Including .yaml-files in configuration.yaml error

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Hi there!

I’d like to include .yaml files into the configuration.yaml for a cleaner configuration.yaml. So I created a new file with the name Switches.yaml (in this file should go all switches for wake_on_lan as there is one already in it), added the line switch: !include Switches.yaml (don’t know if the switch is correct, but it should be), checked the developer tools.

I got the following error: Invalid config for ‘switch’ at configuration.yaml, line 34: required key ‘platform’ not provided. What is wrong and how can I fix it? Is it correct how I would do it?
Thank you guys for the answer and I hope you’re able to help me out here!

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Try something like this. It works for me.

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
sensor: !include sensors.yaml
binary_sensor: !include binary_sensor.yaml
template: !include template.yaml
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Do you mean to change the name of the file? Will try that!

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Didn’t work unfortunately

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Try to create first file and than add it to your configuration.

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Actually did it the whole time, tried it again and got the same error. You have any more ideas?

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Sorry no, that was my 5 cents.

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Alright, thank you very much anyways, at least we tried some stuff. I feel like ha isn’t able to get the switch: !include (I mean the first part, but idk). We’ll see if I’m able to figure it out.

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Now I changed the name of the file to switch-config, changed it into the configuration.yaml (the line would be: switch-config: !include switch-config.yaml) and got the following error: Integration error: switch-config - Integration ‘switch-config’ not found. I don’t get it…

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Can you post what you have inside your switch.yaml?

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Check doc if you haven’t already.

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Long term, you’ll want to use packages. So I’d start there.

homeassistant:
  packages: !include_dir_named packages
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Yes, it’s a wake_on_lan code:
wake_on_lan:

switch:

  • platform: wake_on_lan
    mac_address: MAC:ADRESS:OF:PC
    name: “PC-Name”
    host: IP-Adress
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Format your code properly: How to help us help you - or How to ask a good question

Aside from that, remove the switch: and make it look like this:

- platform: wake_on_lan
  mac_address: MAC:ADRESS:OF:PC
  name: “PC-Name”
  host: IP-Adress

In an included file, the top level domain is already inferred from configuration.yaml.

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Allright, will try to format it the next times.

Removed the switch, gonna try and see if it works. Do I have to remove the wake_on_lan: as well?

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Nope. You need the - platform still. You just don’t use the top level domain in included files (unless you are using packages).

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So

wake_on_lan:
- platform: wake_on_lan
and so on right?

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- platform: wake_on_lan
  mac_address: MAC:ADRESS:OF:PC
  name: "PC-Name"
  host: IP-Adress

Just like that.

As an example, this is a bit of my switches.yaml file:

- platform: wake_on_lan
  mac: a8:5e:45:e4:40:63
  name: Bill Desktop
  host: 192.168.1.103

- platform: wake_on_lan
  mac: e4:3e:d7:1b:60:b9
  name: Office Monitor 1
  host: 192.168.107.191

- platform: template
  switches:
    living_room_tv_activity:
      unique_id: living_room_tv
      value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.living_room_tv', 'on') }}"
      friendly_name: "Living Room TV Activity"
      turn_on:
        - service: rest_command.living_room_tv_activity_on
        - service: input_boolean.turn_on
          target:
            entity_id: input_boolean.living_room_tv
      turn_off:
        - service: rest_command.living_room_tv_activity_off
        - service: input_boolean.turn_off
          target:
            entity_id: input_boolean.living_room_tv
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Note that the double-quotes around PC-Name are now “smart quotes” from copy-pasting your original incorrectly-formatted code.

Should be like this, at the top of your switch.yaml:

- platform: wake_on_lan
  mac_address: MAC:ADDRESS:OF:PC
  name: "PC-Name"
  host: IP-Address
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Allright, thank you very much for your help. Seems like I had to put the mac into “”. Don’t ask me why, but it seems like I was able to add the switch to my dashboard and that’s probably done.

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