Automation entity_id fetch with loop

Configuration
1

Hello,

i hade a question about action.
this is my yaml code:

`action:

  • service: cover.open_cover
    entity_id: >
    {% for device in states -%}
    {%- if Cover.lower() in device.entity_id -%}
    {{ device.entity_id }}
    {%- endif -%}
    {%- endfor -%}`

this raises an error.
does anyone how to handle this.

thx

2

What error are you getting? I’d start with that “if” code. What’s the value of Cover on each pass? It’s likely undefined for most passes.

3

i modified the code like this:

OpenCoverIntent:
  action:
    - service: cover.open_cover
      data_template:
        entity_id: >
          {% for device in states -%}
            {%- if Cover.lower() in device.entity_id -%}
              {{ device.entity_id }},
            {%- endif -%}
          {%- endfor -%}

i got his error:
ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for cover.open_cover: Entity ID is an invalid entity id for dictionary value @ data[‘entity_id’]. Got ‘cover.bad_gross_io0203519077805265811,cover.bad_klein_io0203519077809104199,’

4

Seems like I saw someone run into this in another thread. Generating a list of entity_id’s wasn’t working. It’s like HA sees it as one string instead of a list. Not sure how to create a list in Jinja (templates), but casting as a list might take care of that.

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5

I fixed.
i wrote an python script which does this :wink: