GUI Script Creation

Configuration
1

I found a fairly basic script to trigger Kodi to update it’s Library. I’d like to use an entity button to start the scan but I need to get the script in place first.

Here is the samle script:

script:
  update_library:
    alias: Update Kodi Library
    sequence:
      - alias: Call Kodi update
        service: kodi.call_method
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.kodi
          method: VideoLibrary.Scan

But when I try to take this and use the GUI to create it I am stumped.

The Name is pretty easy, the Entity ID is even easier (auto populate) and I assume for Mode I want Single (default)

It’s the sequence section that I run into problems

Action Type: Call Service (I assume)
Service: kodi.call_method
Which then give me a “Names of the Kodi entities where to run the API method” which I put in my Media_player.kodi

Then there is Service data which I filled in with “VideoLibrary.Scan”

When I try to save them I get this error message,
“Message malformed: expected dict for dictionary value @ data[‘sequence’][0][‘data’]”

2

I believe you need all this:

entity_id: media_player.kodi
method: VideoLibrary.Scan
3

So I put that in the service data field?

I’m not sure why the yaml script terms and the GUI fields don’t align

4

Yes.

If you want yaml then just open the file and copy paste it there

5

I was looking to use the GUI but it I popped to CLI and did it that way.

60 seconds to type out or 60 minutes trying to figure out the GUI…