Automation, flash light - doorbel ring (if-else?)

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Hello,

I am trying to create the following automation:
When someone rings my doorbell (I have a Ring configured as binary sensor), I want my frontdoor light to flash a few times in blue. If it is night, the frontdoor light has to go back normal (white). If it is daytime, the light has to go back off.

The frontdoor light turns on (white) when the sun goes down. And turns off when the sun comes up.

So I looked if there was a possibility for if-else (IF sun is up turn light off after flash, ELSE stay turned on and change color back to white). But can’t find out how to fix it.

Is there a way to fix it (with or without if-else).

Thanks!

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The easiest way might be to use my light_store python script. The idea is, when the automation wants to flash the light, it first uses the script to save the current state of the light. Then it flashes the light however it wants. Then the last step would be to call the script again, but this time to restore the state of the light back to what it was before it was flashed. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Thanks for the reply! I have no idea how to use that python script haha, I am a bit of a noob.

But I think I found a way to fix it. I have created two automations (one for day, and one for night). And handled it with conditions. It works at daytime, now I only have to try if it works at night.

- id: '1543590779207'
  alias: Aanbellen Avond
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.ring_veurdeur_ding
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
    
  condition:
    condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: sun
        after: sunset
      - condition: sun
        before: sunrise    
    
  action:
  - data:
      brightness: 250
      color_name: blue
      entity_id: light.frontdoor
      flash: short
    service: light.turn_on
  - alias: ''
    data:
      brightness: 250
      color_name: blue
      entity_id: light.frontdoor
      flash: short
    service: light.turn_on
  - data:
      brightness: 250
      color_name: blue
      entity_id: light.frontdoor
      flash: short
    service: light.turn_on
  - data:
      entity_id: light.frontdoor
      brightness: 250
      color_name: white
      entity_id: light.frontdoor      
    service: light.turn_on