Add sensor value to curl command

Configuration
1

I am trying to upload my energy consumption data to PVOutput using this command:

curl -d "d=$(date +'%Y%m%d')" -d "t=$(date +'%H:%M')" -d "v3=insert sensor value here" -H "X-Pvoutput-Apikey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -H "X-Pvoutput-SystemId:xxxx" https://pvoutput.org/service/r2/addstatus.jsp

If i substitute a number in the field ‘v3’ the command works but i cant figure out how to put a sensor value in there.

Sorry if the question is dumb but I’m new to all this
Thanks

2

Try shell command:

shell_command:
  publish_sensor_state: >-
    curl -d "d=$(date +'%Y%m%d')" -d "t=$(date +'%H:%M')" -d "v3={{ states('sensor.entity_id_here') }}" -H "X-Pvoutput-Apikey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -H "X-Pvoutput-SystemId:xxxx" https://pvoutput.org/service/r2/addstatus.jsp

You can then use it by calling the service shell_command.publish_sensor_state.

3

If i run the command via the service call i get no feedback and no data gets uploaded,
if i run it in the terminal i get an error stating missing energy values and still no data gets uploaded

4

Is uses a jinja2 template, so you can’t just run the command in the terminal. It needs to be done within a shell_command in Home Assistant.

Maybe shell_command does not like $(). It is not possible to use pipes when using templates in shell_command for example.
Try this:

shell_command:
  publish_sensor_state: >-
    curl -d "d={{ now().strftime('%Y%m%d') }}" -d "t={{ now().strftime('%H:%M') }}" -d "v3={{ states('sensor.entity_id_here') }}" -H "X-Pvoutput-Apikey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -H "X-Pvoutput-SystemId:xxxx" https://pvoutput.org/service/r2/addstatus.jsp