Invalid JSON and templating

Configuration
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Hi,

I’m trying to mimic @grapekh setup (Outback Power Mate3s Rest PV Solar System Sensors and Occasionally Unavailable), the problem is my Mate3S returns an invalid JSON i.e. somewhere I got a

,"Error": ["Shorted RTS",], ← don’t look at the ‘error’ word but instead to the coma before a bracket, that is the invalid JSON.

JSON validators tells me that I can’t have ,]. I tried with NodeRed (instead of templates) and a search/replace (,] by ]) works, but I still have to use templates so how can I do a search/replace in my template ?

    - platform: rest
      name: mate3s_report
      resource: "http://192.168.1.182/Dev_status.cgi?Port=0"
      value_template: "{{ value_json.devstatus }}"
      scan_interval: 30
      verify_ssl: false
      timeout: 5
      json_attributes:
        - "gateway_type"
        - "sys_time"
        - "sys_batt_v"
        - "ports"

My devstatus value is the culprit, the one which contains ,]. How can I replace these two characters by only ] ?

If you wonder why I have to use templates, it’s because if I use Node Red (which works) I can only change values of input_text or input_numbers using service calls and there’s no service call to change the value of a sensor. Inputs are not read only while sensors are.

Thanks for helping

Regards
V.

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I’m not sure if this will work because value_json may require the valid json:

    - platform: rest
      name: mate3s_report
      resource: "http://192.168.1.182/Dev_status.cgi?Port=0"
      value_template: "{{ value_json|relpace(',]', ']').devstatus }}"
      scan_interval: 30
      verify_ssl: false
      timeout: 5
      json_attributes:
        - "gateway_type"
        - "sys_time"
        - "sys_batt_v"
        - "ports"

If it does not work try this:

    - platform: rest
      name: mate3s_report
      resource: "http://192.168.1.182/Dev_status.cgi?Port=0"
      value_template: "{{ (value|relpace(',]', ']')|to_json).devstatus }}"
      scan_interval: 30
      verify_ssl: false
      timeout: 5
      json_attributes:
        - "gateway_type"
        - "sys_time"
        - "sys_batt_v"
        - "ports"