Command Line switch - turning on an individual switch using HTTP post

Configuration
1

Hi,
I have a google assistant and am using HA to control various electronic including my TIVO box.
I have setup a command line switch

  • platform: command_line
    switches:
    virgin_pause:
    command_on: ‘echo IRCODE PAUSE | telnet 192.168.0.11 31339’
    command_off: ‘echo IRCODE PAUSE | telnet 192.168.0.11 31339’
    friendly_name: Virgin Pause

Using this python code I can read the status of the switch
import requests
headers = {‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’,}

response = requests.get(‘http://192.168.0.16:8123/api/states/switch.virgin_pause’, headers=headers)

data = response.json()
print(data)
returns to me
{‘last_updated’: ‘2017-09-27T13:49:40.040269+00:00’, ‘last_changed’: ‘2017-09-27T13:49:40.040269+00:00’, ‘state’: ‘off’, ‘attributes’: {‘assumed_state’: True, ‘friendly_name’: ‘Virgin Pause’}, ‘entity_id’: ‘switch.virgin_pause’}

If I then use the following python code

import requests
headers = {“entity_id”: “switch.virgin_pause”}
requests.post(‘http://192.168.0.16:8123/api/services/switch/turn_on’, headers=headers)

Not only does it pause my TIVO box but it also turns on all my other switches such as my power outlets.
I am trying to just pause the tivo and I assumed headers = {“entity_id”: “switch.virgin_pause”} would do that.

Please advise whether I am going about this correctly

2

I don’t know the python for it, but the json you have {“entity_id”: “switch.virgin_pause}” needs to go in the body of the request rather than the header.

3

Thank You
Changed my code to
import requests
import json
payload = {“entity_id”:“switch.virgin_pause”}
res = requests.post(“http://192.168.0.16:8123/api/services/switch/toggle”, data=json.dumps(payload))
and it works