"call service node is missing api "domain" property, not found in config or payload"

Third party integrations Node-RED
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Hi,

I New to Home assistant and node red, i have set up HA on a Pi 2 and seem to have all my Sonoffs running on there original firmware on HA, i have now installed node red and trying to switch a Sonoff on and off but it keeps coming up with a bug saying

“call service node is missing api “domain” property, not found in config or payload”

i can see all my sonoff devices, i have uninstalled and re installed node red, from what i found is that node red should run with out much setting up.

please can some point me to what im doing wrong.

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Can you upload your exported flow? Did you configure the call service node properly (double click on it and fill in the boxes)?

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Hi Rick,

Thanks for replying, i think i have set it up correctly but im must be doing something wrong, here is the flow export, i am just trying to get a light to turn on right now.

[{“id”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“type”:“tab”,“label”:“Flow 1”,“disabled”:false,“info”:""},{“id”:“1d8f88bb.e77277”,“type”:“api-call-service”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:"",“server”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“version”:1,“debugenabled”:false,“service_domain”:"",“service”:“light_on”,“entityId”:“switch.sonoff_kitchen_light”,“data”:"",“dataType”:“json”,“mergecontext”:"",“output_location”:“on”,“output_location_type”:“msg”,“mustacheAltTags”:true,“x”:430,“y”:40,“wires”:[[“d2605f67.29d5d”]]},{“id”:“d558f01b.feeec”,“type”:“inject”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:"",“props”:[{“p”:“payload”},{“p”:“topic”,“vt”:“str”}],“repeat”:"",“crontab”:"",“once”:false,“onceDelay”:0.1,“topic”:"",“payload”:“light_on”,“payloadType”:“str”,“x”:110,“y”:80,“wires”:[[“1d8f88bb.e77277”]]},{“id”:“d2605f67.29d5d”,“type”:“debug”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:"",“active”:true,“tosidebar”:true,“console”:false,“tostatus”:false,“complete”:“payload”,“targetType”:“msg”,“statusVal”:"",“statusType”:“auto”,“x”:560,“y”:200,“wires”:[]},{“id”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“type”:“server”,“name”:“Home Assistant”,“legacy”:false,“addon”:true,“rejectUnauthorizedCerts”:true,“ha_boolean”:“y|yes|true|on|home|open”,“connectionDelay”:true,“cacheJson”:true}]

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Hi, you have to fill in domain and service the right way in your service node, in your case you have a switch, not a light:

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Thanks i have done that now still getting the same error, I tried Light, Switch and sonoff as Domain did not change anything

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Did you get any autocomletion, when typing the domain? Can you post your flow, when trying with domain switch?

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this is what i have now, i have changed it to toggle the light

[{“id”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“type”:“tab”,“label”:“Flow 1”,“disabled”:false,“info”:""},{“id”:“635ed5b5.dd8c7c”,“type”:“inject”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:“toggle light”,“props”:[],“repeat”:"",“crontab”:"",“once”:false,“onceDelay”:0.1,“topic”:"",“x”:100,“y”:220,“wires”:[[“f5517e36.c3b57”]]},{“id”:“5d95ccb0.8ab324”,“type”:“debug”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:"",“active”:true,“tosidebar”:true,“console”:false,“tostatus”:false,“complete”:“false”,“statusVal”:"",“statusType”:“auto”,“x”:870,“y”:260,“wires”:[]},{“id”:“f5517e36.c3b57”,“type”:“api-call-service”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:“kitchen light toggle”,“server”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“version”:1,“debugenabled”:false,“service_domain”:“light”,“service”:“turn_off”,“entityId”:“switch.sonoff_kitchen_light”,“data”:"",“dataType”:“json”,“mergecontext”:"",“output_location”:“payload”,“output_location_type”:“msg”,“mustacheAltTags”:false,“x”:310,“y”:220,“wires”:[[“ac04968b.a11468”]]},{“id”:“ac04968b.a11468”,“type”:“debug”,“z”:“2183211a.00bbee”,“name”:"",“active”:true,“tosidebar”:true,“console”:false,“tostatus”:false,“complete”:“true”,“targetType”:“full”,“statusVal”:"",“statusType”:“auto”,“x”:490,“y”:220,“wires”:[]},{“id”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“type”:“server”,“name”:“Home Assistant”,“legacy”:false,“addon”:true,“rejectUnauthorizedCerts”:true,“ha_boolean”:“y|yes|true|on|home|open”,“connectionDelay”:true,“cacheJson”:true}]

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Is your entity id correct? If yes, you definitely have to use “switch” domain.

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I have no idea what changed, i tried switch domain a and it still did not work, changed to a different entity id and that worked, changed back to kitchen and it working now.

Thanks you, im sure i will have lots more questions in the future.

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Hi I seem to have things almost working, but it still seems to be giving me a issue, i have set up a few bigtimers to control some lights, but they not working, if i “inject” a signal directly into the “call service” it takes a few attempts (3-6) before the light turns on/off,bellow are the errors im getting and the flow.

3/22/2021, 5:14:42 PMnode: Already off?msg : string[170]
“Entity could not be found in cache for entity_id: switch.sonoff_kitchen_light, switch.sonoff_lounge_light_switch, switch.sonoff_passage_light, switch.sonoff_hallway_light”

3/22/2021, 5:15:49 PMnode: Inside Lights on at nightmsg : string[52]
“Call-Service attempted without connection to server.”

[{“id”:“78e2672b.10e738”,“type”:“bigtimer”,“z”:“84f6bd9b.41dae”,“outtopic”:"",“outpayload1”:“on”,“outpayload2”:“off”,“name”:“Sunset > 2200”,“comment”:"",“lat”:"-29.791969",“lon”:“30.833040”,“starttime”:“1035”,“endtime”:“1320”,“startoff”:“0”,“endoff”:0,“startoff2”:"",“endoff2”:"",“offs”:“0”,“outtext1”:“on”,“outtext2”:“off”,“timeout”:1440,“sun”:true,“mon”:true,“tue”:true,“wed”:true,“thu”:true,“fri”:true,“sat”:true,“jan”:true,“feb”:true,“mar”:true,“apr”:true,“may”:true,“jun”:true,“jul”:true,“aug”:true,“sep”:true,“oct”:true,“nov”:true,“dec”:true,“day1”:0,“month1”:0,“day2”:0,“month2”:0,“day3”:0,“month3”:0,“day4”:0,“month4”:0,“day5”:0,“month5”:0,“day6”:0,“month6”:0,“day7”:"",“month7”:"",“day8”:"",“month8”:"",“day9”:"",“month9”:"",“day10”:"",“month10”:"",“day11”:"",“month11”:"",“day12”:"",“month12”:"",“d1”:0,“w1”:0,“d2”:0,“w2”:0,“d3”:0,“w3”:0,“d4”:0,“w4”:0,“d5”:0,“w5”:0,“d6”:0,“w6”:0,“xday1”:0,“xmonth1”:0,“xday2”:0,“xmonth2”:0,“xday3”:0,“xmonth3”:0,“xday4”:0,“xmonth4”:0,“xday5”:0,“xmonth5”:0,“xday6”:0,“xmonth6”:0,“xday7”:"",“xmonth7”:"",“xday8”:"",“xmonth8”:"",“xday9”:"",“xmonth9”:"",“xday10”:"",“xmonth10”:"",“xday11”:"",“xmonth11”:"",“xday12”:"",“xmonth12”:"",“xd1”:0,“xw1”:0,“xd2”:0,“xw2”:0,“xd3”:0,“xw3”:0,“xd4”:0,“xw4”:0,“xd5”:0,“xw5”:0,“xd6”:0,“xw6”:0,“suspend”:false,“random”:false,“randon1”:false,“randoff1”:false,“randon2”:false,“randoff2”:false,“repeat”:false,“atstart”:true,“odd”:false,“even”:false,“x”:100,“y”:200,“wires”:[[“9d938316.f0f1e”],[],[]]},{“id”:“9d938316.f0f1e”,“type”:“switch”,“z”:“84f6bd9b.41dae”,“name”:"",“property”:“payload”,“propertyType”:“msg”,“rules”:[{“t”:“eq”,“v”:“on”,“vt”:“str”},{“t”:“eq”,“v”:“off”,“vt”:“str”}],“checkall”:“true”,“repair”:false,“outputs”:2,“x”:270,“y”:200,“wires”:[[“739d41f1.71568”],[“1f3b59e3.4c9cd6”]]},{“id”:“739d41f1.71568”,“type”:“api-call-service”,“z”:“84f6bd9b.41dae”,“name”:“Inside Lights on at night”,“server”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“version”:1,“debugenabled”:false,“service_domain”:“switch”,“service”:“turn_on”,“entityId”:“switch.sonoff_kitchen_light, switch.sonoff_lounge_light_switch, switch.sonoff_passage_light, switch.sonoff_hallway_light”,“data”:"",“dataType”:“json”,“mergecontext”:"",“output_location”:“payload”,“output_location_type”:“msg”,“mustacheAltTags”:false,“x”:510,“y”:200,“wires”:[[]]},{“id”:“1f3b59e3.4c9cd6”,“type”:“api-current-state”,“z”:“84f6bd9b.41dae”,“name”:“Already off?”,“server”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“version”:1,“outputs”:2,“halt_if”:“off”,“halt_if_type”:“str”,“halt_if_compare”:“is”,“override_topic”:false,“entity_id”:“switch.sonoff_kitchen_light, switch.sonoff_lounge_light_switch, switch.sonoff_passage_light, switch.sonoff_hallway_light”,“state_type”:“str”,“state_location”:“payload”,“override_payload”:“msg”,“entity_location”:“data”,“override_data”:“msg”,“blockInputOverrides”:false,“x”:270,“y”:260,“wires”:[[],[“7f46f2eb.5d6c7c”]]},{“id”:“7f46f2eb.5d6c7c”,“type”:“api-call-service”,“z”:“84f6bd9b.41dae”,“name”:“Inside Lights off at night”,“server”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“version”:1,“debugenabled”:false,“service_domain”:“switch”,“service”:“turn_off”,“entityId”:“switch.sonoff_kitchen_light, switch.sonoff_lounge_light_switch, switch.sonoff_passage_light, switch.sonoff_hallway_light”,“data”:"",“dataType”:“json”,“mergecontext”:"",“output_location”:“payload”,“output_location_type”:“msg”,“mustacheAltTags”:false,“x”:510,“y”:260,“wires”:[[]]},{“id”:“999126a2.1e5eb8”,“type”:“server”,“name”:“Home Assistant”,“legacy”:false,“addon”:true,“rejectUnauthorizedCerts”:true,“ha_boolean”:“y|yes|true|on|home|open”,“connectionDelay”:true,“cacheJson”:true}]