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Hi,
I have issues to extract the channel from a RSS as it looks like that:
„channel rdf:about=“tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD | tagesschau.de”“
I set up the sensor template as in the Fox News example but get the error „ ‘None’ has no attribute ‘item’“.
Any ideas?
@Stuart11181 You can use this yaml to create the sensor for feedparser, then create sensors for the title, URL, and Image for each news article:
sensor:
- platform: feedparser
name: Tagesschau News
date_format: "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"
feed_url: "https://www.tagesschau.de/infoservices/alle-meldungen-100~rss2.xml"
inclusions:
- title
- content
- published
- updated
- link
exclusions: []
scan_interval:
minutes: 15
show_topn: 20
##### 1st Item
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_0:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Title 0"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[0].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_link_0:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Link 0"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[0].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_image_0:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Image 0"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[0].content[0].value | regex_findall_index('<img.*?src="(.*?)".*?>') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_description_0:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Description 0"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[0].content[0].value | regex_replace('<[^>]*>', '') }}
##### 2nd Item
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_1:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Title 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[1].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_link_1:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Link 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[1].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_image_1:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Image 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[1].content[0].value | regex_findall_index('<img.*?src="(.*?)".*?>') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_description_1:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Description 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[1].content[0].value | regex_replace('<[^>]*>', '') }}
##### 3rd Item
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_2:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Title 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[2].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_link_2:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Link 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[2].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_image_2:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Image 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[2].content[0].value | regex_findall_index('<img.*?src="(.*?)".*?>') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
tagesschau_news_attributes_description_2:
friendly_name: "Tagesschau Content Description 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.tagesschau_news.attributes.entries[2].content[0].value | regex_replace('<[^>]*>', '') }}
Thanks a lot! In the meantime I also managed to extract the data I needed👍
Any help would be appreciated, I cant get the images to display from the nytimes feed
https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/US.xml
type: markdown
content: |-
{% for story in state_attr('sensor.google_top_stories','channel').item %}
<h2>{{story.title}}</h2>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<p><img src="{{ story['media:content']['@url']}}"/></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>{{story.description}}</p>
<p><a href="{{story.link}}/">Link to Article</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr/>
{% endfor %}
which returns
UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'media:content'
but i can see the object in the attributes list
Here you go! Creating sensors and using Generic Camera is how I was able to do it. It’s a weird way to do it but it works just fine!
Here are the sensors for the first 5 articles, which includes the Title, Link to Article, Summary and the Image:
### New York Times News Sensors
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_title_1:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Title 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[1].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_link_1:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Link 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[1].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
ny_times_attributes_summary_1:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Summary 1"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.ny_times.attributes.entries[1].summary }}
- platform: template
sensors:
nyt_article_1_image_url:
friendly_name: "NYT Article 1 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.nyt_us_news_images_all', 'image_urls')[1] | default('') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_title_2:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Title 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[2].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_link_2:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Link 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[2].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
ny_times_attributes_summary_2:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Summary 2"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.ny_times.attributes.entries[2].summary }}
- platform: template
sensors:
nyt_article_2_image_url:
friendly_name: "NYT Article 2 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.nyt_us_news_images_all', 'image_urls')[2] | default('') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_title_3:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Title 3"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[3].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_link_3:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Link 3"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[3].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
ny_times_attributes_summary_3:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Summary 3"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.ny_times.attributes.entries[3].summary }}
- platform: template
sensors:
nyt_article_3_image_url:
friendly_name: "NYT Article 3 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.nyt_us_news_images_all', 'image_urls')[3] | default('') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_title_4:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Title 4"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[4].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_link_4:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Link 4"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[4].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
ny_times_attributes_summary_4:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Summary 4"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.ny_times.attributes.entries[4].summary }}
- platform: template
sensors:
nyt_article_4_image_url:
friendly_name: "NYT Article 4 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.nyt_us_news_images_all', 'image_urls')[4] | default('') }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_title_5:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Title 5"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[5].title }}
- platform: template
sensors:
new_york_times_news_attributes_link_5:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Link 5"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.new_york_times_news.attributes.entries[5].link }}
- platform: template
sensors:
ny_times_attributes_summary_5:
friendly_name: "New York Times News Summary 5"
value_template: >
{{ states.sensor.ny_times.attributes.entries[5].summary }}
- platform: template
sensors:
nyt_article_5_image_url:
friendly_name: "NYT Article 5 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.nyt_us_news_images_all', 'image_urls')[5] | default('') }}
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hey @kbrown01, since you seem knowledgeable in the subjet, I have a question.
I want to also add the image of each item in one of my .xml feeds, but the syntax is different, see https://www.lefigaro.fr/rss/figaro_actualites.xml
Unlike with foxnews, each <item> has another sub entity / group, <media:content> where the image is located, and I don’t know how to display that image in a markdown card.
Would you or someone else know how?
Thanks a lot 
@1aranzant … Use these:
Add these to your config:
- platform: template
sensors:
figaro_article_0_image_url:
friendly_name: "Figaro Article 0 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.figaro_images_all', 'image_urls')[0] | default('') }}
figaro_article_1_image_url:
friendly_name: "Figaro Article 1 Image URL"
value_template: >
{{ state_attr('sensor.figaro_images_all', 'image_urls')[1] | default('') }}
(Rinse and repeat the template above for as many articles as you want to display)
- platform: rest
name: figaro_images_all
resource: https://www.lefigaro.fr/rss/figaro_actualites.xml
value_template: "OK"
json_attributes_path: "$.channel.item"
json_attributes:
- image_urls
Then add this in Generic Camera under still image:
{{ states('sensor.figaro_article_0_image_url') }}
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I’m not a SW guys but happen implement the rotate function here. There are 3 parts:
- sensor.yaml: sensor template for automation.
- platform: rest
name: Sky News RSS
resource: https://feeds.skynews.com/feeds/rss/home.xml
scan_interval: 3600
value_template: "OK"
unique_id: sensor.sky_news
json_attributes_path: "$.rss"
json_attributes:
- channel
- platform: template
sensors:
dashboard_refresh_trigger:
friendly_name: "Dashboard Refresh"
value_template: "{{ now().timestamp() | int }}"
- automation.yaml: setup the duration (10s) for rotating to the next
- id: update_refresh_trigger
alias: Update Dashboard Refresh Trigger
triggers:
- seconds: /10
trigger: time_pattern
actions:
- target:
entity_id: sensor.dashboard_refresh_trigger
action: homeassistant.update_entity
- dashboard: since that all I want is a few news for my calendar, no more “decluttering_template” is needed. The index is obtained at step 3. There should be a better approach.
views:
- path: main
cards:
- type: markdown
content: |
{# 1. Get the current time as a trigger (changes every 6s) #}
{% set trigger_time = states('sensor.dashboard_refresh_trigger') %}
{% set entries = state_attr('sensor.sky_news', 'channel').item %}
{% if entries is defined and entries | length > 0 %}
{# 2. Get the total count of stories #}
{% set total_stories = entries | length %}
{# 3. CRITICAL: Calculate a sequential index #}
{# Convert the current time string to a Unix timestamp (integer seconds) #}
{% set timestamp = as_timestamp(now()) | int(0) %}
{# Use modulo (%) to cycle through the indices (0, 1, 2, ..., total_stories - 1) #}
{# We divide the timestamp by 10 to make the index change every 10 seconds #}
{% set index = (timestamp // 10) % total_stories %}
{# 4. Select the story using the calculated sequential index #}
{% set story = entries[index] %}
{% set story_title = story.title | default('No Title') %}
{% set story_link = story.link | default('#') %}
{% set story_summary = story.description | default('No description available.') %}
{# Extract image from media content or enclosures (using safe access) #}
{% set image_url = '' %}
{% if 'media:content' in story and '@url' in story['media:content'] %}
{% set image_url = story['media:content']['@url'] | default('') %}
{% endif %}
{% set title_html = "<h3><a href='" + story_link + "' target='_blank'>" + story_title + "</a></h3>" %}
{% if image_url %}
{% set table = "<font size='4'><table><tr><td width='40%'><p><img src='" + image_url + "' style='width:100%; border-radius:8px;'/></p></td><td width='2%'/><td width='58%'><p>" + story_summary + "</p></td></tr></table></font>" %}
{% else %}
{% set table = "<font size='4'><p>" + story_summary + "</p></font>" %}
{% endif %}
{# Output the combined HTML content #}
{# {{ title_html + table }} #}
- Total {{ total_stories }}
- index {{ index }}
{{ title_html + table }}
{% else %}
**ERROR:** No entries available
{% endif %}
Thank kbrown01 and ColtonYYZ