Moving scripts to separate directory

Configuration
1

I am trying to clean up my config by moving out of the scripts.yaml file but I am encountering an error while doing so.

I am following the same approach as I have already successfully done with automations and started by changing the script reference in configuration.yaml to read

script: !include_dir_list script/live/

and in the script/live directory I added the files with my scripts assuming this would be a walk in the park, however it was not…

Right now I have only one file added to script/live and the content of this is

wakeup:
  alias: Good Morning!
  sequence:
  - service: media_player.select_source
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.kjokkenet
      source: NRK P3

however when I restart HO it failes and when I check config I get this error:

Invalid config for [script]: expected dictionary for dictionary value @ data['script']. Got [OrderedDict([('wakeup', OrderedDict([('alias', 'Good Morning!'), ('sequence', [OrderedDict([('service', 'media_player.select_source'), ('data', OrderedDict([('entity_id', 'media_player.kjokkenet'), ('source', 'NRK P3')]))])])]))])]. (See ?, line ?).

Is there anyone out there who can see what rookie mistake I have probably made here?

2

Indent everything two spaces and run the config check again.

3

Can’t get to the docs right now but I think you may want include_dir_named instead.

4

my understand is change

!include_dir_list

to

!include_dir_merge_list

dont think you will need the last /

5

Scripts are not lists. They are named.

6

I went through the same exercise recently and this is what I use:

#script: !include scripts.yaml
script: !include_dir_merge_named scripts/

Now my scripts are located in separate files within the scripts directory. Each file may contain several scripts.

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7

Hello and thank you all for your help and inout. As I am sure you know already your suggestions did the trick and after I changed this entry in my configuration.yaml to

script: !include_dir_merge_named script/live/

everything is working fine.

Thanks guys!

(BTW, Is there any logic behind this difference between automations and scripts or is this just the way it is?)

8

It’s simply due to how they are defined in YAML. On uses a list and the other doesn’t. As to why, I’m not sure.

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