MQTT json value to a string

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Hello, I’m trying to setup this automation .

the trigger is a json, and the value is checked in the condition part, this is working , as the action correctly sends the message if the message is a fixed string, but I’m not able to translate the json value into a string that the message can take.

How do I pass the mqtt json value as a string to the message parameter ?

alias: ‘CallerID 1’
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: home/sip
condition:
condition: template
value_template: ‘{{ “incoming” == trigger.payload_json.status }}’
action:
service: notify.salatv_tv
data:
message: ‘{{ trigger.payload_json.callerID }}’

Claudio

PS

here is the json value

{
“status”: “incoming”,
“callerID”:“391-555-5555”,
“uri”:“sip:[email protected];user=phone”
}

2

OK

I’m going to reply to myself here:

changing data: to data_template: in the service section worked.

Thank you for listening.

Claudio

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Glad you got it working. In future when pasting blocks of code don’t use the quote text option. Use the block quote ( </> button) as it preserves the indentation which is important. Aanother way is to put three backticks on a line above and below the block of code.

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Ok, will do that, I’ll admit the code didn’t look good :slight_smile:

Claudio

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