Adhan automation (أذان التلقائي) using Home Assistant and Google Home Mini

s3.leo · December 30, 2020, 3:11pm

zeeshany:

Thanks for your quick response.

Yes, I already have alexa media player installed through HACS.

What I’m having difficulty is 1) automation.yaml indentation of your config 2) understanding of how
media_content_type: SPOTIFY and media_content_id: Azan Makkah 3 would make alexa ecoh play Adhan?

below I’ve pasted the code but its having issue with last 5 lines indentation.

please can you help?

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- id: '1578755762336'
  alias: Azan notifying
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.fajr_prayer”),"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.dhuhr_prayer”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.asr_prayer”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.maghrib_prayer”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.isha_prayer”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”))}}'
  condition: []
  action:
   service: media_player.play_media
   data:
    media_content_type: SPOTIFY
    media_content_id: Azan Makah 3
    entity_id: media_player.master_room_echo_dot
 data:
 message: حان وقت الآذان
 title: ({{ now().strftime("%H:%M")}})
 service: notify.all_devices
mode: single

As you know there are two ways to creat automation , one will be either from yamil and the other will be throw the configuration > automations > Add automation
Am sure 2nd method will fix the induction issue

s3.leo · December 30, 2020, 3:27pm

Service
Data
(Space)media_content_type
(Space)media_contect_id
entity_id
Data
(Space)message
(Space)title
Service

Hopefully it’s clear , explaining in forums are new to me , wish I could add a photo

zeeshany · December 30, 2020, 3:31pm

Thanks no worries.

So, now i’m able to play content on desired ecoh dot by executing the automation… however its not the Azan Makah, its most of the time random surah like Surah al kursi etc… I’ve tried copying link of azan makah 3 (Azan Makah 3 - song and lyrics by Sheikh Ali Bin Ahmad Al Mulla | Spotify) and put it in place of meida_content_id but Alexa says can’t find that.

I’m nearly there… i hope can solve this tonight…

zeeshany · December 31, 2020, 8:41am

Hello All,

I’m almost giving up trying to play azan on echo dot, no matter what i’ve tried media_player.play_media plays just random surahs from spotify

Anyone here can please guide?

s3.leo · December 31, 2020, 9:14am

I had the same issue at start , so I recommend keep the name exactly (( Azan Makah 3 ))

On more thing I would like to ask you to check the following

s3.leo · December 31, 2020, 9:15am

You also can do a test to use it the automation

s3.leo · December 31, 2020, 9:17am

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zeeshany · December 31, 2020, 12:04pm

Thanks brother for the references.

Do I need to have a paid spotify subscription for this to work? as i see your spotify UI has previous/play/next button. Could this be the reason for me its playing random surahs and not the Azan Makah 3?

Thanks,
regards

s3.leo · December 31, 2020, 2:47pm

Yes it’s paid , can you add your own athan to Spotify library?
I did the same with my HomePod

anismtl · January 3, 2021, 5:53pm

Hi Brother,
which is the best calculation_method, For Canada ,Montreal.

Thanks

s3.leo · January 3, 2021, 8:11pm

University of Islamic Sciences in Karachi
Islamic Society of North America
Muslim World League
Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah

The calculation method used for prayer times. Must be one of: karachi , isna , mwl , makkah .

s3.leo · January 3, 2021, 8:13pm

123:

If anyone is interested in simplifying their Azan automation’s trigger, you can take advantage of an enhancement introduced in version 0.118.

It’s now possible to create a Time Trigger using a timestamp sensor . What that means is you can replace all of this:

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  trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.time_date"), "%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d")) == as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.fajr_prayer"),"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.time_date"), "%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d")) == as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.dhuhr_prayer"), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.time_date"), "%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d")) == as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.asr_prayer"), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.time_date"), "%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d")) == as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.maghrib_prayer"), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))}}'
  - platform: template
    value_template: '{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.time_date"), "%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d")) == as_timestamp(strptime(states("sensor.isha_prayer"), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))}}'

with this:

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  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: 
    - sensor.fajr_prayer
    - sensor.dhuhr_prayer
    - sensor.asr_prayer
    - sensor.maghrib_prayer
    - sensor.isha_prayer

That’s very great , I’ll test it now

sham · January 4, 2021, 10:07am

Assalamualaikum Wa RahmatullAh
I have also managed to get this automation working, may Allah bless and reward each and every one of you for your efforts.

I have a quick question, I have the automation working with Alexa media player integration as suggested. I cannot get it to play on multiple echo devices at the same time. I have tried adding multiple ‘media_player’ entities as a list as well as comma separated entities but it just plays on the last item on the list.

Does anyone have this working?

jzk

sham · January 4, 2021, 8:21pm

In case anyone else has the same issue I had, i managed to get it working by adding ‘in everywhere’ after the name of the adhan track. ‘Everywhere’ being the group name of multi-room music group i had set in the Alexa app.

zeeshany · January 7, 2021, 5:13pm

Asalam o alikum,

So it was indeed the paid subscription issue i signed up for spotify premium now the automation works and plays on my ecodot… jazakAllah for all your help

now to figure how to play in 4 ecodots

zeeshany · January 7, 2021, 7:03pm

Thanks Shamim, tried this and worked for me too

muaawiyahdadabhay · January 11, 2021, 12:50pm

اسلم عليكم ورحمة الله

جزاك الله brother for the work and effort ,

However is it possible to create a UI interface to show the namaz times?

s3.leo · January 11, 2021, 2:50pm

This my UI , hopefully will be helpful

type: glance
entities:

entity: sensor.fajr_prayer
format: time
name: الفجر
entity: sensor.dhuhr_prayer
format: time
name: الظهر
entity: sensor.asr_prayer
format: time
name: العصر
entity: sensor.maghrib_prayer
format: time
name: المغرب
entity: sensor.isha_prayer
format: time
name: العشاء
state_color: false

muaawiyahdadabhay · January 11, 2021, 3:06pm

I receive this error

s3.leo · January 11, 2021, 3:19pm

Try this please