Dump dictionaries in automations

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Hi,
I have some automations and want to see which data is provided via the “trigger” dictionary.
Tried {{ trigger | tojson }} (https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.10.x/templates/#tojson) but that did not work because tojson is not defined.
What is the correct way to get insights into those variables?

Best,
Christoph

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tojson should definitely be defined. The problem may be that that filter doesn’t know how to convert State objects. You could try {{ trigger | to_json }} instead. (to_json is a HA extension to Jinja which was just recently added.) Or you could simply try {{ trigger }}.

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For to_json I got TypeError: Object of type Event is not JSON serializable but simply use {{ trigger }} worked fine. Thanks.

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