How to add datetime to input_text via python script?

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Hi, I have the following python script, and it doesn’t work. It would display nothing in lovelace for the input_text.alarm_sensor.

sensor_name = 'AA'
time_now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p")
alarm_name = sensor_name + time_now
hass.states.set('input_text.alarm_sensor', alarm_name)

If I use the following, it would display the text correctly.

sensor_name = 'AA'
alarm_name = sensor_name
hass.states.set('input_text.alarm_sensor', alarm_name)

How could I add the datetime information to the string?

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Can I ask what your end goal is with this script?

3

When an alarm is triggered via automation (PIR sensor), I want to display on lovelace which sensor and time of trigger.

4

In case someone is searching for solution to similar problem, this is what I found and fixed.

This didn’t work:

time_now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p")

Reason: strftime cannot be used this way.
Correct way is to use it separately from datetime.datetime.now().

This works:

get_time = datetime.datetime.now()
time_now = get_time.strftime("%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p")

Hope this helps.

5

Next time, when you reply, use the reply in the image and a responder will get a notification. If you use the reply at the bottom, the responder will not get a notification.

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Also, you don’t need to do that if you wanted to keep a single line.

get_time = datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.now(), "%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p")

Lastly, you could have just changed input_text.alarm_sensor without using a python script, which is why I was asking your end goal intent. I didn’t get a notification to your response because you used the ‘thread respond’ button instead of the ‘respond to person’ reply button.

- service: input_text.set_value
  data_template:
    entity_id: input_text.alarm_sensor
    value: >
      {{ trigger.to_state.name ~ ' ' ~ now().strftime("%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p") }}
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That single line code simplifies it even further. Thanks.

The sensor has an RF value like 0AEAD6, and I change it to something like Front Gate. There are over 20 sensors, so I use python script IF to check and assign name. Then I append current time.

Snippet of code:

sensor_state = hass.states.get('sensor.rf_bridge').state
sensor_time = datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.now(), "%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p")
sensor_name = ''

if sensor_state == '0AEAD6':
  sensor_name = 'Front Gate'
if sensor_state == 'FF8006':
  sensor_name = 'Front Door'
if sensor_state == 'CA5006':
  sensor_name = 'Rear Door'

if sensor_name:
  hass.services.call('input_text', 'set_value', { 'entity_id': 'input_text.alarm_sensor', 'value': sensor_name + ' - ' + sensor_time })
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Ah ok, this can still be done in templates:

Here’s a full automation

- alias: Set input text from PIR
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.rf_bridge
  action:
  - service: input_text.alarm_sensor
    data_template:
      entity_id: input_text.alarm_sensor
      value: >
        {% set sensor_state = trigger.to_state.state %}
        {% set mapper = {
          '0AEAD6': 'Front Gate',
          'FF8006': 'Front Door',
          'CA5006': 'Rear Door',
          } %}
       {{ mapper[sensor_state] if sensor_state  in mapper else 'Error' }} {{ now().strftime("%d %b %y, %I:%M:%S %p") }}

Simply add to the 'xxx': 'Sensor Name', dictionary and you’ll cover all your states.

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It’s almost perfect. Is there a way to not run (not change value) when sensor_state not in mapper?

In my python script, it has IF that checks the matching and will only set value if it does.

I really hope I can get rid of this python script. This is the only python script in my HA setup.