I’m sure there are many similar scripts, but this is what worked for me! The main point was just avoiding needing to go through every automation that sent a mobile notification and updating it when someone gets a new phone.
This script makes it super convenient to send notifications, without needing to remember the exact actions to call, or a lot of copy-pasted logic to check if people are home before notifying them. It does require that every Person you want to notify has their mobile device set as belonging to them, but that should already be the case!
Just select the Person entities you want to notify, type in your message, and you’re good to go!
alias: Notify People (Mobile)
description: >-
Send a mobile notification to all mobile devices belonging to the specified
people. Using this means not needing to update whatever automation calls it at
all when someone gets a new phone!
mode: parallel
max: 10
fields:
persons:
name: People
description: People whose mobile devices will be notified
required: true
selector:
entity:
domain: person
multiple: true
message:
name: Message
required: true
selector:
text: null
title:
name: Title
required: false
selector:
text: null
tag:
name: Tag
description: Used to replace or dismiss a prior notification
required: false
selector:
text: null
actions:
name: Actions
description: List of action buttons objects
required: false
selector:
object: null
extra_data:
name: Extra Data
description: >-
Additional fields merged into the notification data payload (e.g. channel,
ttl, priority). Explicit fields like tag and actions take precedence if
there's a conflict.
required: false
selector:
object: null
only_if_home:
name: Only If Home
description: Only notify people who are currently home
required: false
default: false
selector:
boolean: null
sequence:
- variables:
notify_targets: >
{% set ns = namespace(targets=[]) %} {% set mobile_trackers =
integration_entities('mobile_app')
| select('match', 'device_tracker\\.') | list %}
{% for person in persons %}
{% if not (only_if_home | default(false)) or states(person) == 'home' %}
{% for tracker in state_attr(person, 'device_trackers') | default([]) %}
{% if tracker in mobile_trackers %}
{% set ns.targets = ns.targets + ['notify.mobile_app_' + tracker.split('.')[1]] %}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %} {{ ns.targets | unique | list }}
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ notify_targets }}"
sequence:
- action: "{{ repeat.item }}"
data: >
{% set d = {'message': message} %} {% if title is defined and title
%}
{% set d = dict(d, title=title) %}
{% endif %} {% set inner = (extra_data if (extra_data is defined and
extra_data) else {}) %} {% if tag is defined and tag %}
{% set inner = dict(inner, tag=tag) %}
{% endif %} {% if actions is defined and actions %}
{% set inner = dict(inner, actions=actions) %}
{% endif %} {% if inner %}
{% set d = dict(d, data=inner) %}
{% endif %} {{ d }}