Message malformed: extra keys not allowed @ data['action']

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Dear Community,

i´m trying to get a script working that is downloading a jpg from a cam
and save it to a folder:

service: downloader.download_file
data:
url: ‘http://192.168.0.23:81/snapshot.cgi?user=&pwd=’
subdir: ‘cams’
filename: cam_eingang.jpg
overwrite: true

When i run this in the “Developer Tools - Services Tab” it is working without a Problem.

Then i wanted to put it into a script or automation:

alias: Cam Eingang Snapshot
action:
service: downloader.download_file
data:
url: ‘http://192.168.0.23:81/snapshot.cgi?user=&pwd=’
subdir: ‘cams’
filename: cam_eingang.jpg
overwrite: true

But as soon as i want to save the script or automation i´ll get the error message:
Message malformed: extra keys not allowed @ data[‘action’]

What extra keys???

Any help is appreciated.

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It seems like you have no indentation/formatting at all there, and that’s going to be a problem. I recommend reviewing how YAML formatting works.

You’ll probably need something like this:

service: downloader.download_file
data:
  url: 'http://192.168.0.23:81/snapshot.cgi?user=&pwd='
  subdir: 'cams'
  filename: cam_eingang.jpg
  overwrite: true

It probably works in the dev tools because the “service data” box has an implied data:, and you don’t need to indent the contents that go in the box itself.

Your quotes were also “smart quotes”, and I changed them to normal single quotes. Make sure to check that in the future as well.

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Extra keys are invalid options you have supplied. In other words, you have entered something that doesn’t belong there.

If you use action in a script, it is invalid and will be reported as:

Message malformed: extra keys not allowed @ data[‘action’]

action is only valid in an automation.