Output single quotes from template in automation

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I am trying to get an automation with a template running. I have a hardcoded, working version that does not use a template. I am struggling to reproduce one line that contains single quotes in my Action (everything else works).

The goal is to get this line, with single quotes around the number:

- region_id: '3'

Assume that trigger.payload is set to ‘room_one’.

When using "{{ iif( trigger.payload == 'room_one', '3', '999') }}", I get no quotes around my 3:

- region_id: 3

When I escape like this region_id: "{{ iif( trigger.payload == 'room_one', '\\'3\\'', '999') }}", I get triple quotes:

- region_id: '''3'''

I didn’t manage to get just single quotes. Thanks for any hints.

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This should be enough, or do you get some error with this?

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In yaml single quotes are escaped with single quotes, like this:

region_id: "{{ iif( trigger.payload == 'room_one', ''3'', '999') }}"

However if you are trying to match the whole string then you probably need to do this:

region_id: >
  {{ iif( trigger.payload == "'room_one', '3', '999'") }}
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I think it is not enough. With your suggestion, the autromation is executed, my device (a roomba) received the command and beeps but does not execute the action. I guess it is the quotes, because the hardcoded version with the quotes works.

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The first suggestion gives me a parse error when saving the automation. I think this is not a case of yaml escaping, as for yaml everything is inside double quotes anyway. It seems to be a case of jinja excaping, hence my try with the backslashes.

The second suggestion is not what I need. I need an output with singke quotes, but no matter what I try, in the trace I see only either no single quotes or triple single quotes, as described in my original post.

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Try it. It has single quotes around each item with the whole string enclosed in quotes.

7

I did. I don’t want trigger.payload to match "'room_one', '3', '999'", I want to get a ‘3’ if trigger.payload matches room_one, elser a ‘999’.

I tried barious combinations of escaping, using > and a separate line, all to no avail. I either get no single quotes around my 3, or triple single quotes, or even 5 single quotes, but not ‘3’.

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I have the same issue, I get 0 or 3 quotes. I think I tried all combos to get 1 but never succeeded. Did you figure out how to get the 1 quote here?

9

What are you trying to execute with the automation?

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{{ "'3'" if is_state( 'your.entity', 'on') else "'99'" }}

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Paste your automation as it stands. I’m not clear where you are wanting the single quotes to appear.

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this is the blueprint:

#Home assistant script blueprint for starting a vacuum cleaner
blueprint:
  name: Vacuum
  description: Start a vacuum cleaner
  domain: script
  input:
    vacuum:
      name: Vacuum
      description: The vacuum to start
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: vacuum
    room:
      name: Room
      description: The room
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_text

variables:
  room: !input 'room'
  room_text: "{{ states(room) }}"
  room_number: "{{ states(room).split(',')[1] | int}}"

sequence:
 
  - service: vacuum.send_command
    target:
      entity_id: !input 'vacuum'
    data:
      command: start
      params:
        pmap_id: OV68p3N5TcS3vGlZS_R2bg
        regions:
          - region_id: '{{  room_number }}'
            type: rid
      - region_id: '{{  room_number }}'

should result in:
- region_id: ‘13’

The actual result is
- region_id: 13

When I do this:
- region_id: “‘{{ room_number }}’”
result is:
- region_id: ‘’‘13’‘’

I tried a lot of way on adding the single ', however it seems to be removed they become 3 quotes

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Try:

        regions:
          - region_id: '{{  "\x27" ~ room_number ~ "\x27" }}'

I tried it in a UI-generated script:

alias: quote test
sequence:
  - service: notify.admin
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: |
        {% set x = 3 %} {{ "- region_id: \x27" ~ x ~ "\x27" }}
mode: single

and my phone notification has the quotes.

Hex 27, decimal 39 is the ASCII code point for the single quote.

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I tested your code in actual automation and recieved the quotes as well

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The same result:

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adding the | on the - region_id: | line results in:

  • region_id: ‘’‘’‘13’‘’‘’
15

{% set x = 3 %} {{ '- region_id: \x27' ~ x ~ '\x27' }} produce the correct outcome?

16

Not when I try to use it in a blueprint script, in the template editor it looks all as I would expect.

17

Long shot, defining as JSON rather than YAML:

        regions: >
          {{ [ { "region_id": "\x27" ~ room_number ~ "\x27",
                 "type": "rid" } ] }}
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it does insert the extra quotes this way as well

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when I add a 0 for the number it seems that the quote is added correctly:

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The vacuum works this way. It seems a big hack, if I give the number as a int or string it fails. When a 0 is added before the number, it seems to see that it needs ‘’ to keep it the same

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My gut tells me this is the source of the additional quotes

test without the quotes

room_number: {{ states(room).split(',')[1] | int}}