The correct method to get a state out of an entity is states(), however you’re trying to get an attribute, which is state_attr().
Also, you need to wrap the entity_id in quotes as well as the attribute.
Thats the thing Petro, I have done all that and still nothing, check this out:
I’ve correctly templated this data into a sensor entity called sensor.sonos_media. And I can see its taking the url:
sonos_media:
friendly_name: "sonos_media"
value_template: "{{ (state_attr('media_player.living_room', 'entity_picture')) }}"
I’ve also passed it the way I’ve stated and the way you have stated (the correct way), I’ve ALSO tried to pass the sensor “sensor.sonos_media” that has the url
like this
image: {{ states('sensor.sonos_media') }}
I get
image:
'[object Object]': null
but it can’t be null because im seeing its value right nou in developer tools!
This is the card:
And when I get long press to go to the more info pop up, the image I want is there!!! OMG and can’t get it out!!!
/api/media_player_proxy/… is not the full path and that’s most likely your issue.
When I hard code the value of the attribute or the templated sensor (see link) the picture works
/api/media_player_proxy/media_player.living_room?token=1124256fa1cae8e1be0c476c2ce881aaf523ff4cfeaba2b1866759033a944f8b&cache=d05f973fec3e2c7b
See picture when I hard code url
put the template in double quotes or use the multiline indicator > and move the template to the next line.
This
turns into this after I save
still no image
Please reread this
I don’t mean to be dense but even tho I didn’t provide a picture I also used the multilane indicator and got the same result.
when you say put the template on double quotes, did I do that right?
what would be the notation when I use the multiline indicator?
Thanks a lot for the help
No this is what a template wrapped in double quotes would look like:
image: "{{ states('sensor.sonos_media') }}"
I provided it already
image: >
{{ states('sensor.sonos_media') }}
Double quotes result in this
Doesn’t work
(edit) Multiline turns into something else (sorry had an indentation issue before):
What doesn’t work about the first image?
In the multiline indicator, the template needs to be indented by 2 spaces from image, like my example.
Result for both is no image
instead of using that template to grab the state, just use the state_attr template in it instead, see if that works.
Ok I don’t know if this plays a role in the behavior im seeing, but all of this is wrapped in a fullscreen card add-on called home kit that makes rows and columns so I can organize mi view like so:
The code I use to prepare this Lovelace view is:
- title: Tiles
background: center / cover no-repeat fixed url("/local/bg2.jpg")
path: Tiles
panel: true
icon: 'hass:tablet'
style:
opacity: 50
badges: null
cards:
- type: 'custom:homekit-card'
title: tablet
style: |
:host {
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;
}
useBrightness: false
useTemperature: false
tileHoldAnimation: true
titleColor: '#FFF'
enableColumns: true
statePositionTop: true
rows:
- row: 1
columns:
- column: 1
tileOnRow: 3
entities:
I have no idea, I don’t use that card. Does that card support images?
Does that card support templates for any field?
Yes, in that little circle it has an option called image that receives a url as string and displays it there
What im beginning to think is it doesn’t play well with gettin a variable instead of the string.
I would assume that the custom mini card doesn’t support templates as most lovelace does not support templates.
FYI, searched the Mini Media Player thread for “image:” and couldn’t find an example that employed a template. That thread contains over 2000 posts so there ought to be at least one if the option supported a template. I think the conclusion here is that it doesn’t.
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Yeah, I just tried to do the attribute directly with
- type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
entity: media_player.living_room
name: Music
image: {{ state_attr('media_player.living_room', 'entity_picture') }}
speaker_group:
sync_volume: true
platform: sonos
show_group_count: true
expanded: false
entities:
- entity_id: media_player.Living_Room
name: Sonos Play
- entity_id: media_player.Living_Room_2
name: Sonos SL
and it doesn’t let me save, as if there is an issue with the code,
if I do multiline it doesn’t work either, it just quotes it out . so I guess it doesn’t do templates
Thanks for all the help, I hope this helps anyone that is pulling their hair out looking for the same solution