Mushroom Chip card action - context user

[cedar coral]

Hi, I am triggering an automation from the click event on a mushroom chip card. It seems the context user is null. Is there any other way I can get the user performing the button click?

[sturdy anvil]

You're using the wrong context or accessing it at the wrong time

if you're inside condition or variables before actions are executed, you must use trigger.context. If you are inside an action, you can use context. But it's probably best to always use trigger.context

[cedar coral]

that is exactly what I am using

action: notify.mobile_app_chris_mobile
metadata: {}
data:
title: Checking context user
message: "{{trigger.context.user_id}}"

[sturdy anvil]

What trigger are you using? Or is this just running a script? Some triggers don’t have context

If you’re just in the action section of a script that does not contain triggers, you use the base context object.

[cedar coral]

Yes, i have no trigger set, then just hit it feom the action

[sturdy anvil]

That means there’s no trigger, so you use the context object

[sturdy anvil]

@cedar coral did it work?

[cedar coral]

unfortunately no. When I check the logbook it is showing as null

context:
id: 01J8NFSZDN2P6EX6FX0DNBTJWC
parent_id: 01J8NFSZDMCQGZ0V5Q1T6E8481
user_id: null

[sturdy anvil]

that means there is no user_id

can you post the entire setup you're using?

the fact that it has a parent_id tells me something else is creating the context

[cedar coral]

type: custom:mushroom-chips-card
chips:

• type: template
  entity: switch.kitchen_socket_1_relay_switch
  icon: mdi:cctv
  icon_color: |-
  {{
  'green' if states('switch.kitchen_socket_1_relay_switch') == 'on'
  }}
  content: Living
  tap_action:
  action: perform-action
  perform_action: automation.trigger
  target:
  entity_id: automation.cameras_turning_on
  data:
  skip_condition: false
  hold_action:
  action: none
  double_tap_action:
  action: none

And the automation:
alias: Living Room Camera ON - Request
description: ""
trigger: []
condition: []
action:

• action: notify.mobile_app_chris_mobile
  metadata: {}
  data:
  title: Checking context user
  message: "{{ context.user_id }}"
• if:
  • condition: template
    value_template: ""
    then: []
    enabled: false
• action: notify.mobile_app_chris_mobile
  metadata: {}
  data:
  title: "{{ trigger.entity_id }} is requesting to turn on the cameras"
  message: Test Message
  data:
  actions:
  - action: ALLOW_CAMERAS_ON
  title: Allow
  - action: BLOCK_CAMERAS_ON
  title: Block
• wait_for_trigger:
  • platform: event
    event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
    event_data:
    action: ALLOW_CAMERAS_ON
  • platform: event
    event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
    event_data:
    action: BLOCK_CAMERAS_ON
    timeout:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 1
    seconds: 0
    milliseconds: 0
    continue_on_timeout: false
• if:
  • condition: template
    value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == 'ALLOW_CAMERAS_ON' }}"
    then:
  • action: notify.mobile_app_chris_mobile
    metadata: {}
    data:
    title: "Cameras: Allowed"
    message: cameras will now be turned on
• if:
  • condition: template
    value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.event.data.action == 'BLOCK_CAMERAS_ON' }}"
    then:
  • action: notify.mobile_app_chris_mobile
    metadata: {}
    data:
    title: "Cameras: Blocked"
    message: cameras will NOT be turned on.
    mode: single

the first notify is just a test. What I want is to do a condition based on which user is requesting it

[sturdy anvil]

can you please format this properly?