Group notification (multiple phones) | Home Assistant | Page 1

storm imp Sep 24, 2024, 3:53 PM

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Can someone please post an updated YAML code for setting up a notify group of two phones? I am confused at the documentation and I understand the WebUI Helper group code isn't updated for mobile apps yet.

2024-09-24 09:52:43.586 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for 'notify' from integration 'group' at configuration.yaml, line 137: invalid slug device_tracker.iphone_firstname (try device_tracker_iphone_firstname) for dictionary value 'services->0->action', got 'device_tracker.iphone_firstname', please check the docs at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/group

golden wraith Sep 24, 2024, 3:55 PM

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it's telling you that you've specified the entire entity_id rather than just the object_id (the part after the dot):
device_tracker.iphone_firstname

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you also can't send a notification to a device_tracker

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you send it to the notify service for the mobile phone, and you just provide the part after the dot

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this shows an example of how to create a notify group: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/sending-notifications-to-a-group/443343/14

storm imp Sep 24, 2024, 4:25 PM

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Thank you! Oh I see why it wasn't working. It needs to be all lowercase in YAML. If my mobile device is named iPhone Firstname, how would I make it work? I tried putting double quotes around it to no avail.

mobile_app_iphone_firstname did not work

mobile_app_iphone firstname did not work

"mobile_app_iphone firstname" did not work

golden wraith Sep 24, 2024, 4:27 PM

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Go into devtools -> Actions and start typing notify. to see what it's called

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First one should be correct, so 'did not work' needs explanation

storm imp Sep 24, 2024, 4:28 PM

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Let me see if there are any errors. It just didn't come in on my device (the one with the space in its name.)

golden wraith Sep 24, 2024, 4:29 PM

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Don't put spaces in the name

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That's why I said the first one

storm imp Sep 24, 2024, 4:30 PM

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Got it. It worked now! I think I needed to restart home assistant not just reload config for some reason

golden wraith Sep 24, 2024, 4:30 PM

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If it's your first one, yes

storm imp Sep 24, 2024, 4:30 PM

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Thank you very much! Hopefully the WebUI helper will be updated with mobile app support soon enough. So we can ditch the manual typing

golden wraith Sep 24, 2024, 4:33 PM

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Yeah, I don't know what's going on with that. Seems like it should work

#Group notification (multiple phones)