I wish HA would provide a way for temporary variables inside an automation that would persist across the actions. The result is saved in persistent fields. Is there a way to loop the message logic, or is that not really what YAML is for, and I should move to calling a python script? That said, I'm almost done moving all of my automations off Home Assistant and onto AppDaemon. In case I wasnt clear, I was suggesting leave all this, just replace the first few steps of your script with my choose block. Home Assistant doesn't have variables. I was just investigating the reason its not working properly Possible values: config, ssl, addons, backup, share or media. To do so, add enabled: false to the action. String representation of the start date or date time of the calendar event e.g. The first conditions/sequence pair is like the if/then, and can be used just by itself. { { warning }} target: - 'channelid' service: notify.discord Solution is quite simple, just change the order of delay service and wait_template service like below: Thanks Taras for your strongly support. Although Im curious, do your lights which dont support dimming allow you to specify a brightness_pct in the the light.turn_on service call and have a brightness attribute? I wanted a wrapper script to play local sound files to my Google Home Nest Hub (whatever its called now). This has narrowed it down some. home assistant really fights me on this one. Yes there is, different lights are controlled by different sensors. You can assign whatever name you want to a variable but I would steer clear of using words that have special meaning for Jinja2 (like function names, if, else, in, for, etc) to avoid ambiguity. Please tell me Im understanding this correctly :). can be used to run the actions in the sequence in parallel, meaning all For those cases, the parallel action See Available-Trigger-Data. What are you referring to when you say secret script variables/inputs? Do you see anything wrong in the automation? 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. When a condition does not return true, the script will stop executing. using entities of type input_boolean etc. Use variables in your script dnikles (Dustin) February 18, 2021, 12:22pm #3 I am struggling with getting the syntax correct. Script names (e.g., message_temperature in the example above) are not allowed to contain capital letters, or dash (minus) characters, i.e., -. I have a pyscript that counts lights that are on,off, unavailable. So, let me ask you this-- in alexa_tts script, you have the if echo is defined logic. When calling a script (or multiple scripts) via the script.turn_on service the calling script does not wait. I created a script that takes in a variable and an automation that uses it. Ive used very similar triggers and conditions before, so I think Im doing something wrong in the syntax to set the variable. 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. Then, by writing that into your script, you have essentially created argument that can be passed when calling the variable. The template variable this is also available when evaluating any trigger_variables declared in the configuration. State objects also contain context data which can be used to identify the user that caused a script or automation to execute. In addition to the Home Assistant template extensions available to scripts, the trigger and this template variables are available. Is there a way to loop, if I wanted to do this for two or three cameras? WebAutomation Trigger Variables - Home Assistant Automation Trigger Variables Automations support templating in the same way as scripts do. See Script Modes. For more information, refer to Passing variables to scripts. In pyscript, you can create persistent variables. Yes, they support calling with that attribute and they simply ignore it. I only used notify so I can see if it is parsing appropriately. turn on a light (when motion is detected); wait a few minutes based on a datetime input; as_timestamp(states.light. tttt August 21, 2019, 5:19am #5 Thank you again for your help! Im at a bit of a loss. Lets say command=play die hard on living room tv. 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. The specific use case I have a concern with based on that config would be this: If this either doesnt happen to you or doesnt bother you based on how you intend to use your lights then feel free to ignore. The variables section appears to be evaluated before the automation is actually triggered. But what I have works so I didnt pursue it. That basically looks like this (also sending the entity_id as well): The following describes trigger data associated with all platforms. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. For example: More choose can be used together. So for lights that dont have brightness I dont specify that parameter to the script, so it will default to 100. 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). an unexpected error. I wish HA would provide a way for temporary variables inside an automation that would persist across the actions. action: The actions will be started in parallel, but For example, argument1. The following example will turn a list of lights: Other types are accepted as list items, for example, each item can be a Possible values: config, ssl, addons, backup, share or media. Have you tried to delete the icon attribute? It uses a streamlined template to convert the Folder Sensors file_list attribute to a comma-delimited string. It stops the sequence as well, but marks the automation I have finally a working solution which employs turning off the automation altogether while its not supposed to handle the light. Delays are useful for temporarily suspending your script and start it at a later moment. - platform: time Then in your script you could pull the name of the automation from the attributes of the light_entity. 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. Following is an example of the calling script not waiting. A brightness value of 0 turns off the light, any value greater than 0 will turn on the light. When I run the automation, nothing happens. DateTime object that triggered the time trigger. Is that what echo is in the above user script, or is it something he created for his own purposes? 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]. # Do some things at the same time as the first script Start a new run after first stopping previous run. message: 'Good morning, its frsenat med I also think I saw something about doing this in a more native fashion with one of the recent updates. Researching now. This action allows you to select a sequence of other actions from a list of sequences. This action allows you to fire an event. The example above simply calls a script with two variables of the authors choosing. Automations support templating in the same way as scripts do. # Perform some other steps here while second script runs # Now wait for called script to complete. Or silent may be specified to suppress the message from being emitted. (See ?, line ?). When the script is executed within an automation the trigger variable is available. I feel like it should work one of the ways Ive tried but it simply doesnt. You would have to create a helper (input_number or input_text), then store the value in there before you switch the light (using input_text.set_value), then retrieve it after. When max is exceeded (which is effectively 1 for single mode) a log message will be emitted to indicate this has happened. When the sun goes below the horizon, the porch and garden lights must turn on. It's not using the variable. The preferred way to separate words for better readability is to use underscore (_) characters. 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. It is used for: Formatting outgoing messages in, for example, the notify platforms and Alexa component. the actions are started at the same time. 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. I use these fields at several places in the ui. It contains the following fields: This action allow you to conditionally (if) run a sequence of actions (then) I think youre close, but you have some YAML formatting issues. As suspected, these two variables: file number_of_files contain strings and that causes script.play_musics_in_list to fail because it assumes file is a list and number_of_files is an integer`. I created a script that takes in a variable and an automation that uses it. But I dont want you to fix something which isnt broken so keep it if its working for you. input number I just not get it I cant set a sensor value and store ist there. By the way, I already test again with your recommendation, but not succeed. Got it, thanks! 1 Like Within the script, you must convert them from string to the desired type. If I want the sonos to start playing at volume 0.02 @ 6.10 and get 0.01 louder every 5 minutes, I now have to add a wait / etc. https://github.com/rogro82/hass-variables. Please note: In order for this description to be displayed in the Services tab of the Developer Tools, the script description must be defined as well. It looks like the problem isn't in the script, but in the automation. Thanks for the tip on the Appdaemon. Notice the light turns off after the timeout has passed since you entered the room despite you moving around since the first instance of the script has now finished. The initial value of repeat.index is 1 (not 0). How do people know about these secret script variables/inputs? See also script variables for how to define variables accessible in the entire script. You can also get the script to abort after the timeout by using optional continue_on_timeout: false. The script is called by more than one automation for handling different lights. So if your logic gets to that else it is going to be true 100% of the time. initial_state: 'on' - variables: movie: {% set movies = command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] %} doesnt work - variables: movie: { { command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] }} doesnt work. This text will be logged and shows up in the automations and The script will continue whenever any of the triggers fires. on each other and order doesnt matter. 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. Any errors that occur in the called scripts that cause them to abort will not affect the calling script. I hope I properly understood this mechanism. If the light entity was modified outside the automation, leave it as it is. The variables will be able to use templates and have access to the trigger variable. # 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. The basics are already working (i.e. {{ light_entity }}.last_updated) %}. Scripts are available as an entity through the standalone Script component but can also be embedded in automations and Alexa/Amazon Echo configurations. exemptions list(Optional) List of exemptionobjects. For all the different possibilities, have a look at the service calls page. Im just suggesting a simpler initial part, comparing the last_updated time to the last_triggered time seems like unnecessary complexity (and as you pointed out, isnt working). This has narrowed it down some. I suppose one way to do it would be to call another script and send it data player_entity: media_player.kitchen_tv and separate it out into another script. The output of file is string, but in script Im using it as a list. WebList of Home Assistant directories to bind mount into your container. Did you ever solve this ? As part of the service, variables can be passed along to a script so they become available within templates in that script. It will turn on the lamp then begin to wait two minutes. Youre mixing up language directives (the reserved words or HA YAML arguments you described) with variable names. I can save it directly in the scripts.yaml, but then if I check config, it says theres an error on that line. Not only that, because not all my lights support brightness. Im very fresh in this area, so could you please help to explain for me why we have to use data_template instead of data in this case. Just wanted to check on that. Seems like you would want it to be restart. I would like to use a variable and set it to the value of an input_number, but got stuck. I dont know if youre using variable.hour_calc elsewhere. It doesnt throw any errors in the logs. Passing variables to scripts. The State object. Thank, this is a helpful example. Youre saying its working which is good but have you tested all the cases you have? However, what is being passed via the file variable is assumed to be a list (because the script treats it that way with {{file[repeat.index]}}. The sequence of actions is specified using the Home Assistant Script Syntax. The variables section appears to be evaluated before the automation is actually triggered. But if you have an action that launches a script, that runs separately with its own run mode. I think this topic is outdated. Home Assistant doesn't have variables. 2018-07-07 14:00:58 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for variable.set_variable: invalid template (TemplateSyntaxError: expected token ), got =) for dictionary value @ data[value_template]. Although if you do move again then the script will start running again. Everything explained in this topic can be found in the documentation. To pass variables to the script with this service, call it with the desired variables: The other way is calling the script as a service directly. how to set a variable as the value of itself multiplied with 3600, There are examples on github Let me know your test results and I can help you fix any additional issues. WebBoth work like script level variables. For example: This form accepts a list of conditions that are evaluated after each time the sequence WebList of Home Assistant directories to bind mount into your container. This has narrowed it down some. where: bedroom home-assistant-variables The var component is a Home Assistant integration for declaring and setting generic variable entities. Heres what I suggest for the automation. WebPyscript: Python Scripting for Home Assistant. Inherites template variables from event or state template based on the type of trigger selected for the device. # This action will not run, as it is disabled. I hope this reply is in the right topic. Hello, newb question here, sorry! So I could make the follow modification and it would still work? Since I banged around for far too long on this, I thought Id share my final code. Because, as I mentioned, I suspect there are other problems and Im currently trying to reproduce your scripts on my system to identify them. There are many different conditions which are documented at the conditions page. caution and only if you need it. A lists items are indexed starting with zero. The variable this is the state object of the automation at the moment of triggering the actions. If its a universal HA argument, I cant find any data on it. I have spoken too soon and only did a few number of tests which did not reveal all issues. title: "Tg till jobb" This form accepts a count value. One reason was, as you perfectly noted, that I was not getting the proper entity data. You can however define a new variable based on the other variable. 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. choose instead. See Available-Trigger-Data. A parameter field used by this script. The script integration will create an entity for each script and allow them to exemptions list(Optional) List of exemptionobjects. I hope I properly understood this mechanism. Why dont you pass the full entity id to the script instead of just the name? Why use Scripts? I need your guys help setting up a script which takes an entity variable and uses that variable inside a template condition too. 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. icon: appears as an attribute but the actual icon doesnt change. dev All sub-options are only used for creating a representation of this script in the UI. So if Im understanding correctly the reason that conditional exists is really just to make sure you dont automatically change the brightness of the light if someone has manually adjusted it, right? The automation or script will be halted, The State object. The most important one is the action to call a service. 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. 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. A reserved word like data is set in stone whereas a variables name is whatever you choose it to be. But in this guidline: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/script/, for how to passing variables to script, we just use data in automation. tttt August 21, 2019, 5:19am #5 Thank you again for your help! See Available-Trigger-Data. Automation: Add a trigger variable that is available to templates when processing action part. Yes, but it's kind of cumbersome. I dont think the configuration reloads that frequently though or would even see the change. When the script is executed within an automation the trigger variable is available. The Scripts system was introduced in Home Assistant 0.7, and it's used by. Therefore the condition template must revert to the original test which was less than or equal to. WebConfiguration Variables Looking for your configuration file? If it waits for 2 minutes then it will turn off the light again. Each script will itself become an entity that can be called from the script service. It unmarked the previous one I had marked. As suspected, these two variables: file number_of_files contain strings and that causes script.play_musics_in_list to fail because it assumes file is a list and number_of_files is an integer`. Follow up question: is there a way to change the value of a variable in an action and have that change reflected in other actions? I now need to set another variable, player_entity to media_player.kitchen_tv, based on having received kitchen tv. It doesnt support an attributes dictionary, but its easy enough to just create a variable for each attribute. The other note you make is actually intentional. WebHome Assistant architecture, especially states. Python would be easier for me but wasn't aware of the Appdaemon piece. actions in the else part, you may want to consider using 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. Yeah, I understand that. This means that if a variable is changed in a nested sequence block, that change will not be visible in an outer sequence block. Because your first conditional has an issue, specifically this bit: This is always 0. 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