Log file shows error on service call for switch

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Hi, having some trouble when I make the following call with curl to a service:

curl -X POST -H "x-ha-access: <mypassword>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" 

-d '{"entity_id": "switch.living_room_lamp_2","state": "on"}' 

http://192.168.1.80:8123/api/services/switch/turn_on?api_password=<mypassword>

The following error shows up in the log files:

Invalid service data for switch.turn_on: extra keys not allowed @ data['state']. Got 'on'

Any ideas? Much appreciated.

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I’ve done a little research and it appears that the error message is saying that I’m trying to send an extra dictionary key in my data for the “state” collection.

3

Should it be

“state”: “on”

or

“state: on”?

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Hey, I ended up using the following and it worked:
curl -X POST -H "x-ha-access: <myPassword>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"entity_id": "switch.living_room_lamp_2"}' http://192.168.1.80:8123/api/services/homeassistant/turn_on?api_password=<myPassword>

Somewhere in the documentation I got the notion that I needed to pass the “state” property. I found another example where I did not. Once I got the curl request working I was also able to post via Tasker with this JSON. Thanks for the help!

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