Yep I put OK or the retrieval datetime | Home Assistant | Page 1

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 3:59 PM

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I am actively trying to do this with this output and I can NOT get it to play nicely.

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Can you take a look at the pastebin I posted a few lines up?

neon topaz Jul 2, 2023, 4:10 PM

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If you set the attribute to just value_json do you get anything back or just the invalid json? I wonder if the command is perhaps adding something around the json may be file encoding characters or something similar.

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 4:11 PM

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No, I don't get anything with value_json

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The command appears fine. Every now and again I can change something around to get an output that HA says isn't valid

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But shows up as JSON in the error

neon topaz Jul 2, 2023, 4:15 PM

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I might be tempted to write a test script to use the json directly from a file on the HA server. That way you can play around with a simple json first, then add in the [] wrapper which yours has and see if HA is un happy with that. Once you have that working you can build up to the other. I mostly use json with the rest sensor and mqtt so have not needed to use command line.

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 4:16 PM

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I normally dont have a wrapper

neon topaz Jul 2, 2023, 4:16 PM

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I did get stuck with an odd one, but ended up writing a small php script on one of my servers to pull the data and clean it up for HA

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 4:16 PM

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But the majority of the command line sensors that grab json data don't have multiple dicts

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I was thinking about doing that a moment ago but I figured JQ should be able to do that for me

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Wrap it all in a dict with a key at the front like {items:[]}

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But... can't find a simple solution for that either

neon topaz Jul 2, 2023, 4:18 PM

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I would be tempted to see if JQ can split out one dict or write a bash script to grab the data, tweak it and then return that to HA.

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The doc https://www.baeldung.com/linux/jq-command-json suggest you can pull out specifc sections

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So if you have 3 entries just use 3 sensors one for each.

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 4:19 PM

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I don't, it gets more complicated than that

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I have to individually pull lat/long and then write automations to convert that data in a device tracker after the fact

neon topaz Jul 2, 2023, 4:23 PM

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If you only want the lat/long. JQ looks like it can pull that data directly out of the received json, then you can might be able to use a template sensor of the device tracker?

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I would certainly look at using a script to extract and reformat what you need from the json and then pass that in perhaps even via MQTT. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/device_tracker.mqtt/

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 4:24 PM

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I might

neon topaz Jul 2, 2023, 4:26 PM

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I assume you have seen this one https://community.home-assistant.io/t/apple-airtag/557862/4

unborn plinth Jul 2, 2023, 4:32 PM

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Hmm no, I hadn't seen that

#Yep I put OK or the retrieval datetime