Mealie in HA

skank · August 2, 2024, 5:32pm

Hi thx again

paddy0174 · August 2, 2024, 5:34pm

If you use the code from above, I think I remember, there was a typo or such a thing (it’s been a while…). If it doesn’t work on your first try, please report back, than I’ll have a look at my file/automation.

paddy0174 · August 10, 2024, 12:12pm

Edit: with version 2024.8.1 ths issue underneath is fixed!

my.spider.died:

TLDR - here’s the final complete configuration, which fixes the “JSON result was not a dictionary or list with 0th element a dictionary” log statement:

rest:
  - resource_template: !secret mealie_shopping_items_api_endpoint
    headers:
      Authorization: !secret mealie_api_token
    params:
      perPage: 1
      queryFilter: checked=false
      orderBy: food.name
      orderDirection: asc
    sensor:
      - name: Mealie Shopping List Items
        availability: >
          {{ value_json['total'] }}
        #Sensor to view items which are on any Mealie shopping list
        #Extract the ingredient data in the following format: "food - quantity unit" eg. "apples - 1.5 kilogram", or "Empty List" if no items are left in the list
        value_template: >
          {# If no items in list, return "Empty List" #}
          {% if value_json['total'] == 0 %}
            Empty List

          {# If distinct food is not defined use display name instead #}
          {% elif value_json['items'][0]['food'] == none %}
            {{ value_json['items'][0]['display'] }}

          {# If quantity is available, include it in the output #}
          {% elif value_json['items'][0]['quantity'] > 0 %}
            {{ value_json['items'][0]['food']['name'] }} - {{ (value_json['items'][0]['quantity'] | round(3) | string).rstrip('0').rstrip('.') }} {{ value_json['items'][0]['unit']['name'] if value_json['items'][0]['unit'] is not none }}

          {# Otherwise, print just the food name #}
          {% else %}
            {{ value_json['items'][0]['food']['name'] }}
            
          {% endif %}
      - name: Mealie Shopping List Item To Delete
        availability: >
          {{ value_json['total'] }}
        #Extract the ingredient's ID. Required to delete through the API later on.
        value_template: >
          {{ value_json['items'][0]['id'] }}

rest_command:
  #Command to delete a Mealing shopping list item
  mealie_delete_from_shopping_list:
    url: >
      {{ url }}/{{ states('sensor.mealie_shopping_list_item_to_delete') }}
    method: delete
    headers:
      Authorization:  !secret mealie_api_token

automation:
  #Automation to regularly refresh the "Mealie Shopping List Items" sensor 
  - id: mealie_update_rest_sensors
    alias: "Mealie - Update Rest Sensors"
    initial_state: "on"
    trigger:
      - platform: time_pattern
        seconds: "/10" #How often do you want to check for updates in Mealie?
    action:
      - service: homeassistant.update_entity
        data:
          entity_id:
            - sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items
            - sensor.mealie_shopping_list_item_to_delete

  #Automation to transfer items from the Mealie shopping list to another list of your choice
  - id: mealie_transfer_shopping_list
    alias: "Mealie - Transfer Shopping List"
    description: "When shopping list items are added to the Mealie shopping list, transfer them to an alternative list."
    mode: queued
    max: 10
    initial_state: "on"
    variables:
      target_shopping_list: todo.groceries_list #CHANGEME: entity ID of your shopping list
      notify_service: notify.mobile_app_michael_s_galaxy_s10 #CHANGEME: where to be notified if items fail to delete from Mealie shopping list
    trigger:
      - id: "regular_trigger"
        platform: state
        entity_id: sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items
      - id: "fallback_trigger"
        platform: time_pattern
        minutes: "/10"
    condition:
      - condition: not
        conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items
            state: "Empty List"
    action:
      - alias: "Ensure shopping list item isn't now 'Empty List'"
        condition: not
        conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items
            state: "Empty List"

      - alias: "Add shopping list item to target list"
        service: todo.add_item
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ target_shopping_list }}"
        data:
          item: "{{ states('sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items') }}"
          description: Imported From Mealie

      - alias: "Delete shopping list item from Mealie"
        service: rest_command.mealie_delete_from_shopping_list
        data:
          url: !secret mealie_shopping_items_api_endpoint
        response_variable: mealie_delete_response

      - alias: "Notify if item failed to delete from Mealie"
        if: "{{ mealie_delete_response['status'] != 200 }}"
        then:
          - service: "{{ notify_service }}"
            data:
              title: "Failed to delete item from Mealie list"
              message: "{{ mealie_delete_response['content'] }}"
              data:
                notification_icon: "mdi:food-off"
                
      - alias: "Refresh Mealie shopping list items sensor, in case more items need processing"
        service: homeassistant.update_entity
        data:
          entity_id:
            - sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items

If someone is using this, there is an issue in 2024.8.0 regarding REST sensors, so this will not work for now (the sensor setup is blocked).

For what I read on the issue, it should be solved in 2024.8.1.

The issue is here, and the PR is here.

jeffcrum · August 18, 2024, 3:34am

Thanks for this @my.spider.died. This is awesome.

It would not go well with the wife if she was adding recipes/items to the shopping list in Mealie while the automation is running. Items would disappear in the process. She would think she did something wrong and add them again. They would end up in HA multiple times.

My lovelace tab has

type: vertical-stack
cards:
  - type: entities
    entities:
      - entity: automation.mealie_transfer_shopping_list
  - type: todo-list
    entity: todo.grocery

Giving

After explaining to her that she can add items in Mealie or in HA, she is loving it. Before heading to the store, she has to turn on the automation so it will do the transfers.

Then, I have the following automation that turns off the Transfer Shopping List Automation when we get ‘Empty List’.

alias: Mealie - Turn Off Transfer Automation
description: When the list is empty, turn off the transfer automation
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.mealie_shopping_list_items
    to: Empty List
condition: []
action:
  - action: homeassistant.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: automation.mealie_transfer_shopping_list
    data: {}
mode: single

my.spider.died · August 18, 2024, 3:39am

Glad it’s working so well for you @jeffcrum!

Since writing the guide above, an official Mealie integration has been added in Home Assistant 2024.7, which includes a todo-list entity for each Mealie shopping list you have - I’d recommend using that going forward as a more reliable approach to getting the data into Home Assistant from Mealie, rather than the rest sensor solution I documented before. (I haven’t tried this myself yet though!)

But then you can still use the “Transfer Shopping List” automation to move it to another list if needed.

jeffcrum · August 18, 2024, 3:49am

Well, of course it has been added. I am always behind the times. LOL!

Glad it was added officially. But, as the saying goes … If it ain’t broke … blah blah blah.

skank · August 18, 2024, 6:04pm

Hi

I’ve set up Mealie before, using the old way:
I’ve set up multiple rest sensors for mealie todays meal id and todays meal name

for every day0 ,1,2,3,4,5 and 6 i have 2 rest sensors for name and date

Should i get rid of that and use somehow the new integration?

However, i have this in my dashboard

type: vertical-stack
        cards:
          - show_state: true
            show_name: true
            camera_view: auto
            type: picture-entity
            entity: sensor.mealie_todays_meal
            camera_image: camera.mealie_recepten
            name: Lunch
            tap_action:
              action: navigate
              navigation_path: /lovelace-dashboard/mealie
          - type: markdown
            content: |-
              <table>
              {% for i in range(7) %}
                {% set index = i|string %}
                {% set meal_date = states("sensor.mealie_day" + index + "_date") %}
                {% set meal_name = states("sensor.mealie_day" + index + "_name") %}
                {% if meal_date != 'unknown' %}
                <tr>

                  {{ ['zo','ma','di','wo','do','vr','za'][strptime(meal_date, "%Y-%m-%d").weekday()] }}  {{ meal_name }}
                
                {% endif %}
              {% endfor %}
              </table>
            card_mod:
            style:
              ha-markdown:
                $: |
                  a { 
                    all:unset; 
                    color:white ! important;
                    cursor: pointer ! important;
                  }

Should i adjust the dashboard?
Would love to hear what to do now.
Thx

rvdbrink · October 23, 2024, 8:05pm

FYI: Mealie version 2.0.0 is released and has breaking API endpoint changes.
For example /groups/mealplans is now /households/mealplans

You can read more about the changes at feat: Add Households to Mealie by michael-genson · Pull Request #3970 · mealie-recipes/mealie · GitHub

I updated my blog post, about the HA week- and day meal integration (without the HACS module), with the required changes for this current latest version.

shredder_guitarist · October 26, 2024, 6:58pm

I finally got tired of the ‘imported item unavailable’ error message that would appear after restarting HA and having to delete all the messages as a result of restarting so I came back to this thread to see if anything could be done and found that there is now a mealie integration. I’ve only been using it for a few hours but WOW! what a breath of fresh air that is in comparison to doing it the old way. Nice job!

skank · November 11, 2024, 6:35pm

I had some problems with mealie and i started over.
I installed the HA OS addon mealie
This is using ingress now
To reach the webui i enter http://x.x.x.x:8123/hassio/ingress/db21ed7f_mealie
In HA i added the integration and i need to fill in that url + api-token
if i do so, i get unexpected error
What am i doing wrong?

codechimp · November 12, 2024, 8:46am

The ingress URL won’t work with API calls, which the integration uses.
Use the direct http://x.x.x.x:port
The port is in the configuration page of the mealie add on.

skank · November 12, 2024, 10:24am

Yes it works thx

What i also would like to do…
Is it possible to have a button in the addon so i can cast the recipe to one of my google hub speaker?

codechimp · November 12, 2024, 10:33am

That wouldn’t be possible directly as the add-on is just a shell around Mealie which doesn’t directly know about Home Assistant.
You could maybe do something with a script
Get today’s meal
Then using this Action to get the details of the recipe and cast it
There’s a lot of data in a recipe so you’d have to parse that suitable for speech.

skank · November 12, 2024, 10:44am

Its not intended to do for speech.
I just want to read that page on my hub which is in the kitchen.
I could cast the mealie dashboard…
But where to put a button for that.

codechimp · November 12, 2024, 10:50am

Ah, as you can tell I’m not that familiar with Google Hubs so afraid I’m not much help there.

skank · November 12, 2024, 10:59am

That s ok.
You dont need to tell me how i should cast.
Im just thinking about ideas where to put such button

skank · November 19, 2024, 8:42am

I want to cast a mealie recipe to google hub.
I come from a long way.
I use mealie as an addon in HA
First thing to do , before able to cast it, it had to be https
Mealie in home assistant is http

So i had to create reverse proxy using nginx manager… Then create a subdomain in cloudflare, and setup a reverse proxy in nginx manager + ssl certificate
Then i had to open 2 ports on my unifi setup
Now i can reach it from https
Next i created a button in home assistant to start a script where i start casting to a google home hub in my kitchen
This works
I can now see mealie on my hub, + i can even scroll in mealie
However
Before getting in mealie, i need to log in mealie
And there im stuck.
Cause when i set my cursor in my user field (or even password field) , i dont get a keyboard to type, so i cant log in
Stuck here
Really looking forward for a solution for this

Casting from phone is not a good idea cause you cant scroll on the hub
Who can help so i can type in or something?