Hello ha-friends,
via raymondjulin’s blog post i came across the central script to send notifications for our iOS and Alexa devices. Thanks at this point! 
I really liked this and rebuilt it for our needs.
Last step was to include critical notifications for iOS devices when, for example, someone rang the front doorbell (that’s when the bell is off and the Alexa devices whisper).
For this purpose I created the following block:
- service: notify.mobile_app_buddy_iphone_13_pro
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
#
# everything below here is used for the doorbell automation
#
data:
url: "{{ url }}"
attachment:
image: "{{ image }}"
url: "{{ image }}"
actions:
- action: URI
title: "{{ actiontitle }}"
uri: "{{ uri }}"
group: "{{ group }}"
push:
sound:
name: "{{ name }}"
critical: "{{ critical }}"
volume: "{{ volume }}"
This works in principle also very well, but the normal notifications for our windows, doors, … no longer work, because some fields are considered mandatory by Home Assistant (at least as I understand the messages in the log).
Logger: homeassistant.helpers.template
Source: helpers/template.py:149
First occurred: 2. März 2023 um 17:38:35 (63 occurrences)
Last logged: 05:49:42
Template variable warning: 'actiontitle' is undefined when rendering '{{ actiontitle }}'
Template variable warning: 'uri' is undefined when rendering '{{ uri }}'
Template variable warning: 'name' is undefined when rendering '{{ name }}'
Template variable warning: 'critical' is undefined when rendering '{{ critical }}'
Template variable warning: 'volume' is undefined when rendering '{{ volume }}'
Notifications only with title and message can be sent via developer tools without any problems.
Question:
How can I keep everything in one script?
Is there any way to set fields as optional?
I could also pass dummy values, but that only works conditionally for the fields.
Here is the whole script:
Summary
# Source: https://www.raymondjulin.com/blog/conditional-notifications-for-the-family-in-home-assistant
notify_everyone_safely:
alias: Notify household safely
# We need to run the script in parallel because multiple
# notifications can come at the same time
mode: parallel
# The script should take title and message as inputs
fields:
message:
description: "Message content"
example: "Washing machine done"
title:
description: "Message title"
example: "Washing machine done"
url:
description: "For mobile notification to jump to a view"
example: "/dashboard-mushroom/fenster"
group:
description: "Group specific notifications"
example: "window-notifications-group"
image:
description: "Send a image to your mobile device"
example: "/local/doorbird/last_ring.jpg"
actiontitle:
description: "Add a title to a action on your mobile device"
example: "open home assistant"
uri:
description: "Add a link which should be opened on your mobile device"
example: "/dashboard-mushroom/sicherheit"
name:
description: "Add a special sound the notification on your mobile device"
example: "RingtoneDucked_UK_Haptic.caf"
critical:
description: "Activates critical messages (1 = on, 2 = off)"
example: "1"
volume:
description: "Set the volume for the notification (range 0.0 to 1.0)"
example: "0.5"
sequence:
# Buddy
- choose:
# Here we check if the house member should receive a
# notification at this time
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.benachrichtigungen_buddy
state: "on"
sequence:
# Call the notify service of your choice.
# I use the mobile app notification type
- service: notify.mobile_app_buddy_iphone_13_pro
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
data:
url: "{{ url }}"
attachment:
image: "{{ image }}"
url: "{{ image }}"
actions:
- action: URI
title: "{{ actiontitle }}"
uri: "{{ uri }}"
group: "{{ group }}"
push:
sound:
name: "{{ name }}"
critical: "{{ critical }}"
volume: "{{ volume }}"
- service: notify.mobile_app_buddy_ipad
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
data:
url: "{{ url }}"
attachment:
image: "{{ image }}"
url: "{{ image }}"
actions:
- action: URI
title: "{{ actiontitle }}"
uri: "{{ uri }}"
group: "{{ group }}"
push:
sound:
name: "{{ name }}"
critical: "{{ critical }}"
volume: "{{ volume }}"
# Katrin
- choose:
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.benachrichtigungen_katrin
state: "on"
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_app_katrins_iphone_11
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
data:
url: "{{ url }}"
attachment:
image: "{{ image }}"
url: "{{ image }}"
actions:
- action: URI
title: "{{ actiontitle }}"
uri: "{{ uri }}"
group: "{{ group }}"
push:
sound:
name: "{{ name }}"
critical: "{{ critical }}"
volume: "{{ volume }}"
# Alexa
- choose:
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.benachrichtigungen_alexa
state: "on"
- condition: state
entity_id: schedule.nachtmodus
state: "off"
sequence:
# Werkstatt
- if:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.buddy_pc
state: "on"
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.zeiss_laptop
state: "off" # change to on after zeiss-laptop got his new ip
then:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.ruhemodus
state: "on"
then:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: <amazon:effect name='whispered'>{{ message }}</amazon:effect>
target: media_player.werkstatt
data:
type: announce
method: speak
else:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
target: media_player.werkstatt
data:
type: announce
method: speak
# Badezimmer
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: light.badezimmer_licht
state: "on"
then:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.ruhemodus
state: "on"
then:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: <amazon:effect name='whispered'>{{ message }}</amazon:effect>
target: media_player.badezimmer
data:
type: announce
method: speak
else:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
target: media_player.werkstatt
data:
type: announce
method: speak
# Küche und Wohnzimmer
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.ruhemodus
state: "on"
then:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: <amazon:effect name='whispered'>{{ message }}</amazon:effect>
target: media_player.badezimmer
data:
type: announce
method: speak
else:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
title: "{{ title }}"
message: "{{ message }}"
target:
- media_player.kueche
- media_player.wohnzimmer
data:
type: announce
method: speak
Thanks and greetings
Buddinski88