Create a group and assign entities programmatically

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@clabnet

from python script how to create/delete a new group and assign/remove it an entity

PSA: Turn on/off all lights in Home Assistant 0.104+ (group.all_* changes)

What about some tiny python_script to get your group.all_* back? automation: - alias: HA Start automation trigger: platform: homeassistant event: start action: - service: python_script.create_all_group data: domain: light group: all_lights python_scripts/create_all_group.py domain = data.get('domain') group = data.get('group') service_data = {"object_id": group, "entities": hass.states.entity_ids(domain)} hass.services.call("group", "se…

@clabnet

And also, how to read all entities of a group ?

Input_select.set_options not working with options generated by Jinja

Here’s an example python_script that fills an input_select from a group with entities. group = data.get('group') input_select = data.get('input_select') if group is not None and input_select is not None: group_entities = hass.states.get(group).attributes['entity_id'] list = [] for e in group_entities: list.append(e) service_data = {'entity_id': input_select, 'options': list} hass.services.call('input_select', 'set_options', service_data) else: …