Parsing XML from roku into a template sensor

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I an having some challenges parsing the response from HASS.io. I would like to turn my television off if the roku is idle for 30mins. Kids forget to turn the TV off.

I can get the XML back with the following sensor

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    name: roku_media_play
    resource: http://192.168.x.x:8060/query/media-player    
    json_attributes:
      - player
    scan_interval: 15

It returns:

player
'@error': 'false' '@state': close

Which is what I expect. It converted the xml in json. What I would like is to be able to extract the @state. When it is close or idle for 30 mins, i would automate the turn off of the TV. However when I use the following value template, all i get is ā€œnoneā€ no matter what the actual state is

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      play:
        friendly_name: "play112"
        entity_id: sensor.roku_media_play        
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('roku_media_play.player', ['@state']) }}"

I have read just about every post on rest, json and xml I could find, none of the suggestions workā€¦HELP!
Thanks.

2

Thereā€™s a roku integration that brings all this data into home assistant as a media player. Why go through the trouble with rest?

3

The problem with the integration is that is will show as ā€œplayingā€ whether it is on the roku splash screen, or on the netflex top menu page. What I am hoping to get is if the player is not actively stream a show/movie and idle, shut the TV off. The /query/media-player returns different ā€œstatesā€ when the show if play or notā€¦

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well, then youā€™ll have to parse the info out because this is not json.

value_template: >
  {{ states('sensor.roku_media_play').split("'@state': ")[-1] }}

if it was json, it would look like this:

{"@error": "false", "@state": "close" }
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copy and paste error, this is the output i getā€¦

{ā€™@errorā€™: ā€˜falseā€™, ā€˜@stateā€™: ā€˜closeā€™} does the single quote rather than the double quote change anything

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Well, it just means itā€™s a dictionary, not json.

So with that in mind, this should work:

value_template:  "{{ state_attr('sensor.roku_media_play', 'player')['@state'] }}"
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Awesome!!! this works. I now get the state of the roku player and can trigger automations from it!!!

Much appreciated!

8

Not sure what type of roku you have but for mine if it gets left on long enough in an app menu for the applicationā€™s screensaver to appear then the media_player's state switches from playing to idle. Does this not happen for you?

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Happens for my system. :man_shrugging:

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Not sure if it is the version of the Roku, but mine will stay on play whether it is on the top roku menu , in the stream service menu (ie: netflix or crave etc.) The only way I can tell if it is actually playing is by querying the player with the http://192.168.x.x:8060/query/media-player

if interested this is the output of the device info.:

<vendor-name>Roku</vendor-name>
<model-name>Roku 3</model-name>
<model-number>4230X</model-number>
<model-region>US</model-region>
<is-tv>false</is-tv>
<is-stick>false</is-stick>
<supports-ethernet>true</supports-ethernet>
<wifi-mac>xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</wifi-mac>
<wifi-driver>aardvark</wifi-driver>
<has-wifi-extender>false</has-wifi-extender>
<has-wifi-5G-support>true</has-wifi-5G-support>
<can-use-wifi-extender>true</can-use-wifi-extender>
<ethernet-mac>xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx</ethernet-mac>
<network-type>wifi</network-type>
<network-name>xxxxxxx</network-name>
<friendly-device-name>Roku 3 - xxxxxxx</friendly-device-name>
<friendly-model-name>Roku 3</friendly-model-name>
<default-device-name>Roku 3 -xxxxxxxxxxxx</default-device-name>
<user-device-name/>
<build-number>049.30E04170A</build-number>
<software-version>9.3.0</software-version>
<software-build>4170</software-build>
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Hm yea it definitely seems like something odd is happening for you. For mine, when Iā€™m in the top Roku menu the state of the media_player is Home not Playing. When I launch any application then the state becomes Playing even if Iā€™m just in the application menu, not watching anything. But if I leave it in an application menu long enough for that applicationā€™s screensaver to appear then the state switches from Playing to Idle.

Iā€™d recommend submitting a github issue since it sounds like youā€™re not seeing either of those behaviors. Might be an issue with how the integration handles your roku model that warrants further investigation.

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will doā€¦thanks. i did see others threads with the same issue.