'{{ item.entity_id }}'{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}]"

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That template renders as ["scene.daylight", "scene.lights_off", "scene.lights_on", "scene.night"]

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which, if pasted into the service call, works like expected. However, I'm pretty sure it's just rendering as a long string and I need it to somehow be returning a list

buoyant pine Mar 18, 2020, 3:06 PM

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i don't believe you can since, as you discovered, the template returns a string even though it looks like a list

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it'd have to be something like

data_template:
  options:
  - {{ }}
  - {{ }}
  - {{ }}

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which isn't helpful for a list of dynamic length

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:08 PM

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balls 😦

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 3:11 PM

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Can I use a check for the multiple state (or condition) in the state platform? Or must I only use template? The config fails for below, but I wondering if there is a workaround - alias: Turn off Fan Plug Relay when Fan is not running for 10 mins trigger: platform: state entity_id: switch.fancontrolspeed to: 'off', 'unavailable' for: minutes: 10 action: service: switch.turn_off entity_id: switch.fanplugrelay

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:13 PM

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@fossil totem I've suggested using a python_script in cases like these.

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@rare panther I'm pretty sure you can. You might have to do: to: ['off', 'unavailable'] or something like that.

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 3:14 PM

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ah let me try

buoyant pine Mar 18, 2020, 3:14 PM

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yep. or

to:
- 'off'
- 'unavailable'

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:15 PM

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Yep, either way, it just has to be a YAML list.

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 3:16 PM

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Thanks, it works. Preferred to: ['off', 'unavailable'] as I use lot of "in" checks so it will be consistent throughout my yaml

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:18 PM

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@chrome temple i'm not 100% sure i follow

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do you mean do the whole thing in python (run a python script that enumerates scenes and calls the service to setup the input_select)?

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:20 PM

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@rare panther FYI, I believe the way it works is, if it changes to either of those states it will then begin the for period, and during that period it has to stay the value it changed to (in this case off or unavailable). If it changes to the other state, then the for period will start over. At least I think that's how it works.

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:20 PM

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what's frustrating about this is that the same approach worked with group.set https://github.com/aderusha/HASwitchPlate/blob/master/Home_Assistant/packages/plate01/hasp_plate01_00_components.yaml#L205-L217

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:21 PM

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@fossil totem I mean use a python_script to call the input_select.set_options service. How it gets the values, and how much other processing it does, depends on what you're trying to do.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the group.set service schema knows how to take a string with multiple entity IDs separated by commas and split them out into a list, whereas input_select.set_options doesn't. Same issue, e.g., with rgb_color parameter of the light.turn_on service.

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 3:23 PM

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@chrome temple Thanks. I agree. However, need to check on "If it changes to the other state, then the for period will start over' through code. because then I think it is not an optimize config. I might then go for the timer option

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:23 PM

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welp. turns out i can't use a python_script along with packages

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:24 PM

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I do, why do you say that?

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:24 PM

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random forum post, maybe the person was wrong?

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:24 PM

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It would seem so.

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:24 PM

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i'm trying real hard to avoid this approach because i don't speak a lick of python 😄

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:25 PM

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Well, if you search the forum you can probably find one or two times I suggested how to do this with code samples.

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 3:25 PM

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annoying that it worked w/ group.set but not input_select.set_options

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 3:26 PM

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I tend to agree. Entity IDs are treated special. I can see lots of other use cases for comma separated lists (as opposed to true YAML lists.) I tried to change, e.g., the light.turn_on service so that rgb_color, xy_color, etc. would accept these, because it makes templating MUCH easier, but no go.

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I tried to use it in the life360 integration and was told not to.

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@rare panther you could always create a template binary_sensor that is on when the state of switch.fancontrolspeed is off or unavailable, then use that in your state trigger.

rare panther Mar 18, 2020, 3:35 PM

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of course, just wanted to play around my various entities

fossil totem Mar 18, 2020, 4:28 PM

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@chrome temple running into some of your examples on using python scripts in the forums and they're helpful, thanks for sharing that my friend!

fallow quarry Mar 18, 2020, 7:18 PM

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one more time I need a help in templating ... this {{ states.sensor.unifi_gateway_wan.attributes.gw_system-stats.cpu }}
gives me error UndefinedError: 'stats' is undefined ... it must an issue with char "-" ... is there a way to correct it somhow without |replace ?

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 7:30 PM

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The attribute's name is gw_system-stats?

fallow quarry Mar 18, 2020, 7:30 PM

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yes

chrome temple Mar 18, 2020, 7:31 PM

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{{ state_attr('sensor.unifi_gateway_wan', 'gw_system-stats').cpu }}

fallow quarry Mar 18, 2020, 7:31 PM

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tank you 🙂 works 🙂

silent barnBOT Mar 19, 2020, 1:36 AM

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@fiery flax posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/gM4wp24wPJ/

fiery flax Mar 19, 2020, 1:37 AM

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Oops. Well I have a question about mqtt formatting nested objects from the config file

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and I don't quite know how to post it without it turning into a wall of code, so sorry for that 😦

keen flame Mar 19, 2020, 2:26 AM

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is there a way to create a single click cover

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rather than the up / stop / down

charred haven Mar 19, 2020, 2:36 AM

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cover.toggle ?

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@keen flame ^

keen flame Mar 19, 2020, 2:36 AM

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Let me check my config real quick.

ebon yoke Mar 19, 2020, 8:32 AM

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i have a lot of repetitive code to set up a lot of template sensors.. is it possible to set up some macros for this instead?

acoustic yarrow Mar 19, 2020, 10:22 AM

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@keen flame you should do that with a condition on a automation.

rare panther Mar 19, 2020, 3:27 PM

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@ebon yoke try scripts

ebon yoke Mar 19, 2020, 3:28 PM

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@rare panther do you have an example of that?

dreamy sinew Mar 19, 2020, 3:29 PM

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scripts won't work for template sensors

rare panther Mar 19, 2020, 3:54 PM

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yep it won't work for templates, but I was stating for general code reduction & repeatability. For example, I have a fanControlScript which has all the logic for starting different Fans, in my Automations, various trigger points just call that Fan Script. So tomorrow I include a new Fan, I would just add in fanControlScript . If I add another input, say ikea remote, then a edit existing or add a new automation.

dreamy sinew Mar 19, 2020, 4:05 PM

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yep, can't do that for template sensors

chrome temple Mar 19, 2020, 4:29 PM

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@ebon yoke do a search on YAML anchors & aliases. That might be what you're looking for.

silent barnBOT Mar 19, 2020, 8:15 PM

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@keen flame posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/2hsRnpHPqX/

keen flame Mar 19, 2020, 8:15 PM

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dang

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i code walled

charred haven Mar 19, 2020, 8:15 PM

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@keen flame now that you have a cover entity you can use the service call cover.toggle to perform an action to either open or close....its just toggling it

keen flame Mar 19, 2020, 8:17 PM

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ah, yeah got you.

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there a way to create that as an entity?

charred haven Mar 19, 2020, 8:31 PM

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its a service call for the cover domain....are you trying to use 1 button in the UI or something?

keen flame Mar 19, 2020, 8:39 PM

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yeah in lovelace.

charred haven Mar 19, 2020, 8:41 PM

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more of a #frontend-archived question but you should be able to use https://www.home-assistant.io/lovelace/button/ and set the tap_action to call cover.toggle service call...i think that should give you what you want

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:12 AM

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How do I access a property of the state of another object media_player.speakers.volume_level when calling a service (I want to sync volumes):

service: media_player.volume_set
data_template:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speakers
  volume_level: "{{ media_player.speakers.volume_level }}"

Logs say media_player is undefined, do I have to create a variable that's setup to track this property of the state just to use it in a template? If so, why is this not easier to do in Home Assistant? It seems like very common behavior to want to read the state of other objects in the system to use as part of templates in other parts of the system. Haven't to setup watching variables feels very arduous and is a huge limitation to making automation more accessible.

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:15 AM

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@edgy socket "{{ state_attr('media_player.kitchen_speakers', 'volume_level') }}"

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 1:15 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/
https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:15 AM

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ah thanks i'm an idiot

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:16 AM

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For just the state it's {{ states('media_player.kitchen_speaker') }}

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:19 AM

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cool. Wehn i turn on my bonus speakers i want the volume to sync. I'm wondering if i want the second speakers to follow the volume of the first one as an automation, but then they'd be stuck together. I'm wondering if there's an easy way to create a slider that controls both speakers at the same time?

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like would i make a fake entity or a fake slider ui that just calls set_volume

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 1:20 AM

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The input_number component allows the user to define values that can be controlled via the frontend and can be used within conditions of automation. The frontend can display a slider, or a numeric input box. Changes to the slider or numeric input box generate state events. These state events can be utilized as automation triggers as well.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
input_number:
  slider1:
    name: Slider
    initial: 30
    min: -20
    max: 35
    step: 1```

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:20 AM

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Then make an automation that triggers on any state change of the input_number entity

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:21 AM

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so i'd have to declare the variable, the ui, and the automation?

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can i set the initial value to a template? {{ state_attr('media_player.speakers', 'volume_level') }}

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:24 AM

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like would i make a fake entity or a fake slider ui that just calls set_volume
@edgy socket this is the solution to that

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The automation would trigger on any state change of the input number and set both speakers' volumes to what the input number is

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You'll have to convert the input number to float and divide it by 100 to get the right number for the set volume service call

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:25 AM

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in the automation can i tell if the state change was triggered by an automation or by something else?

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:25 AM

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The input number won't change unless you change it yourself or with an automation

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:26 AM

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touche, then can i identify WHAT automation triggered it?

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I want to have it follow my primary speaker volume, but when i change it in the UI i want it to update both

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And one automation will trigger the other without a conditional filter

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:27 AM

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You don't need to use the input number for the one speaker to set the volume of the other

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You only need it if you want to set both to the same volume based on the input number

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:27 AM

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So I guess I could just in the always render the current volume as the primary speakers

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and not the current value of the variable?

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:28 AM

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Sorry, I'm not following what you mean

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You'll have two automations:

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One that sets the slave speaker to the master speaker's volume level when the master speaker volume level changes

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Another that sets both speakers at the same time to the number that the input_number is changed to

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:29 AM

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no i want to use the slider instead of slaving one speaker to the other

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that way if i want to separate them i can, and changing the primary spkears won't sync the secondary

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so it's more like a "Toggle All" type behavior

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When you have multiple entities

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:30 AM

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Oh I see

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:30 AM

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but it's like "Slide All" or slide each, and the current value displayed is that of one of the entities (not the last value of the variable necessarily)

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:30 AM

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Ok so you actually want the input number to display the current volume of one of the speakers?

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And not just use it to set both at the same time?

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:30 AM

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Yeah at least in the UI i don't care what the variable has

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:31 AM

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What do you mean by variable

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:31 AM

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Well I want it to DISPLAY the main speakers volume but when you slide it, it changes BOTH

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:31 AM

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I know what a variable is I'm just confused what you're saying

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Got it, I see now

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give me a few minutes

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:34 AM

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Man I keep losing track of the restart server button, It's like confusing that some stuff is under supervisor and some stuff is under configuration

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:43 AM

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configuration > server controls.
ok, so these two automations should be what you need: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/6qSzjJqPcq/
for this to work you'll want to make a template sensor that grabs the volume_level attribute of the master speaker (sensor.master_speaker_vol in this example). you'll also want to create an input boolean (input_boolean.master_vol in this example).

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the first automation will set the volume of both speakers to whatever the input number is changed to but ONLY if the state change wasn't triggered by changing the master speaker volume

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that's what the input_boolean is for

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:44 AM

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Interesting

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:45 AM

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also some stuff is under supervisor because those who run Core only (like me) don't have that page

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:45 AM

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Do you use the UI for automations generally speaking?

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:45 AM

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to create them or as part of a trigger?

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:46 AM

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Creating

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:46 AM

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nah, i just write them manually

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:46 AM

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VSCode?

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:46 AM

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cloud9 IDE docker container

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or sublime

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here's my config if you're interested:

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 1:47 AM

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It's dangerous to go alone! Check out my GitHub.

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:47 AM

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Is id mandatory for automations? The file created by the UI uses randomly generated ones

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:47 AM

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it's only needed if you want to edit them with the UI editor

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otherwise you don't need it

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:48 AM

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Gotcha, yeah when I found I couldn't use custom files AND the UI I deferred to the UI

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:49 AM

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you actually can use both

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:49 AM

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But I can't use both file structures

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:49 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/editor/#updating-your-configuration-to-use-the-editor

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:49 AM

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The UI doesn't seems to know where to save them

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:49 AM

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you need one dedicated file for the UI editor, and you can have whatever structure you want for your non-UI-created automations

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:50 AM

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Interesting, I MAY do that but I'm afraid I'd forget about my custom ones and run into lots of debugging headaches cuz of that alone

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:52 AM

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yeah, up to you

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 1:57 AM

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configuration > server controls.
ok, so these two automations should be what you need: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/6qSzjJqPcq/
for this to work you'll want to make a template sensor that grabs the volume_level attribute of the master speaker (sensor.master_speaker_vol in this example). you'll also want to create an input boolean (input_boolean.master_vol in this example).
@buoyant pine having some trouble , what kind of sensor am i making

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 1:57 AM

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Tediore is away for 2m 37s with a message :point_right: apex legends time 🎮

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 1:58 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/

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You'll use ```
"{{ state_attr('media_player.whatever', 'volume_level') }}"

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 2:07 AM

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ugh i'm not sure i'm following

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 2:07 AM

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@edgy socket posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/zbqJRsfr3y/

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@edgy socket posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/pCrhZv56hG/

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 2:08 AM

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Second link is my automation file

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I don't think i grok the input_boolean

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Oh I get it now, you turn on a boolean, update the volume, then turn it off

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Man the documentation is kinda hard tos earch

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I had no idea you could call a service on an array of entity id's

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"Invalid config for [automation]: Unexpected value for condition: 'None'. Expected numeric_state, state, sun, template, time, zone, and, or, device @ data['condition'][0]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 16). " for the first automation script

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figured it out, I don't really follow how "off" and off differ and when it's okay not to wrap it in quotes or not

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Thank you @buoyant pine got it working! Took a while to understand the relationship of everything

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 2:46 AM

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Tediore is away for 45m 43s with a message :point_right: Apex 🎮

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 3:01 AM

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Okay had it working for a minute but now it's not working. strange

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 3:07 AM

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No prob, what's not working?

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 3:13 AM

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I kinda am not sure, I ended up rewriting the file a few times and it's like the UI kludged the file?

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I was getting an error on value: "{{ state_attr('media_player.speakers', 'volume_level') | float * 100 }}"

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I have no idea what was wrong, tried editing in the UI editor, saved, it messed up the syntax. Opened it in the file editor instead, fixed it, retried, seemed to work

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Iunno, maybe it was failing to retrieve the volume_level of the device

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 3:20 AM

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Oh. I don't think the automation editor supports templates

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Although I don't know unfortunately because I don't use it

edgy socket Mar 20, 2020, 3:32 AM

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No this was when executing the automation. Yeah I really with the UIs had template support

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I gave up on the UI editor and switched over to doing it your way cuz I'm slowly picking up how to write things from scratch

buoyant pine Mar 20, 2020, 3:33 AM

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Oh. Make sure you're using data_template: when you have a template in the service data

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Yeah tbh I think manually writing the automations is the best way to learn things

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I accidentally put data: instead of data_template: in the action in the second automation, sorry about that @edgy socket

ebon yoke Mar 20, 2020, 11:57 AM

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i have lots of templates like this:

      corona_db_kvanangen:
        value_template: '{{ state_attr("sensor.dagbladet_corona_self_registration", "municipalities")["5429"]["totalTestedPositive"] }}'
        attribute_templates:
          stats: >-
            '{{ state_attr("sensor.dagbladet_corona_self_registration", "municipalities")["5429"] }}'
        friendly_name: "Testet positivt Kvænangen"
        unit_of_measurement: people
      corona_db_gildeskal:
        value_template: '{{ state_attr("sensor.dagbladet_corona_self_registration", "municipalities")["1838"]["totalTestedPositive"] }}'
        attribute_templates:
          stats: >-
            '{{ state_attr("sensor.dagbladet_corona_self_registration", "municipalities")["1838"] }}'
        friendly_name: "Testet positivt Gildeskål"
        unit_of_measurement: people

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it's a lot of repetitive code.. is there a way to simplify this? for instance a dict with the name, sensor key and also the id of the attribute to retrieve?

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and then just iterate over this and create the different template sensors?

spiral imp Mar 20, 2020, 2:48 PM

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Trying to get the numbers of days between two times. I have this template but it is returning 1584697287 instead of roughly "6 days". What do I have wrong?

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      covid_elapsed_days:
        value_template: '{{ (as_timestamp(now()) - (states.input_datetime.covid_start.attributes.timestamp) | int /60/1440) | round(0) }}'
        unit_of_measurement: 'days'
        entity_id: input_datetime.covid_start,sensor.time

chrome temple Mar 20, 2020, 2:58 PM

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How is input_datetime.covid_start configured? Does it have both date & time? Or at least date?

spiral imp Mar 20, 2020, 3:00 PM

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it has both, I think it i a ( issue, working on it now

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yep, forgot my order of operations

chrome temple Mar 20, 2020, 3:20 PM

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D'oh! I specifically looked for that but because it broke across two lines the grouping wasn't as easy to see clearly. BTW, timestamps are floats, so you should probably use the float filter instead of int, but I guess what's a few microseconds between friends? 😜

spiral imp Mar 20, 2020, 3:21 PM

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haha, could you explain the difference?

chrome temple Mar 20, 2020, 3:23 PM

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A timestamp is the number of seconds since "the Epoch", expressed as a floating point number, which can include fractional seconds. Actually, now that I think about it more, you don't need either filter, since you're not dealing with a string representation of a number (like you would with the state.) Does that make any sense?

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That is to say, the timestamp attribute is already a (float) number.

spiral imp Mar 20, 2020, 3:24 PM

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Yeah, i was not sure what a "float" vs an "int" was

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usually just follow examples

torn ruin Mar 20, 2020, 6:09 PM

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I have a group of sensors. can I retrieve a list of the sensor states?

torn ruin Mar 20, 2020, 6:26 PM

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or what I actually want is the highest value of the sensors within the group

dreamy sinew Mar 20, 2020, 6:50 PM

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what do you want to do with it?

torn ruin Mar 20, 2020, 6:51 PM

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just have the highest value of all values in the group

dreamy sinew Mar 20, 2020, 6:51 PM

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and do what with it?

silent barnBOT Mar 20, 2020, 6:51 PM

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The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy, both on the part of people asking for help, and on the part of those providing help.
The problem occurs when people get stuck on what they believe is the solution and are unable to step back and explain the issue in full.

torn ruin Mar 20, 2020, 7:50 PM

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the sensors calculate which room is the most urgent for the my vacuum
each room has one. the one with the highest value will be cleaned next

topaz walrus Mar 20, 2020, 7:55 PM

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@torn ruin do you have that working!? ^^^^ that sounds amazing!!1

torn ruin Mar 20, 2020, 7:55 PM

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partly...

warm cradle Mar 20, 2020, 8:14 PM

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Creating a Gait analysis / capture algorithm via 4 PIRS + Jinja2 templating.

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Xiaomi PIR -> Zigbee2MQTT -> MQTT Discovery -> Jinja2 templating

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Miiiiiight be looking for a little help on the Jinja2 side of things. will keep ya'll posted

queen meteor Mar 21, 2020, 1:18 AM

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👍

empty sequoia Mar 21, 2020, 11:37 AM

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Hi, How to get local time from now()?

arctic sorrel Mar 21, 2020, 11:38 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#time

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now() should be your local time

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If it isn't then either the time on your computer is wrong, or the timezone is wrong

empty sequoia Mar 21, 2020, 11:39 AM

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Okay, So if I want get datetime with format should call which filter or function?

arctic sorrel Mar 21, 2020, 11:39 AM

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What are you trying to do?

empty sequoia Mar 21, 2020, 11:39 AM

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I am reading this page and python refrence but can not find this

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I am trying to get time format with HH:MM:SS

arctic sorrel Mar 21, 2020, 11:40 AM

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timestamp_custom allows you to get out whatever you want

empty sequoia Mar 21, 2020, 11:41 AM

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What is this? a filter from HA, or python function? How to call?

arctic sorrel Mar 21, 2020, 11:41 AM

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See the link I posted

empty sequoia Mar 21, 2020, 11:41 AM

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Oh sorry. Thanks

arctic sorrel Mar 21, 2020, 11:43 AM

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{{ as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom("%H:%M:%S") }}

empty sequoia Mar 21, 2020, 12:09 PM

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Sorry, Why should we use syntax like this?
Whats mean of piping as_timestamp(now()) to timestamp_custom("%H:%M:%S")?

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the timestamp_custom("%H:%M:%S") should not work standalone?

arctic sorrel Mar 21, 2020, 12:14 PM

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Go to Developer tools and then Templates

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Try stuff

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You're using Jinja, there's a lot of good documentation

thorny snow Mar 22, 2020, 6:08 PM

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Please can somebody help me out with a template? I'd like to put tome words in an array. Example: door, window, garage, alert, leak, etc. When a persistent notification is created an automation triggers and searches the currently created persistent notification message for all words given in the above array. If one of the words is found inside the massage gives true else false. How can I achieve this?

opal igloo Mar 22, 2020, 7:03 PM

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Hello!

I am trying to check several lights color and set brightness for single light after. How I should do this ion a right way?
Right now I have this code and got the error:

    {% if states.light.hue_color_lamp_1.attributes.rgb_color == (255,255,255) %}
      255
    {% else %}
      0
    {% endif %}```
`expected int for dictionary value @ data['brightness']`

PS: never mind, I found it. In script there should be not `data:`, but `data_template:` to be able to use the expressions inside

PS2: here is correct script that checks, if the lights have proper color and brightness. If TRUE, set lights OFF on run. If FALSE, set lights color and brightness.
```data_template:
  brightness: >-
    {% set lights = [
    'light.hue_color_lamp_1',
    'light.hue_color_lamp_2',
    'light.hue_go_1',
    'light.hue_go_2',
    'light.bedroom_ceiling_light' ] %}
    {% set lights_state = namespace(on = true) %}

    {% for light in lights %}
      {% if not (state_attr(light, 'brightness')
        and state_attr(light, 'brightness') >= 254
        and state_attr(light, 'rgb_color')
        and state_attr(light, 'rgb_color') >= (254, 254, 254))
      %}
        {% set lights_state.on = false %}
      {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
    {% if lights_state.on%}
      0
    {% else %}
      255
    {% endif %}
  entity_id: light.bedroom_lights
  rgb_color:
    - 255
    - 255
    - 255
  transition: 0.25
entity_id: light.bedroom_lights
service: light.turn_on```
light.bedroom_lights << the same lights from the array in a group

On color/brightness change not all the lights set the same values, so sometimes there 254 instead of 255, so that is why there is a ">=" check.

pliant coral Mar 22, 2020, 11:28 PM

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Is there a way to check the platform of an entity within a template?
I want to iterate over all lights, but skipping groups of lights.

{% for light in states.light if not platform(light, "group") %}

{% endfor %}

waxen rune Mar 23, 2020, 9:25 AM

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I have a sensor that show all entities that are unavailable. Mostly to track any zigbee devices not responding or that someone switched off physically. The sensor works great.

    unavailable:
      friendly_name: 'Enheter utan data'
      value_template: >
        {{ states | selectattr('state', 'in', ['unavailable', 'unknown', 'none']) | list | length }}
      entity_id: sensor.time
      attribute_templates:
        entities: >
          {{ states | selectattr('state', 'in', ['unavailable', 'unknown', 'none']) | map(attribute='entity_id') | list | join('\n') }}

Now I'd like track unused automations the same way, with a sensor, counting the number of automation whose last_triggered is for example "now() - 6 weeks". With the automations fulfilling this criteria in an attribute to that sensor.
Any suggestions?

hollow fox Mar 23, 2020, 11:54 AM

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hey guys

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whats up

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i have a few sensor values that i want to do some math on, could anyone help me with this?

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i have: sensor.power_consumption, sensor.power_production (both positive values both wattage, dsmr component), sensor.pv_power_production (wattage, positive value) and a battery sensor.victron_battery_power (wattage, negative or positive value where positive is charging and negative is discharging)

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with this i want to calculate what my energy usage is

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power_consumption goes from grid to my house
power_production goes from house to grid if battery is full
pv_power_production are my solar panels
victron_battery_power is my batterybank

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would anyone know how to go about this?

strong idol Mar 23, 2020, 1:07 PM

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Hey everyone, I have a problem with a template since 0.107. - it used to work just fine: (Result: {{ (trigger.to_state.state | float / trigger.from_state.state | float * 100 -100 ) | round(1) }}% / Result: {{ (trigger.to_state.state | int / states.input_number.someinputnumber.state | int * 100 -100 ) | round(1) }}%) I am using this as the content of a push message, bu it is not working anymore - can someone help me find the error? The log says: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: division by zero

arctic sorrel Mar 23, 2020, 1:13 PM

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Seems likely that input_number.someinputnumber (or the from_state) is zero 🤔

ebon yoke Mar 23, 2020, 1:17 PM

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i have some data provided over the rest platform where the json attributes i'm interested in is without key.. how do i grab the right json_attributes then?

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there's no parent key, basically

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and i'm interested in ALL values

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hm, let's try just value_json

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hm, no.. that didn't work

topaz walrus Mar 23, 2020, 2:11 PM

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@opal igloo how are you utilizing that script though with your bulbs?

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whats the purpose?

opal igloo Mar 23, 2020, 2:19 PM

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@topaz walrus I have RF wall buttons to turn lights on and off, and change color scene (Philips Hue + IKEA Tradfri). So three buttons, three scenes with different lights setup and colors.
It works this way: if lights OFF or color|brightness don't match selected scene (pressed button) - turn lights scene on. If match - turn lights off.

topaz walrus Mar 23, 2020, 2:20 PM

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ahh ok pretty sweet, thought i was gonna be able to help lol

waxen rune Mar 23, 2020, 7:38 PM

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I'm trying to learn date handling, but I'm not there yet..How to template "now() minus 6 months"?

olive moth Mar 23, 2020, 9:30 PM

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hey fellas.. I try to get a template working but I think I miss something

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https://hastebin.com/jecurafoya.sql

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any idea?

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https://hastebin.com/awenerabej.sql

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also wrong 😦

ebon yoke Mar 23, 2020, 9:38 PM

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i'm importing a json structure using attribute_templates.. i'm getting the values in, but is there a way to convert them from the json structure to a more readable structure?

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it looks like: {'key1': 89, 'key2': 20}.. but i'd rather for it to look like two columns with:

key1                  89
key2                  20

olive moth Mar 23, 2020, 9:42 PM

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Invalid config for [automation]: expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data['action'][0]['data_template']. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 88).

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but i have something in data_template

arctic sorrel Mar 23, 2020, 9:49 PM

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Lines 16 onwards are a train wreck

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You should test in the Templates menu

ebon yoke Mar 23, 2020, 9:50 PM

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@arctic sorrel do you know how i can convert that to a more human-readable variant?

arctic sorrel Mar 23, 2020, 9:51 PM

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.... 🤔

olive moth Mar 23, 2020, 9:53 PM

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https://hastebin.com/fosuquhiyi.sql

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no errors in config chekc but when triggering i get :

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2020-03-23 22:54:19 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation] xmpp-bot - help: Error executing script. Invalid data for call_service at pos 1: Service lock.unlock
data_template: >

lock.main_door does not match format .

ebon yoke Mar 23, 2020, 9:57 PM

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@arctic sorrel could '| tojson' do something here?

arctic sorrel Mar 23, 2020, 9:57 PM

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Why do you keep tagging me and asking?

buoyant pine Mar 23, 2020, 9:57 PM

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@olive moth gotta be something like this: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Q24zywpYMn/

ebon yoke Mar 23, 2020, 9:57 PM

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because you've proven your expertice again and again 🙂

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but i'll stop tagging you.. sorry

arctic sorrel Mar 23, 2020, 9:57 PM

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And... if I thought I could help I would - right up until you started tagging

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It comes across as you demanding help to tag folks not already helping you on something

ebon yoke Mar 23, 2020, 9:58 PM

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i'm sorry.. i just saw you were active.. again, sorry about that

buoyant pine Mar 23, 2020, 9:59 PM

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(i made an assumption about your script entity ID based on what you had @olive moth)

olive moth Mar 23, 2020, 9:59 PM

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But I also want to use other entities like climate based on the sensor value

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Sounds good but fails I guess by using more than one same entity

buoyant pine Mar 23, 2020, 10:00 PM

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nope

olive moth Mar 23, 2020, 10:00 PM

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let me try 🙂

buoyant pine Mar 23, 2020, 10:01 PM

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verify your script entity ID first

olive moth Mar 23, 2020, 10:03 PM

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unlock

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Sorry wrong window

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works 🙂 let me add some services to check again

karmic oar Mar 23, 2020, 10:09 PM

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Anyone RESTful json parser wizbangs in here? Trying to pull a .json file from my server and I'm getting a response like An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security.

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Is it just not possible to pull json data from a file?

karmic oar Mar 23, 2020, 10:41 PM

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For anyone else that might search and be wondering... you need to do a command_line sensor with a curl request, not a rest sensor

scenic solstice Mar 24, 2020, 2:11 AM

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Do jinja templates work in customize entity? For an attribute name or value?

scenic solstice Mar 24, 2020, 2:41 AM

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Bah doesn't look like it

ebon yoke Mar 24, 2020, 8:43 AM

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i have been returned a json structure from a rest sensor.. and i want to extrapolate this json structure into key value pairs.. so that i get that data instead of the json structure presented in the attribute_templates.. how can i do this?

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i have attempted stuff like this:

        attribute_templates: >-
            {% for i in state_attr('sensor.vg_municipality_stats', 'municipalities')["5427"].items() %}
            {{ i[0] }}: {{ i[1] }}
            {% endfor %}

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but that fails with "Invalid config for [sensor.template]: expected a dictionary for"

uneven wigeon Mar 24, 2020, 10:13 AM

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whats the best way to get the time elapsed from now() since a input_datetime

keen flame Mar 24, 2020, 6:43 PM

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can anyone give me some pointers for the play_media function. I can't get my script to execute on the media player

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looks like this

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  media_content_id: >-
    { "library_name" : "TV Shows", "show_name" : "Paw Patrol", "season_number" :
    1, "episode_number" : 10, "shuffle": "1" }
  media_content_type: EPISODE
entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_for_roku_roku_3_living_room
service: media_player.play_media

buoyant pine Mar 24, 2020, 6:47 PM

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@keen flame you need to use escape characters before all the quotes: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/plex/#service-play_media

keen flame Mar 24, 2020, 6:47 PM

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yah, i did that when i created it.

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HA formats it like that after double escaped

oak summit Mar 25, 2020, 7:18 AM

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How can I force this to be an integer that home assistant to recnogize it as something it should be making a graph for?

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    resource: https://sil.ph/card/cardData.json?&user_id=3607
    name: "Fortes SilphArena Rank"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.data.arenaGlobalRank |replace(\"<sup style='font-size:14px;'>#<\/sup>\", \"\")|replace(\",\",\"\") | int }}"

This is what the result gives me: https://i.imgur.com/bSeDE6j.png

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:20 AM

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If you want it graphed, see https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/customizing-devices/#unit_of_measurement

oak summit Mar 25, 2020, 7:20 AM

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so this value is a rank, so what would that unit be? Just like a # then?

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:22 AM

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Whatever you want it to be 🤷

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Measure it in bananas if you want

oak summit Mar 25, 2020, 7:23 AM

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Well I don't have any unit I want it to really be. Could I just do like unit_of_measurement: "" so there is a blank unit specified?

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Ya know, nevermind lol. I'll just test it. That's probably easier to just test 😅 thanks for pointing out I need to add units

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:23 AM

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Then it wouldn't have a unit... 🤷

oak summit Mar 25, 2020, 7:24 AM

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I don't care for a unit, I just want HA to understand this is a number to graph and not just a string to label the bar history with.

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:26 AM

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It needs a unit for graphs, as simple as that

oak summit Mar 25, 2020, 7:29 AM

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So what I understand is that there is no way to specify a blank unit in the circumstance where you have a sensor that doesn't have a unit, like the rank of something, but you still want it to be graphed. I tested unit_of_measurement: "" and it didn't work.

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Yeah, after a few tests that seems to be the case. Okay, I'll just use # as the unit.

olive moth Mar 25, 2020, 10:53 AM

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Hello all.. hope your are doing well? I have a nother tmplate question: I want some notification when a door or window opens / closes. For this I use mod_browser to send toast notifications (the black grey/black bar on the buttom of the home assistant webinterface) but I need to filter out the binary_sensrs for words like window or door. For the mooment have have following automation /temlpate but it will notify about all binary_sensor changes.

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https://hastebin.com/epidabumek.cs

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@queen meteor are you around 🙂

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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@olive moth Don't just tag folks ~~demanding~~ asking for help like that, it's rude, and people will block you 😉

thorny snow Mar 25, 2020, 11:49 AM

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Please can somebody help me out with a template because I'm lost. I'd like to search some words in string. For the example: search for door, window, garage, alert, leak, etc in another string. If one of the words is found inside the string it gives true else false. How can I achieve this?

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 11:51 AM

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I know you can do

{% if ('Banana' in states('sensor.fruit')) %}

thorny snow Mar 25, 2020, 11:58 AM

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Silly me. I don't why I have struggled with for loop. Thank you @arctic sorrel . Shame on me.

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 11:59 AM

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I only know about that because somebody else told me about it 😄

buoyant pine Mar 25, 2020, 12:26 PM

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@thorny snow you can also do something like

{{ states('sensor.fruit') in ['apple', 'banana', 'grape'] }}

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that will look to see if the state matches any of the values in the list

rugged laurel Mar 25, 2020, 12:27 PM

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{{ "banana" in states('sensor.fruit') }}
{{ states('sensor.fruit')| regex_search("[banana|apple|orange]")  }}

buoyant pine Mar 25, 2020, 12:27 PM

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apparently a banana is "botanically a berry" GWchadThinkeyes

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ah yeah that's nice if you're not looking for an exact match

thorny snow Mar 25, 2020, 12:29 PM

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Thank you @rugged laurel @buoyant pine . Problem solved. 😊

olive moth Mar 25, 2020, 1:35 PM

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@arctic sorrel skalavala always was pleased to help 🙂

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and I know that he's good in templating

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 1:35 PM

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https://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-mythbusters-adam-savage-1eKbAKgocJCta

dreamy sinew Mar 25, 2020, 1:35 PM

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he could be doing family stuff and you randomly blasted him with a ping

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not everyone is in the same country either

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 1:36 PM

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So, post questions, stop tagging folks demanding help

rare panther Mar 25, 2020, 3:18 PM

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basic question, somehow I cannot recall it. How can I get all the attributes of a entity in a JSON format? like the way it is dispayed in the developer tools -> states

buoyant pine Mar 25, 2020, 3:42 PM

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@rare panther

{{ states.alarm_control_panel.abode.attributes }}

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of course, replace alarm_control_panel.abode with your entity ID

rare panther Mar 25, 2020, 3:45 PM

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yes - thanks so much. somehow I feel this basic thing should be mentioned in the https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/

buoyant pine Mar 25, 2020, 3:46 PM

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though be aware that returns a python dictionary instead of JSON. it uses single quotes instead of double quotes

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might not matter for whatever you're using it for

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also one of the links on the page you linked above explains the state object more: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/state_object/

rare panther Mar 25, 2020, 3:54 PM

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yeah I am good with dict as well. Yes, now that you mentioned in it is indeed defined in state_object

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but still think states.entity_id.attributes should be specifically mentioned as an example in https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#attributes Not everybody may understand the state.attributes in state_object

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 5:51 PM

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how do i convert a json structure returned from a rest sensor platform to something more readable in the attribute_templates for the entity..

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?

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i have the json structure in the attribute for the entity, but i would like for that to be set up as columns instead

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i have attempted the following:
i have attempted stuff like this:

        attribute_templates: >-
            {% for i in state_attr('sensor.vg_municipality_stats', 'municipalities')["5427"].items() %}
            {{ i[0] }}: {{ i[1] }}
            {% endfor %}

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but that didn't work

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 5:58 PM

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Are you trying to display that in the UI in columns, or what?

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Attributes are "simple" key/value pairs

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 6:08 PM

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yup, that's what i'm trying to do..

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 6:10 PM

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Well, displaying in the UI is more a #frontend-archived but you'd need a custom card for that I suspect, maybe the markdown card

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:18 PM

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@arctic sorrel but i see that other attribute templates are formatted more like a column.. isn't this something that's possible directly in the attribute_templates?

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without any markdown cards

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:18 PM

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I have no idea what you're talking about, but ... how things look in the #frontend-archived is a thing for #frontend-archived

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:18 PM

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for instance the sun.sun entity.. its attributes are next_dawn, next_dusk, next_midnight, elevation, and so on

silent barnBOT Mar 25, 2020, 7:19 PM

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Please use imgur or other image sharing web sites, and share the link here.

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:19 PM

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Why don't you show us what you're talking about 😉

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:19 PM

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they are formatted as:

next_dawn: 2020-03-26T03:03:29+00:00
next_dusk: 2020-03-26T18:19:23+00:00
next_midnight: 2020-03-25T22:41:19+00:00
...

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in the attributes for the entity

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:19 PM

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They're attributes, single attributes

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:19 PM

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this means that if i click on the sun entity in the UI, then they're displayed properly underneath the entity state

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:20 PM

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If you want things to look like that, you have to make them individual attributes

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:20 PM

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yup, exactly.. and that's what i'm trying to do 🙂

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:20 PM

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But not with a loop

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:20 PM

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see my attempt above

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ok.. but can it be done from a json structure?

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without having to spell out each individual attribute?

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:21 PM

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🤷

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That will in part depend on which integration you're talking about

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:21 PM

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i'm the one generating the json structure

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it's from the rest platform

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:22 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations#search/rest

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Looks like there's more than one of those 🤔

silent barnBOT Mar 25, 2020, 7:22 PM

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:8ball: 8Ball prdiction:

Question: ~8ball Do you know which one?
Answer: Chances Aren't Good

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:22 PM

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the rest sensor

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rest/

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:23 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rest/#json_attributes

A list of keys to extract values ...

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According to the docs, that's your option

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:24 PM

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the problem is that this is a big json object.. it's a multi-dimensional dict

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so i have created template sensors to extract the dicts i'm interested in into separate sensors

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(i'm sorry if i'm using the wrong terminology)

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:25 PM

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Some of the other template sensor types have more options

ebon yoke Mar 25, 2020, 7:26 PM

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you mean not this: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/ ?

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what other template sensor types are there?

arctic sorrel Mar 25, 2020, 7:30 PM

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MQTT and more

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That one however has an attribute template, I still doubt loops are permitted

ebon yoke Mar 26, 2020, 6:53 AM

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so then i basically just need to spell out each and every attribute?

queen meteor Mar 26, 2020, 2:24 PM

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For things like this, better to write a custom component or do it in AppDaemon. if you do it in Jinja, it would be ugly and you may have a lot of repetition.

royal vortex Mar 26, 2020, 4:27 PM

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{{ (35.74 + 0.6215 * state_attr("weather.home","temperature") - 35.75 * state_attr("weather.home","wind_speed") ** 0.16 + 0.4275 * state_attr("weather.home","temperature") * state_attr("weather.home","wind_speed") ** 0.16) | round(1)}} Bwahahaha. There are probably easier ways to get wind chill but I'm happy now.

dreamy sinew Mar 26, 2020, 4:35 PM

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might need to cast some values otherwise you might be doing some string math

silent barnBOT Mar 26, 2020, 5:08 PM

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@charred oar posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/D4PcDXX8Hc/

charred oar Mar 26, 2020, 5:09 PM

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Hi guys, question: i want to convert this part of a automation to a template:

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https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/D4PcDXX8Hc/

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But its not working

arctic sorrel Mar 26, 2020, 5:19 PM

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~codewall @charred oar

silent barnBOT Mar 26, 2020, 5:19 PM

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@charred oar Rule #6: Please do not post codewalls (longer than 15 lines) - use sites such as https://hasteb.in/, https://paste.ubuntu.com/, or others.

Please take the time now to review all of the rules and references in #rules.

arctic sorrel Mar 26, 2020, 5:19 PM

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If you're wanting to do stuff in Node Red, ask in #node-red-archived 😉

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https://www.json2yaml.com/ is your friend though

bleak wolf Mar 26, 2020, 7:17 PM

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i'm creating a sensor.template based on a device_tracker.... there a way to just copy all attributes that are available from another entity? something like
attribute_templates: '{{ states.device_tracker.number1.attributes }}'

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i guess i gotta do something like this:

          source_type: '{{ states.device_tracker.wm1_c75dcc8d4560488a93cce725ed339604.attributes.source_type }}'
          latitude: '{{ states.device_tracker.wm1_c75dcc8d4560488a93cce725ed339604.attributes.latitude }}'
          longitude: '{{ states.device_tracker.wm1_c75dcc8d4560488a93cce725ed339604.attributes.longitude }}'
          gps_accuracy: '{{ states.device_tracker.wm1_c75dcc8d4560488a93cce725ed339604.attributes.gps_accuracy }}'
          scanner: '{{ states.device_tracker.wm1_c75dcc8d4560488a93cce725ed339604.attributes.scanner }}'

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yuk

dreamy sinew Mar 26, 2020, 7:24 PM

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so if you're just copying everything from one entity to another, why do it?

bleak wolf Mar 26, 2020, 7:24 PM

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because i'm customizing the value... only the attributes are copied

dreamy sinew Mar 26, 2020, 7:25 PM

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probably better off with a custom component then

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and just change the value there

bleak wolf Mar 26, 2020, 7:25 PM

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but creating my own component is scary...

charred dagger Mar 26, 2020, 7:55 PM

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Only the first time. Then it's fun.

buoyant pine Mar 26, 2020, 8:42 PM

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i can't even grasp how to turn my shitty python program into a component and all it does it scrape a website for the name and artist of the song currently playing on my favorite radio station lol

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so in the meantime i'm writing the info to a file and using a file sensor in home assistant

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like an animal

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works though

queen meteor Mar 26, 2020, 9:33 PM

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Use AppDaemon - easy to port existing python code and easy to create sensors

rugged laurel Mar 26, 2020, 9:36 PM

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@charred dagger fun? Your components must not have any users..
Fun...

charred dagger Mar 26, 2020, 9:36 PM

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There's a big difference between one-off components for your own use and custom integrations.

rugged laurel Mar 26, 2020, 9:37 PM

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True

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When you are the only user it might be fun 😀

visual aspen Mar 26, 2020, 10:24 PM

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Hi im trying to set up a template like so:

maciekish_discord_status:
  friendly_name: "Maciekish Discord Status"
  entity_id: sensor.discord_maciekish_1045
  value_template: >-
    {% if state_attr('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045', 'game') == None %}
      {{ state('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045') }}
    {% else %}
      {{ state_attr('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045', 'game') }}
    {% endif %}

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But it returns "Unavailable". state_attr('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045', 'game') is None, and the main state is "online"

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What am i doing wrong? I also tried is_state_attr('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045', 'game', 'None') and is_state_attr('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045', 'game', null) with same result

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The raw value of game atribute in Developer Tools is null

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sensor.discord_maciekish_1045 online game: null

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Its driving me nuts, should be so simple...

next shell Mar 26, 2020, 11:57 PM

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Hello, can i please get some help with this template? Works for the most part but the spacing and commas are a little messed up.

    - service: notify.mobile_app_iphone_xs
      data_template:
        title: "Alarm Status"
        message: "The alarm has been triggered, the following sensor: {{ dict((states|selectattr('entity_id', 'in', state_attr('group.door_sensors', 'entity_id'))|list)|groupby('state'))['on']|map(attribute='name')|list|join(', ') }} {{ dict((states|selectattr('entity_id', 'in', state_attr('group.window_sensors', 'entity_id'))|list)|groupby('state'))['on']|map(attribute='name')|list|join(', ') }} {{ dict((states|selectattr('entity_id', 'in', state_attr('group.motion_sensors', 'entity_id'))|list)|groupby('state'))['on']|map(attribute='name')|list|join(', ') }} {{ dict((states|selectattr('entity_id', 'in', state_attr('group.garage_doors', 'entity_id'))|list)|groupby('state'))['open']|map(attribute='name')|list|join(', ') }}"

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 12:04 AM

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@next shell what do you see in the template editor? You should really use multi-line template instead of yaml message: "xxxxxxx long text" you could use ```yaml
message: >-
xxxxxxx long text line 1
xxxxxxx long text line 2...

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@visual aspen It is not {{ state('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045') }} it should be {{ states('sensor.discord_maciekish_1045') }}. Notice the difference between state and states

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 12:11 AM

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This is what it looks like with all the sensors on. You can see there's no comma between the different groups, if sensors are off then there are some extra spaces.
"The alarm has been triggered, the following sensor: Front Door Sensor, Garage Door Sensor, Patio Door Sensor Kitchen Window Sensor, Left Great Room Window Sensor, Left Office Window Sensor, Right Great Room Window Sensor, Right Office Window Sensor Foyer Motion Sensor, Master Bedroom Motion Sensor, Mudroom Motion Sensor "

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 12:29 AM

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@next shell ok - how would you like to have the spacing and commas?

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 12:32 AM

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yes, made it a multi-line and now have empty lines if there're no active sensors in one of the groups.

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 12:33 AM

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ok - you can add {{- instead of {{ and also -}} instead of }}. play in the template editor until you get it right

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adding - would eliminate white spaces

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 12:33 AM

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i'm starting to think it'll be easier to create a single group with all related sensors for the alarm.

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ok, i'll try that

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 12:35 AM

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I was going to suggest that - add all the interested sensors in a single group

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 12:37 AM

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Thanks for the help, I’ll play with it a bit more and create the new group if I can’t get it right.

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 1:20 AM

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@queen meteor is there a way to use that same template with two states?

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 1:26 AM

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@next shell you mean states 'on' and 'off'?

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or on and open?

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 1:26 AM

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On and open

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Since I gotta put everything in one group

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 1:27 AM

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ah, let me see..

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 1:36 AM

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Yea because most are binary sensors and two are the garage sensor with open, closing, close and opening states.

queen meteor Mar 27, 2020, 1:38 AM

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@next shell you could do something like this: ```
{% set group_name = 'group.kitchen' %}
{% for item in state_attr(group_name, 'entity_id') if states[item].state in ['on', 'open'] %}
{%- if loop.first %}{% elif loop.last %} and {% else %}, {% endif -%}
{{ states[item].name }}
{%- endfor %}

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change the group name and you should be set

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it is not going to be one liner like you had before, but this should do it

next shell Mar 27, 2020, 1:40 AM

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Ok I’ll try it in a couple minutes and report back. Thanks.

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@queen meteor thank you very much for helping me again, it works perfectly.

steady coral Mar 27, 2020, 3:43 AM

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Is there a way to get the current Logged in user's name in template? First guess is no. (Without using a custom card)

dreamy sinew Mar 27, 2020, 3:51 AM

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no as the front end doesn't support templates and the backend stuff doesn't care

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 9:45 AM

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it's not possible to use {% if %} in an attribute_templates?

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:03 AM

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Should be. Did you remember to quote it?

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:08 AM

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hm

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        attribute_templates: >-
          {% if "5427" in state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities") %}
            confirmed: {{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities")["5427"]["confirmed"] }}
          {% endif %}

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this is how it looks now

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"Invalid config for [sensor.template]: expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data['sensors']['corona_skjervoy_confirmed']['attribute_templates']. Got '{% if "5427" in"

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that's what i'm getting instead

arctic sorrel Mar 27, 2020, 10:13 AM

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You need some else 😉

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If it's not in the confirmed you have a blank

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          {% if "5427" in state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities") %}
            confirmed: {{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities")["5427"]["confirmed"] }}
          {% else %}
            confirmed: 0
          {% endif %}
``` for example

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:15 AM

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still didn't validate

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:15 AM

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Ah. I see

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You probably can't define the attribute key in the template. Try yaml attribute_templates: confirmed: >- template goes here

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:16 AM

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oh no.. so i need a if else for all of the attributes? 😄

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i have a bunch

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the example was just for one of them.. but there's 5 of them..

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so there will be one if/else for each attribute? 🙂

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:17 AM

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Let me test something

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:18 AM

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basically i have a json structure that i want to represent as a more readable attribute structure.. so instead of a truncated json object like this in the attribute list:

{'confirmed': 63, 'ratio': 0.82, 'recovered': 0, 'dead': 0, 'population': 76974}

then i want this as a column output, like other attributes.. so that each of them is their own attribute

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so it'll be like this:

confirmed: 63
ratio: 0.82
recovered: 0
dead: 0
population: 76974

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and yes, this is corona time 🙂

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:19 AM

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Ok, try {{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats, "municipalities").get("5427", {"confirmed":0})["confirmed"] }}

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Or maybe {{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats, "municipalities").get("5427", {}).get("confirmed",0) }}

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:20 AM

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yaaaay!

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let's see

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let's see if it works where the key is not present

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looks like it's working.. though i'd rather for it to not create the attributes if the key is not present

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and is there a way to loop through all the keys and automatically create the attributes or do i have to spell out each and every one?

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:27 AM

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That's can't be done with a template entity, I'm afraid.

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:27 AM

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ok, so i need to spell out each and every attribute?

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:28 AM

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Afraid so. Or move onto something more powerfull, like appdaemon, netdaemon, python_script (won't be easy in this case) or make a custom component.

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:29 AM

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what about not creating the attribute if the value is 0 (or non-existent)?

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:30 AM

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Would work for some people and not at all for others.

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:30 AM

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        attribute_templates:
          confirmed: '{{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities").get("5428", {}).get("confirmed",0) }}'
          dead: '{{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities").get("5428", {}).get("dead",0) }}'
          population: '{{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities").get("5428", {}).get("population",0) }}'
          ratio: '{{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities").get("5428", {}).get("ratio",0) }}'
          recovered: '{{ state_attr("sensor.vg_municipality_stats", "municipalities").get("5428", {}).get("recovered",0) }}'

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this is how it looks for each of the attributes

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but can i set a variable earlier on that can be used? to set the "5428" earlier on as a variable for this entity? and then reuse the code?

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because i have around 20 sensors like this

charred dagger Mar 27, 2020, 10:32 AM

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No. It would have to be in the same template, which is delimited by the string - i.e. ' '

ebon yoke Mar 27, 2020, 10:33 AM

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hehe, damn it 🙂

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i guess i should take a look at appdaemon