Really could use some guidance - spent 2 days reading/researching/experimenting and just can’t figure this out. Using version 0.69.1.
Issue: Using door sensors to detect when doors are opened, and I’m calling a notify service (pushbullet in my case). It will work fine for an hour or so, with notifications reaching my phone and laptop. If I leave for a few hours, notifications fail with this message:
Invalid service data for notify.kevin_phone: extra keys not allowed @ data['Message']. Got 'Floor 1 north sliding door open'
required key not provided @ data['message']. Got None
I’ve only used the GUI-based automations editor to create the automations. Here’s the content from automations.yaml for this item:
- id: '1526759524848'
alias: 'Notification: Floor 1 North Sliding Door'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor_2
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Floor 1 north sliding door open
service: notify.kevin_phone
Why would the notifications work sometimes but return an error other times?
This is saying that your automation has the key “Message” and it shouldn’t. The issue with “Message” is that it is capitalized. The automation you are showing here looks correct.
So I have 2 questions,
what type of device/component are you using for notification?
Is this the only automation you use that notifies with the phrase ‘floor 1 north sliding door open’?
Reason for question 1 is this could be a bug in the component because your yaml looks like it’s formatted correctly. Maybe the component you are using is using .Capitalize() incorrectly at times. Doesn’t make sense for a component to do that but the error is directly calling out “Message” with a capital m.
question 2 is to verify that you don’t have a second automation with the typo where you have a capital M for message.
My notification is to Pushbullet. About half of my automations are working, sending notifications when doors are opened, and another half are not. All of these devices are the same model Ecolink Door/Window Sensor, using Z-Wave.
My entire automations.yaml file is posted below. Being a novice with HA, I have been using the GUI-based automations editor only. I have opened the automations.yaml file for copying the content but not for making modifications.
- id: '1526756108974'
alias: 'Notification: Floor 1 South Sliding Door'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Floor 1 south sliding door open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526757618448'
alias: 'Notification: Garage Door'
trigger:
- entity_id: zwave.linear_gd00z4_garage_door_opener_remote_controller
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Garage Door Open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526759524848'
alias: 'Notification: Floor 1 North Sliding Door'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor_2
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Floor 1 north sliding door open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526759760639'
alias: 'Notification: Floor 1 Deck Side Door'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor_5
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Floor 1 side door is open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526759906337'
alias: 'Notification: Floor 1 Garage Side Door'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor_6
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Floor 1 garage side door open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526760109551'
alias: 'Notification: Basement North Sliding Door Open'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor_3
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Basement north sliding door open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526760173957'
alias: 'Notification: Basement South Sliding Door Open'
trigger:
- entity_id: binary_sensor.sensor_4
from: 'off'
platform: state
to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Basement south sliding door open
service: notify.kevin_phone
- id: '1526760809210'
alias: 'Notification: Home Assistant Power Up'
trigger:
- event: start
platform: homeassistant
condition: []
action:
- data:
message: Home Assistant has started
service: notify.kevin_phone
As you can see, all the automations are just notifications … no complex logic or conditions. I’m trying to crawl before I walk with HA. If I can get the notifications working then I’ll build from there.
An automation that works is “Notification: Floor 1 South Sliding Door”. I tried checking for weird characters or spelling/syntax issues, but haven’t noticed any difference. The door sensors are correctly changing state when I open and close the door, and the automations are triggering. The issue is that some return the error while others work fine.
