Markdown Card - Show Data from Website

Configuration
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Can I add specific data from a website in a markdown card?

In my dashboard, I want to show something like a ‘Quote of the Day’ from a website.

One example would be using the RSS link http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainyquote/QUOTEBR

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I would use a rest sensor and use the result in the card
example for the second (i.e. 1) title in the items list

  - platform: rest
    name: testing_xml
    scan_interval: 36000
    resource: http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainyquote/QUOTEBR
    value_template: '{{ value_json.rss.channel.item.1.title }}'
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3

Forgot the whole thing…now with description in the attrib

  - platform: rest
    name: testing_xml
    scan_interval: 36000
    resource: http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainyquote/QUOTEBR
    value_template: '{{ value_json.rss.channel.item.1.title }}'
    json_attributes_path: $.rss.channel.item.1
    json_attributes:
      - description
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4

Thanks. I’ve added that as a sensor in config.yaml but how do I add the result to the markdown card? I’ve never used rest sensors before and not sure what to enter in the markdown.

5

Well… I assumed you know how to use markdown cards…this is just another sensor with data which you can easily access in MDcards as a state or state_attr

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6

Do show what you have or what you aim for

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7

I have a totally blank markdown card at the moment, as a placeholder in my dashboard because the only element of that card will be the data from the rest sensor.

8

So maybe explain what you want to achieve …do you really need markdown?
I am out soon, back tomorrow so any details might help spending time on :slight_smile:

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9

With a bit of messing about I’ve finally got it working.

I made a couple of changes to your code and ended up with the below:

- platform: rest
  name: quote
  scan_interval: 36000
  resource: https://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotefu.rss
  value_template: '{{ value_json.rss.channel.item.0.description }}'
  json_attributes_path: $.rss.channel.item.0
  json_attributes:
    - description

Then added this to my markdown card:

{{ states('sensor.quote') }}

And this is the result on my dashboard:

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I think I need to now look for a better resource for better quotes but at least I now know how to include it in my dashboard.

Thanks so much for your help to get me here. :+1: