Manual/Guide to Automation Creation via Front End?

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Hi guys

Since the last update to allow automation creation via the front end, I want to learn how to use the “programing language” or how to structure it I am clueless right now and can only work by looking at existing example. How do you populate the service data? the formatting etc.

Is the below screenshot even correct?

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Thanks!

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Well, there are 3 areas of interest:

  • trigger
  • condition
  • action

This can be simplified to:

  • when this happens
  • if this
  • do that

Triggers are events, IE. When a device tracker leaves a zone

Conditions are well, conditional - of a device trackers state is not_home etc

And actions are what you’ve got in your screenshot - a good example would be notify you if the door opens and you’re not home, the trigger/condition/action for that would be:

  • the state of the door goes from closed to open
  • your device tracker is not at home
  • exactly your screenshot above

Does this help?

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To elaborate, yes your above post is correct, service data is JSON, check out https://jsonlint.com/ as a quick way to get started with JSON (the notation of the service data)

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Hi @matchett808 I was looking for guide more specific on how to structure the JSON in the action field.