Bitcoin to google say issue

Configuration
1

I am trying to cast the bitcoin price to my google home device group if it is above a certain value at a particular time in the day. The automation is not respecting the bitcoin price, and not stating the actual value of the bitcoin. What am I doing wrong? I am fairly new to hass

configuration.yaml

sensor:
  - platform: bitcoin
    display_options:
      - exchangerate

automations.yaml

- alias: 'Bitcoin value exceeds 16000'
  trigger:
     - platform: time
       at: '18:00:00'
     - platform: numeric_state
       entity_id: sensor.bitcoin
       value_template: '{{states.sensor.bitcoin.state.attributes.exchangerate}}'
       above: 16000
  action:
      service: tts.google_say
      entity_id: media_player.all
      data:
           message: 'Bitcoin is trading at {{state.attributes.exchangerate}}'
           language: 'en'
           cache: false
2

Try changing

message: 'Bitcoin is trading at {{state.attributes.exchangerate}}'

to

message: 'Bitcoin is trading at {{state.sensor.bitcoin.attributes.exchangerate}}'

3

That did not work. It is still reading out “state dot sensor dot bitcoin dot attributes dot exchangerate”.

4

Two more changes should get you up and running :slight_smile:

You’re creating a template, so you need to change

data:

to

data_template:

and

{{state.sensor.bitcoin.attributes.exchangerate}}

should be

{{states.sensor.bitcoin.attributes.exchangerate}}

A typo introduced by me :blush:

5

Apologies for the delayed response. I am not sure how I am creating a template (is it because I am specifying value_tempalate?), but this change did not work. In fact it did not even trigger the casting at all. Any other ideas?

6

Hmmm,

Can you post your code for the automation and the sensor please ?

7

I have removed identifying information using the tag.

automations.yaml (505 Bytes)
configuration.yaml (2.0 KB)

8

Your indenting was out and the sensor name incorrect.
The below code works for me ( changing the media player, at least when I force the trigger ) :slight_smile:

- alias: 'Bitcoin value exceeds 16000'
  trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: '16:03:00'
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.bitcoin
    value_template: '{{states.sensor.exchange_rate_1_btc.state}}'
    above: 19000
  action:
  - service: tts.google_say
    entity_id: media_player.all
    data_template:
      message: 'Bitcoin is trading at {{states.sensor.exchange_rate_1_btc.state}}'
      cache: false
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9

Thanks! This worked!!