ESPHome display with to-do list integration

ESPHome
1

Hello,

I’d like to use the to-do list integration and display a list on a screen using ESPHome.
Like E-Ink TODO list.
Do you think this is possible?

Regards

2

Is it a shot in the dark, or did you already try some things?

3

For now, I’m just asking how to get a todo list from ESPHome.

4

Well, the project you linked seems to do exactly that, so it’s unclear what you are actually asking for…

5

It is base on api.todoist.com. I would use home assistant’s local data, not a cloud API.

6

The project uses a rest integration to get a list from todoist.

To get the items from a Todo list that is already in ha, use the service todo.get_items, for example one of ours is stuff for the forthcoming grandchild, and the service call is

service: todo.get_items
target:
  entity_id: todo.baby
data:
  status:
    - needs_action
    - completed

Response

todo.baby:
  items:
    - summary: maternity pillow
      uid: NTTyY_wak2kJQsOY1wBXoJ
      status: needs_action
    - summary: rocking chair
      uid: JbzVGI-yEw3LYkGLb7gDt5
      status: needs_action
    - summary: drawers
      uid: Kr5BOMrhk9tIZ2463un4wl
      status: needs_action
    - summary: changing table
      uid: AuxfZbHi0AkIYRazul7-P-
      status: needs_action
    - summary: car seat
      uid: LxrNWmTm0J0I0yrx728hL9
      status: needs_action
    - summary: buggy
      uid: B3-_cYghUSwKnCuclG3m4O
      status: needs_action

You can call any service from esphome.

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7

First of all, I’d just like to display my list on the console to make sure that my list has been retrieved from HA. But there’s a syntax problem with the example given.
'.' is an invalid character for names. Valid characters are: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_ (lowercase, no spaces).

INFO ESPHome 2024.3.0b1
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/todo-list.yaml...
Failed config

api: [source /config/esphome/todo-list.yaml:15]
  encryption: 
    key: JS+SIL49enfizAJAXS04wFERN7uuWdAyBXU0utXq0oo=
  services: 
    - 
      '.' is an invalid character for names. Valid characters are: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_ (lowercase, no spaces).
      service: todo.get_items
      
      [target] is an invalid option for [0]. Please check the indentation.
      target: 
        entity_id: todo.liste_dachats
      
      [data] is an invalid option for [0]. Please check the indentation.
      data: 
        status: 
          - needs_action
          - completed
      then: 
        logger.log: todo.get_items

esphome config

esphome:
  name: todo-list
  friendly_name: TODO list

esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  framework:
    type: arduino

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: "JS+SIL49enfizAJAXS04wFERN7uuWdAyBXU0utXq0oo="

  services:
    - service: todo.get_items
      target:
        entity_id: todo.liste_dachats
      data:
        status:
          - needs_action
          - completed
      then:
        logger.log: "todo.get_items"

ota:
  password: "4b359a10a60c6f661615eb63fa3d5943"

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Todo-List Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "0FCoWB5cSyjA"

captive_portal:
8

That is to create a service in home assistant to run code on the esp. i.e. this <
Native API Component — ESPHome>

You want homeassistant.service

https://esphome.io/components/api#homeassistant-service-action

9

Thanks for the explanation.
So is it possible to retrieve the list in a variable with a service call and store it into a variable?

switch:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: 25
    id: relay
    name: "switch"
    on_turn_on:
    - logger.log: "Switch Turned On!"

      # https://esphome.io/components/api.html#homeassistant-service-action
    - homeassistant.service:
        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/todo/
        service: todo.get_items
        target:
          entity_id: todo.personal_tasks
        variables:
          my_variable: |-
            return id(my_sensor).state;
    - logger.log: my_variable