Notifications with simple Action (Start Script)

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Hi guys, Iam reading the tutorials over and over again. Am I missing something?

I have an automation checking in the evening if I closed my Garage. If its unlocked I receive an Notification in HA app. I wanted to add an action within the notification that offers me to directly close the Garage. How can I trigger directly a Script within the Action? The documentation mentions this concept but as always doesnt provide proper example :confused:
Defining the Action as Script.xyz doesnt work.

Any ideas? :confused:

action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_pixel_6
    data:
      title: Die Garage ist noch offen!
      message: ""
      data:
        color: "#ff0000"
        notification_icon: mdi:garage-alert-variant
        visibility: public
        actions:
          - action: test
            title: Garage schließen
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I would say this is a proper example.

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This is mentioned but I dont find any example. The mentioning alarm events and making plenty of examples around that topic. I just want to see how I can execute any script or even just go for an entity that is switched on :confused:

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I posted a link. Perhaps that is a clue

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Also looking for the solution. In my case I want to run a vacuum from notification when leave home.
I need an action to run a script or automation.

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Ok, seems like iam dumb or the documentation could be optimized :wink:

The “action” in my script called “test” is the actual event that is send to Home Assistant.
You need then to create a new automation that gets triggered by the event “test”.

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Could you please elaborate? I’m trying to achieve the same but don’t know how to get the automation launched

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You do the automation like mentioned in my start post.
The line “-action: test” is basically an event name.

So when I want to close the garage door I hit the word “Garage schließen” in my notification bar.
What then happens is that the word “test” is fired as an event.
I then created a new automation that “listens” to that trigger word and as action basically closes the garage.

This automation looks like this:

alias: Garage - Push Notification mit Action
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
    event_data:
      action: test

And as soon as the event “test” comes in, the automation is fired to do anything.

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Hi, I’ve been banging my head on how to get the notification to trigger an automation. Below is my notification yaml, which I believe is wrong at the end because I need to call an automation. I don’t know what code does that.

Notification YAML:

alias: Door lock status notif
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - input_boolean.lock_switch_2
    from: "off"
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
condition: []
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_first_iphone
    data:
      message: Check the door if it should be locked
      title: Door lock is open
      data:
        actions:
          - action: lock
            title: Lock?
            service: input_boolean.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: input_boolean.lock_switch_2
mode: single

I created the automation but don’t know what code to use for the trigger here:

description: ""
mode: single
trigger: []
condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: device
        device_id: 6c2c9df53227ce58asdasd80a74ba4bdc
        domain: device_tracker
        entity_id: device_tracker.first_iphone
        type: is_home
      - condition: device
        device_id: d889b7b35c98a8asdaseqw5b36f12518ec903
        domain: device_tracker
        entity_id: device_tracker.second_iphone
        type: is_home
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.lock_switch_2
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Finally figure out what it is:
The flow is that

  1. Set up an actionable notification. The action can be of any name like STOP_THE_SIREN.
  2. When you press the button on the notification of the app, a trigger mobile_app_notification_action with event data STOP_THE_SIREN is fired.
  3. You use the trigger in #2 to trigger ANOTHER automation.
  4. In this automation, do everything you want.

Here’s my result:

Automation 1: Send the notification until turned off

alias: Repeat Notification when Siren Switch Turned On
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - input_boolean.siren_switch
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - repeat:
      sequence:
        - service: notify.notify
          data:
            message: Button pressed
            title: Warning
            data:
              sound:
                name: default
              actions:
                - action: TURN_OFF_SIREN
                  title: Turn off
        - delay:
            hours: 0
            minutes: 0
            seconds: 3
            milliseconds: 0
      until:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.siren_switch
          state: "off"
mode: single

Automation 2: Listen to the app action and then turn off the siren switch

alias: Turn off siren switch using mobile app
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
    event_data:
      action: TURN_OFF_SIREN
condition: []
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.siren_switch
mode: single

I think the official document is written in a way that not everyone can understand. Thanks for the YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsY5a7R10c . Hope this helps.

Cheers

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