Invalid Config Error - Can't resolve

Configuration
1

I’m running into a persistent error message and no matter what I seem to change home assistant keeps giving it.
This is the error I’m receiving:

  • Invalid config for [automation]: invalid template (TemplateSyntaxError: tag name expected) for dictionary value @ data[‘action’][0][‘service_template’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 13). Invalid config for [automation]: required key not provided @ data[‘trigger’][0][‘event’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 13). Invalid config for [automation]: required key not provided @ data[‘trigger’][0][‘event’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 13). Invalid config for [automation]: required key not provided @ data[‘trigger’][0][‘event’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 13). Invalid config for [automation]: required key not provided @ data[‘trigger’][0][‘event’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 13).

And this is my configuration.yaml looks like:


# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:

# Uncomment this if you are using SSL/TLS, running in Docker container, etc.
# http:
#   base_url: example.duckdns.org:8123

# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google_translate

group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml

sensor:
  - platform: time_date
    display_options:
      - 'time'
      - 'date'
      - 'date_time'
      - 'date_time_utc'
      - 'date_time_iso'
      - 'time_date'
      - 'time_utc'
      - 'beat'

  - platform: dht
    sensor: DHT22
    pin: 4
    monitored_conditions: 
      - temperature
      - humidity

switch: 
  - platform: rpi_gpio
    ports:
      6: fan
      19: fogger
      26: light
2

Please show us your automations.yaml.

3

Sure, my automations.yaml looks like this:

### Lighting Control ###

- alias: Turn LED on Between 06:00 and 22:00
  trigger:
    - platform: homeassistant
      event: start
    - platform: template
      value_template: "{{ states('sensor.time') == '06:00' }}"
    - platform: template
      value_template: "{{ states('sensor.time') == '22:00' }}"
  action:
    - service_template: >
        {% '06:00' <= states('sensor.time') < '22:00' %}
          switch.turn_on
        {% else %}
          switch.turn_off
        {% endif %}
      entity_id: switch.light

### Temperature/Humidity Control ###

# Temperature
- alias: Temperature-Fan On
  trigger:
    - platform: homeassistant
      event: start
  condition:
    condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.temperature
    above: 35
  action:
    service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.fan

- alias: Temperature-Fan Off
  trigger:
    - platform: homeassistant
      event: start
  condition:
    condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.temperature
    below: 25
  action:
    service: switch.turn_off
    entity_id: switch.fan

# Humidity
- alias: Humidity-Fan On
  trigger:
    - platform: home assistant
      event: start
  condition:
    condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.humidity
    above: 80
  action:
    service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.fan

- alias: Humidity-Fan Off
  trigger:
    - platform: homeassistant
      event: start
  condition:
    condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.humidity
    below: 60
  action:
    service: switch.turn_off
    entity_id: switch.fan

### Fogger Control ###

# Fogger
- alias: Fogger turns on for 14 minutes every 1 hour
  trigger:
    - platform: time_pattern
      hours: '/1'
      minutes: '00'
      seconds: '00'
  action:
    - service: switch.turn_on
      entity_id: switch.fogger
    - delay: 00:14:00
    - service: switch.turn_off
      entity_id: switch.fogger
4

The homeassistant trigger needs an event.

5

I’ve added event: start under each - platform: homeassistant but am still receiving the same error. I’ll update the automation.yaml to include that change though.

6

There’s another issue with your service_template in the first automation.
Should be:

        {% if '06:00' <= states('sensor.time') < '22:00' %}
          switch.turn_on
        {% else %}
          switch.turn_off
        {% endif %}

No clue if that time comparsion works.

7

Not sure what ended up fixing the error, ended up changing some things from my own research as well as changes to an automation that wasn’t working, but I’m no longer receiving the error.

Thanks for your help! This error was really getting on my nerves.