{%- else -%} 2018-07-08 22:24:42 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for input_datetime.set_datetime: Invalid time specified: timestamp.variable.hour_calc for dictionary value @ data[time]. Script with template that uses a entity as variable. An example value. I can parse the string in a specific action, but then it is not available to other actions. But what I have works so I didnt pursue it. It is, but how can I do this templating so it is available throughout my entire script? I also think I saw something about doing this in a more native fashion with one of the recent updates. Thank Taras very much. that sequence encounters an error. Researching now. Seems like you would want it to be restart . See Available-Trigger-Data. tttt August 21, 2019, 5:19am #5 Thank you again for your help! There is no order guarantee. - platform: time Imagine if the script was called like this without supplying an echo variable: - service: script.alexa_tts data: message: "Home Assistant has been started." Location information for the calendar event, if available. WebBoth work like script level variables. Its also possible to create a dict in a jinja template and store that in a variable instead. Its possible the answer is there, Im not disputing that. WebConfiguration variables: id ( Required, ID ): Give the global variable an ID so that you can refer to it later in lambdas. Meaning when your automation is triggered, automation_last_triggered is going to be set from the last time this automation is triggered, not the current time. Possible values: config, ssl, addons, backup, share or media. light.) Within the script, you must convert them from string to the desired type. If the light is on (or after this choose block finishes if it was off) then it will always proceed to the next part (storing the lights brightness and waiting until it is turned off, its brightness changes or the timeout expires). Not only that, because not all my lights support brightness. (See the conditions page for available options and how multiple conditions are handled.) The variables will be able to use templates and have access to the trigger variable. This action can use the same triggers that are available in an automations trigger section. So for lights that dont have brightness I dont specify that parameter to the script, so it will default to 100. Meaning when your automation is triggered, automation_last_triggered is going to be set from the last time this automation is triggered, not the current time. dev These actions allow a script to wait for entities in the system to be in a certain state as specified by a template, or some event to happen as expressed by one or more triggers. There are three ways to control how many times the sequence will be run. (See ?, line ?). Use variables in your script dnikles (Dustin) February 18, 2021, 12:22pm #3 I am struggling with getting the syntax correct. Allright. Believe me, I wish I knew more too. I also saw that the variables section is evaluated before trigger, and its exactly what I need, for this reason: if the light entity was updated by the automation, only them re-enter the automation again (mode: restart) and keep the light on. If you need to periodically re-evaluate the template, reference a sensor from the Time and Date component that will update minutely or daily. Home Assistant. This action allows you to select a sequence of other actions from a list of sequences. It doesnt support an attributes dictionary, but its easy enough to just create a variable for each attribute. Just cooked this up on the flight San Diego - Toronto ;-) Extracts scripts logic into a script helper Scripts now accept variables to be passed in when turned on via service. ~ where }}" So the same automation will actually restart its running script, but more than one script can be run by different automations. instllt Let me know your test results and I can help you fix any additional issues. (The first trigger idx is. The script integration will create an entity for each script and allow them to Yes, I just got the same result in my tests which means my assumption was incorrect. Solution is quite simple, just change the order of delay service and wait_template service like below: Thanks Taras for your strongly support. The URL query parameters of the request (if provided). The choose action can be used like an if/then/elseif/then/else statement. The State object. The sequence is ran for each item in the list, and current item in the in /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/automations.yaml, line 75, column 37, I have tried to understand the value_template and data_template but still no luck Anyone that knows how to store an input: number into another variable. Following is an example of the calling script not waiting. The following automation example shows how to capture the custom event event_light_state_changed with an Event Automation Trigger, and retrieve corresponding entity_id that was passed as the event trigger data, see Available-Trigger-Data for more details. Each step in a parallelized has its own scope. In addition to the Home Assistant template extensions available to scripts, the trigger and this template variables are available. See I am using the custom compenent varaiables caution and only if you need it. I created a script that takes in a variable and an automation that uses it. Variables in Automation - Configuration - Home Assistant Community Variables in Automation Configuration T1ppes November 3, 2021, 9:30am #1 I am trying to create an automation around a IKEA TRADFRI Shortcut Button. Am I correct in understanding that by enumerating echo there, you have essentially created an input argument (as I call it, not sure if my terminology is right) with the name echo? Call from a button or automation This means we can create a button to run the script from the overview page or call the script from an automation. A custom Home Assistant component for declaring and setting generic variable entities dynamically. I already test it and it run already. In this case, all service data will be made available as variables. WebHome Assistant architecture, especially states. Tg till jobb r {{ '' }} What gave you the impression such a concept exists in Home Assistant? The choice of echo simply provides context for its intended purpose but, like you surmised, it could be almost anything, including purplecow. WebScripts - Home Assistant Scripts The script integration allows users to specify a sequence of actions to be executed by Home Assistant. data_template: While it sounds attractive to parallelize, most of the time, just the regular Timedelta object how long state has been to state, if any. Also are you sure you want the mode of this script to be parallel? Community maintained list of different ways to use Home Assistant. Although if you do move again then the script will start running again. You can use these variables in a template. Isnt it pissible to add some kind of tempate to add X per X minutes? I wanted a wrapper script to play local sound files to my Google Home Nest Hub (whatever its called now). When I run the automation, nothing happens. in another parallelized action. false. String representation of the start date or date time of the calendar event e.g. WebPyscript: Python Scripting for Home Assistant. The reason is: if I change the light (turn off / on, adjust brightness) by external means (wall switch, remote, etc) the automation should stop handling the lights until they are turned off. It's not using the variable. - service: script.fastforward: - service: tts.amazon_polly_say The following describes trigger data associated with all platforms. I wonder if the following is possible within HA, because it would make things a lot easier. Please tell me Im understanding this correctly :). These are run when you turn the script on. Automations support templating in the same way as scripts do. Automation: Allow using script sequence syntax for action Alexa: allow script syntax for Yes, but it's kind of cumbersome. WebScripts are a sequence of actions that Home Assistant will execute. Try this: Thank you so much it was my indentation, I didnt notice! Within the script, you must convert them from string to the desired type. This will only be shown in table of options available in the Services tab of the Developer Tools. data: I cant get it to set the variable at all right now and Im not sure why. Community maintained list of different ways to use Home Assistant. 1 Like rogro82/hass-variables/blob/master/examples/counter.yaml Thanks for the tip on the Appdaemon. value: 0 You can however define a new variable based on the other variable. The value may be specified by a template, in which case There is also an error option, to indicate we are stopping because of I see things like this in scripts often, for example in the script below there is the who variable. variable: It unmarked the previous one I had marked. The selector to use for this input. The first conditions/sequence pair is like the if/then, and can be used just by itself. automation: there is no guarantee that they will be completed in the same order. Configuration So if your logic gets to that else it is going to be true 100% of the time. I created a script that takes in a variable and an automation that uses it. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Custom component to declare/set variables, Set variables, custom component variables, https://github.com/rogro82/hass-variables, rogro82/hass-variables/blob/master/examples/counter.yaml, Using Input Select as an Array (Global variables) in Automations. Each script will itself become an entity that can be called from the script service. WebList of Home Assistant directories to bind mount into your container. This can be used to take different actions based on whether or not the condition was met, or to use more than one wait sequentially while implementing a single timeout overall. When the script is executed within an automation the trigger variable is available. I use for my wife and I everyday. Lets say command=play die hard on living room tv. Nesting is fully supported. But somewhere on here theres a script that I found that does exactly that. The sequence will be run as long as the condition(s) evaluate to true. It looks like the problem isn't in the script, but in the automation. This action allows you to fire an event. Controls maximum number of runs executing and/or queued up to run at a time. This HACS custom integration for Home Assistant allows you to write Python functions and scripts that can implement a wide range of automation, logic and triggers. WebScripts - Home Assistant Scripts The script integration allows users to specify a sequence of actions to be executed by Home Assistant. Since it's Python, you can use any variables Python can. Here is what I was suggesting for the final script in full: So all the situations you described with the wait template + condition (not turning it off if you flick the light on and off or change the brightness) should still all work. scene, script or group based on motion, illuminance, sun (+ more conditions) switch script lights blueprint group. Timedelta object how long state has met above/below criteria, if any. Defaults to ro, which you can change by adding :rw to the end of the name. where: bedroom choose instead. The second time through it will skip the choose (since the light is already on) and just begin waiting. If Hello, newb question here, sorry! Or silent may be specified to suppress the message from being emitted. If its a universal HA argument, I cant find any data on it. Possible values: config, ssl, addons, backup, share or media. and optionally supports running other sequence when the condition didnt For example: # Example script integration containing script syntax, # This is written using the Script Syntax, # Set the people variable to a default value, # Try to increment people if Paulus is home, # At this scope and this point of the sequence, people == 0. script: So the automation mode is separate from the script mode. Events can be used for many things. Yes, reserved word was what I was meaning. When the sun goes below the horizon, the porch and garden lights must turn on. For instance, in the below example it is used to create an entry in the logbook. Example: I have a sensor with a value of 50 today tomorrow it is 53 maybe and I want to preserve the 50 and subtract the 50 from the 53 to get the difference. It looks like the problem isn't in the script, but in the automation. A detailed description of the calendar event, if available. Maybe try: Is there a way to only send a notification if the camera is offline? This has narrowed it down some. Use-case: If the light is on (or after this choose block finishes if it was off) then it will always proceed to the next part (storing the lights brightness and waiting until it is turned off, its brightness changes or the timeout expires). When I run the script from the UI (and comment out the turn off light action so no errors happen) the script fires off fine and shows a notification. Not sure you need scripts here; I would think you could just do this directly in the action part of an automation. I hope I properly understood this mechanism. But when I tried to excute automation morning, just volume of speaker was set to 0.3. type ( Required, string): The C++ type of the global variable, for example bool (for true / false ), int (for integers), float (for decimal numbers), int [50] for an array of 50 integers, etc. I would like to use a variable and set it to the value of an input_number, but got stuck. But all script objects share the same mode set in the script. When the script is executed within an automation the trigger variable is available. is run. I already test again with your recommendation, but not succeed. home-assistant-variables The var component is a Home Assistant integration for declaring and setting generic variable entities. The variables action allows you to set/override variables that will be accessible by templates in actions after it. Information about the script field parameters; see the Passing variables to scripts section below. The automation or script will be halted, In my scripts.yml: warnme: mode: single fields: warning: description: The text to send. iteration is available as repeat.item. Only valid with modes queued and parallel. volume: 0.04 Indentation is wrong and yiu dont need the set command. Community maintained list of different ways to use Home Assistant. These are run when you turn the script on. But I face another issue. A brightness value of 0 turns off the light, any value greater than 0 will turn on the light. So I could make the follow modification and it would still work? actions. I now need to set another variable, player_entity to media_player.kitchen_tv, based on having received kitchen tv. The variable this is the state object of the automation at the moment of triggering the actions. environment: dict: A dictionary of environment variables to run the add-on with. The initial value of repeat.index is 1 (not 0). The script is parallel but the automations are restart. See Available-Trigger-Data. A parameter field used by this script. In that case you need to adjust that bit to this: This will then look for the state of the entity passed in to the automation and get its last_updated time then compare it to the automation trigger time. https://github.com/rogro82/hass-variables. Please show an example of what you want to achieve and Im sure well be able to help you. State variables are bound to Python variables and services are callable as Python functions, so its easy and concise to implement logic. The first variant allows you to define variables that will be set when the trigger fires. exemptions list(Optional) List of exemptionobjects. It's not using the variable. This does not work: actions in the else part, you may want to consider using For the benefit of other users, pleas mark my previous post with the Solution tag, as shown in the following image: By doing this, it will automatically place a check-mark next to the topics title which signals to other users that this topic has an accepted solution. You have to use data_template because the variables contain templates. For example, the output of a template is always a string. Delays are useful for temporarily suspending your script and start it at a later moment. I havent tested it yet so it may require additional adjustments. I dont know if youre using variable.hour_calc elsewhere. I want to parse the string into different variables to be used throughout the script. Just cooked this up on the flight San Diego - Toronto ;-) Extracts scripts logic into a script helper Scripts now accept variables to be passed in when turned on via service. You can use these variables in a template. What gave me the impression universal arguments exist? I didnt realize I couldnt mark multiple. If it waits for 2 minutes then it will turn off the light again. environment: dict: A dictionary of environment variables to run the add-on with. I always set the icon and friendly_name via customize.yaml The result is saved in persistent fields. Mark if this field is required. It should be picked up by the automation again only when I turn it off and motion is detected. So the same automation will actually restart its running script, but more than one script can be run by different automations. Is there a way to loop, if I wanted to do this for two or three cameras? Templating is a powerful feature that allows you to control information going into and out of the system. # At this scope, people will now be 1 # but at this scope it will still be 0, # If paulus is home, continue to execute the script below these lines, # Supports milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, # Can be used in combination, at least one required, # Waits however many minutes input_number.minute_delay is set to, # Wait for a custom event or light to turn on and stay on for 10 sec. - snarky-snark/home-assistant-variables It doesnt support an attributes dictionary, but its easy enough to just create a variable for each attribute. By using states[light_entity] its working. State variables are bound to Python variables and services are callable as Python functions, so its easy and concise to implement logic. Probably the easiest way would be to use a variable in this script, and then call it two or three times from another script where it passes the entity_id of each camera for each call. The value of the variable. Yes, but it's kind of cumbersome. I tried: Check configuration passes ok, but reloading the scripts throws this nice error: config for [script]: invalid template (TemplateSyntaxError: expected name or number) for dictionary value @ data[sequence][2][value_template]. attributes: If not, Im sorry. It uses pure Python for the automations, and YAML just for passing static data in to your automations. Thanks for the tip on the Appdaemon. The following automation example shows how to raise a custom event called event_light_state_changed with entity_id as the event data. I have a script sonos_say which I pass a property message to and it reads it back, now I would like to send a template and have it parse it, but it just reads it back as plain text. That said, I'm almost done moving all of my automations off Home Assistant and onto AppDaemon. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. See Available-Trigger-Data. I feel like it should work one of the ways Ive tried but it simply doesnt. Im at a bit of a loss. If the script overlooked to first check if echo is defined, it would fail at the first line of code that attempted to use the value of echo. Im just trying to understand if echo is some universal HA argument, or something he defined. The example above simply calls a script with two variables of the authors choosing. Templates can also be used to pass a value to the variable. So, let me ask you this-- in alexa_tts script, you have the if echo is defined logic. Trying to use template conditional to set variable in script Configuration This can be done in various ways. sequence: Seems like you would want it to be restart. Bit can this be done easier? Youre correct, I thank you for your feedback! When calling a script directly (e.g., script.NAME) the calling script will wait for the called script to finish. The idea is to simply suspend the automation until you manually turn off the light, at which moment the automation will kick in again. The action part could be inside a script or an automation. The script will continue whenever any of the triggers fires. Probably the easiest way would be to use a variable in this script, and then call it two or three times from another script where it passes the entity_id of each camera for each call. WebBoth work like script level variables. Its also possible to create a dict in a jinja template and store that in a variable instead. You can have a script, and say you have a service call within it, you can call a variable/argument that has never really been declared anywhere else and can call it whatever you want. In the end I want to be able to call an action onto that entity name, for example to turn the device on: You can create an other variable that uses the player variable, or use the player variable directly in the service call. - variables: movie: {% set movies = command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] %} doesnt work - variables: movie: { { command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] }} doesnt work. input number I just not get it I cant set a sensor value and store ist there. Any errors that occur in the called scripts that cause them to abort will not affect the calling script. See Script Modes. The second variant is setting variables that are available when attaching a trigger when the trigger can contain templated values. See message: "{{ message }}" In addition, it will place a link below your first post that leads to the Solution post. initial_state: 'on' Youre welcome but you should give the Solution tag to Burningstones post because he answered your original question first. Correcting the template above to a template condition instead. until the condition(s) evaluate to true. I have a pyscript that counts lights that are on,off, unavailable. Imagine if the script was called like this without supplying an echo variable: - service: script.alexa_tts data: message: "Home Assistant has been started." By default, a sequence of actions will be halted when one of the actions in It uses a streamlined template to convert the Folder Sensors file_list attribute to a comma-delimited string. I just today learned about being able to add custom attributes via customize.yaml. An optional default sequence can be included which will be run only if none of the sequences from the list are run. Got {{ ((variable.state | int) = (input_number.start_hour | int)) }}, value_template: "{{ states('input_number.start_hour') | int }}", value_template: {{ states(input_number.start_hour) | int }}. Its also possible to create a dict in a jinja template and store that in a variable instead. I think youre close, but you have some YAML formatting issues. It doesnt pupulate the attribute part. Youre saying its working which is good but have you tested all the cases you have? A custom Home Assistant component for declaring and setting generic variable entities dynamically. variable: test_counter Script with template that uses a entity as variable? Variables created/modified in one parallelized action are not available 1 Like In addition to the Home Assistant template extensions available to scripts, the trigger and this template variables are available. It's not using the variable. A script in Home Assistant is fundamentally a series of events that occurs sequentially. A custom Home Assistant component for declaring and setting generic variable entities dynamically. These are run when you turn the script on. If you use non-deterministic functions like now() in the template it will not be continuously re-evaluated, but only when an entity ID that is referenced is changed. Note that this will not change while executing the actions. This statement is not correct: as_timestamp(states.light. Call from a button or automation This means we can create a button to run the script from the overview page or call the script from an automation. - variables: movie: {% set movies = command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] %} doesnt work - variables: movie: { { command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] }} doesnt work. using entities of type input_boolean etc. See Automation Trigger. I think the way you want to do that is just by changing this first bit here: So what will happen is this will turn on the light to the specified brightness only if it is off (then a small delay so the state is updated). Index of the trigger. text string(Optional) Text to present in the confirmation dialog. # Trigger when someone leaves one of those lights on for 10 minutes. Have you tried to delete the icon attribute? The stop action takes a text as input explaining the reason for halting the # This action will not run, as it is disabled. Scripts are available as an entity through the standalone Script component but can also be embedded in automations and Alexa/Amazon Echo configurations. I feel like I need more experience with yaml for the documentation to be much help. If Im wrong about that, then we will have to subtract 1 from repeat.index when referencing the file list. Within the script, you must convert them from string to the desired type. The same is for example my sonos message: 'Good morning, its I use lutron lights and the lutron integration represents my lights with no dimming options as switches in HA rather then lights so I have no experience with non-dimmable light entities. If you all are still having trouble with that variable component, you might want to check mine out to see if it suits your needs. In this use-case the light should not be turned off by the automation because I adjusted it externally. pass (else). If it doesnt exist it can take a remedial action, perhaps assign a default value to echo. What this is doing is its looking for an entity literally called light_entity and getting its last_updated time. The other note you make is actually intentional.