Man, how can I buy you coffee (rather a jar of itā¦)? Thatās a great tool for tinkers! I struggled a little at first due to lack of error handling but F12 works 
The link you provided for coffee delivery ends up with 404 html error. And a coffeeās getting coldā¦
Hi, still kind of new to this, but Iām having an issue trying to use a variable as a threshold in Apex charts. Below my code, but I keep getting the following error below. Not sure why it keeps thinking that the MIN and LIMIT variable are not a number. Any help is much appreciated.
type: custom:config-template-card
variables:
MIN: states['sensor.tibber_lowest_energy_price_today'].state
LIMIT: states['sensor.electricity_price_limit_1'].state
entities:
- sensor.tibber_lowest_energy_price_today
- sensor.electricity_price_limit_1
- sensor.electricity_price_limit_2
- sensor.electricity_price_limit_3
- sensor.tibber_highest_energy_price_today
card:
type: custom:apexcharts-card
update_interval: 5m
graph_span: 2d
span:
start: day
now:
show: true
label: Now
header:
show: true
title: Stroomprijs vandaag (ā¬/kWh)
experimental:
color_threshold: true
series:
- entity: sensor.tibber_average_electricity_price_today
stroke_width: 2
float_precision: 3
type: column
opacity: 1
color_threshold:
- value: LIMIT
color: green
- value: 0.1
color: green
- value: 0.2
color: green
- value: 0.25
color: orange
- value: 0.3
color: red
- value: 1
color: red
data_generator: |
return entity.attributes.prices.map((record, index) => {
return [record.time, record.price];
});
yaxis:
- id: Prijs
decimals: 3
value: '${LIMIT}
or
value: '${parseFloat(LIMIT)}
Thank you very much! Still trying to get my head around this.
value: '${parseFloat(LIMIT)}'
This did the trick
Hi,
Is there any way to consult on this solution outside of the main forum?
Iām sorry for asking this, but I miss some background information here.
I tried to create such an iframe card, but did not succeed.
Earlier I successfully used iframe card to play video from YouTube in Lovelace card, but I would prefer everything to be able to run offline, therefore Iām looking for a solution for playing local video file in a Lovelace card.
Obviously, Home Assistant does not focus on this functionality at all. And I still did not find good reliable working solution.
The solution you proposed here looks simple, but did not work for me, therefore I would like to understand what I miss.
Iām traveling now on vacation and can spare a minute to give some help. It would be helpful for me or anyone else watching this thread to see your latest code posted. Maybe the problem is the iFrame link to your video file isnāt using https if your HA is set up for SSL.
You might also consider looking into using the custom Gallery Card or the Frigate card.
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Hi everyone.
I have this markdown card showing just fine:
- type: custom:config-template-card
card:
type: markdown
content: >
Hello, somebody
How exactly can I use custom:config-template-card to show the logged in user name instead of that āsomebodyā? Iāve tried a million things and nothing seems to workā¦
Can I just reference ${ user } directly in the content? Or do I need to add it entities first? Or to variables? Or both?
- type: custom:config-template-card
variables:
- THEUSER: user.name
entities:
- user.name
card:
type: markdown
content: >
Hello, ${THEUSER}
that doesnāt work, nothing shows, not even an error.
Any ideas? Any logs I can check to learn more? Thanks!
In general, there are ZERO reasons to place markdown inside CTC.
Markdown itself supports jinja.
Just make a jinja template with
{{ user }}
Thanks for your quick reply. Itās just an example! I am just trying to figure out how to use config-template-card. I will use it for many other things, but I am having trouble getting started.
[Any way, I do have some challenges with my current Jinja inside a markdown card. It doesnāt always work, sometimes it seems to have trouble reading sensor values, or even user names. Itās like sometimes the card canāt find the information, other times it can. But thatās for another thread]
Can you help me get a working card showing the user name, from inside config-template-card? Thanks
type: custom:config-template-card
entities:
- sun.sun
card:
type: entities
title: ${"Hello, " + user.name}
entities:
- sun.sun
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Okā¦ but just so I understand what is going onā¦
What is different about your example? Why wouldnāt the same work for the markdown card?
I was thinking that config-template-card would simplyā¦
- get the config for the child card and do a bunch of expression evaluations
- pass that evaluated config into the child card, whatever card it was
But that doesnāt seem to be the case, or is it?
The docs try to teach by example, but I would prefer to have a generic statement of what it does, and how each piece fits the totalā¦
type: custom:config-template-card
entities:
- sun.sun
card:
type: markdown
content: ${"Hello, " + user.name}
I intentionally did not provide an example with markdown since this might teach beginners in a wrong way - markdown does NOT need to be placed inside CTC since it supports jinja itself.
Yes, CTC:
- Listening to āmonitoredā entities (btw the āentitiesā option is mandatory).
- On every change of any of these entities (state or attributes):
- recalculates variables defined in āvariablesā section;
- recalculates variables in an inner cardās code (if they present);
- redraws the whole inner card (which might be not good in some cases).
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So another example. This works:
type: custom:circular-timer-card
entity: timer.30m_timer
bins: 30
layout: minimal
color_state: true
Shouldnāt this work?
- type: custom:config-template-card
entities:
- timer.30m_timer
card:
type: custom:circular-timer-card
entity: "timer.${15*2}m_timer"
bins: 30
layout: minimal
color_state: true
It doesnātā¦
This one is a more real example where I am actually trying to achieve something. I want to have separate timers per user. So if I can get that example working with the evaluated expression, my plan is to move on to creating more timers and referencing them as timer.30m_timer_${user.name}
Thank you for your patient explanations. They are really helpful.
You (currently) cannot place templates INSIDE a string, the whole string must be a template.
Try
entity: >-
${ 'timer.' + 15*2 + 'm_timer' }
Thank you, that is the bit I was missing, and it was really confusing all my experiments! Now it works, yay 
I will try to update the docs of this card on GitHub in the coming days.
I am new to this card, But desperately want to get it going. Just to start with the below template expression is not getting evaluated.
type: custom:config-template-card
variables:
Message: Test Message
entities:
- input_text.tp_link_controller_clients_json
card:
type: button
show_name: true
show_icon: true
entity: input_text.tp_link_controller_clients_json
name: ${'text_'+'User' }
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.omada_command_execute
service_data:
command: aaa
Iāve noticed an error in the logs, is this an issue/will it be an issue in the future? Or should we just ignore it?
The main 'lit-element' module entrypoint is deprecated.
Please update your imports to use the 'lit' package: 'lit' and
'lit/decorators.ts' or import from 'lit-element/lit-element.ts'.
See https://lit.dev/msg/deprecated-import-path for more information.
This is a very old issue. So far the CTC card still works even with these warnings.
Hello,
I have something more complex. Iām trying to generate a list of cards dynamically using CTC. I know, itās a little bit extreme but just trying to find the limits.
Hereās an example (just proof of concept):
type: custom:config-template-card
variables:
get_card: |
x => {
let entities = [];
entities.push("sensor.kitchen_temp");
let card = {
"type": "entities",
"entities": entities
};
return card;
}
card: ${ get_card(0) }
Yeah, crazy. And not working 
Iām creating an json object in js with right properties but the error message says: No card type defined I may even format the json object in an invalid way - the message stays the same.
Did you happen to see o think about something so dynamic?