Help with scrape sensor for TV

Configuration
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I am trying to setup the scrape sensor to tell me when my TV is on or off.

- platform: scrape
  resource: http://172.16.0.80/
  name: "TV Power State"
  select: "body > div > table:nth-child(6) > tbody > tr > td > table > tbody > tr:nth-child(5) > td.s2"
  value_template: "{{ 'ON' if value == 'ON' else 'OFF' }}"
  authentication: basic
  username: admin
  password: admin
  scan_interval: 3

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This is my config;

The selector is: body > div > table:nth-child(6) > tbody > tr > td > table > tbody > tr:nth-child(5) > td.s2

I am not sure what the error means, can anybody help me please ?

2

You might be using a deprecated way out scrape sensor, can you give a try with this?

3

Oh I see, so add it directly to configuration.yaml rather than a subset of the sensor: config

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now I get this…

its showing off but it should be on, so its still not working… hmmm

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5

I assume that this page is generated dynamically rather via post request rather than with a fixed address. So, basic scrape sensor would not work for you, you should investigate exact network calls using google chrome inspector window and see how this content is generated.

6

Looks like it is an iframe from:

http://172.16.0.80/page_status.cgi

but the selector appears the same

7

If you can open this page in a new browser window and you can see the content via javascript disabled, it is good scrape, otherwise, you should find out what us being post between pages. I feel like it is not straight forward, again use google chrome inspector

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with javascript disabled via dev tools, the page still loads fine.

so I am not sure why the sensor doesnt work…

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i find it funny that when i search “pn-70ta3 home assistant” i find your post from like 4 years ago
anyway when developing for the scrape sensor, try using something like curl to see what home assistant is actually scraping
also try removing your value_template? that may/may not make it easier to debug