Issue with integrating play_media into blueprint

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Hi all

I have set up the following blueprint, which, after clicking the Aqara smart button, triggers a number of optional actions.
https://github.com/loocd/home-assistant/blob/9499b975241158a29138017b1eaa19083dc7bcca/blueprints/AqaraButtonTrigger.yaml

I am experiencing issues with the play_media part of this.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open blueprint
  2. Select a trigger button
  3. Select a media player and media
  4. Save

Expected result: Automation gets saved and can be used
Actual result: Error message

Message malformed: Entity {{ mt_target }} is neither a valid entity ID nor a valid UUID for dictionary value @ data['action'][4]['then'][0]['choose'][0]['conditions'][0]['entity_id']

I noticed that the input selector media: explained here is presenting the data in a different format than the actual play_media action explained here. See especially the disappearance of data and target.

Based on this I tried to follow the proper play_media action setup and just extract individual values from the input dictionary.
It seems that something isn’t working there.

Can you help me out? Or is there even a better way that doesn’t require to extract the values from the dictionary? It says here that this is no longer necessary, but I can’t figure out how to set this up properly.

Thank you for your support!!

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Not my area of expertise, but I would guess that entity_id there is text, not an entity_id.

Not really sure how to fix that. You might want to change the topic to add the template tags and see if one of the templating experts can help.

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Thanks! I just changed it to Configuration and added the templates tag - hoping someone can help out :slight_smile:

@Sir_Goodenough Do you maybe know of a better way to do this without templating? My last link said something about this not being necessary anymore, but it seems I’m doing something wrong.

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Is anybody able to provide some guidance here?