Please check correct trigger and id in this automation

Configuration
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using this automation:

  - alias: 'GitHub repo update installed'
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: state_changed
    condition:
      - condition: template
        value_template: >
          {{trigger.event.data.new_state.entity_id.startswith('input_boolean.github')}}
      - condition: template
        value_template: >
          {{trigger.event.data.new_state.state == 'off' and
            trigger.event.data.old_state.state  == 'on'}}
    action:
      service: persistent_notification.dismiss
      data_template:
        notification_id: >
          {{trigger.event.data.new_state.object_id}}

dismisses the persistent_notification when the input_boolean is turned off.

Id like to add an automation to do the exact same in reverse: turn_off the input_boolean, when the persistent_notification is dismissed.
but I am puzzled which service to use as trigger (for starters…) Can I use an event trigger on the call-service?

if so, what would be the way to get the correct trigger service-data so I can pass the notification-id over to the input_boolean to dismiss it…

  - alias: 'Persistent notification dismissal turns off boolean'
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: call_service
      event_data:
        domain: persistent_notification
        service: dismiss
    condition:
      #check for 'github' so this only fires for selected notification dismissals
      condition: template
      value_template: >
        {{'github' in trigger.event.data.new_state.object_id}}
    action:
      service: input_boolean.turn_off
      data_template:
        entity_id: >
          input_boolean.{{trigger.event.data.new_state.object_id}}

would this be close?
thanks for having a look.

extra reason I seek your assistance is this cant very easily be tested, because only every once in a while a new GitHub repo update occurs… I need some keen eyes to check if I made no syntax or logic errors.

also, in the events list on developer-tools/event, the dismiss isn’t listed. only see this:

Schermafbeelding 2020-04-14 om 12.43.43

update

just got the chance :wink:

error in the log:

2020-04-14 13:50:36 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.condition] Error during template condition: UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'new_state'
2020-04-14 13:50:36 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.condition] Error during template condition: UndefinedError: 'None' has no attribute 'entity_id'

persistent_notification.github_card_templater was dismissed, and I would have hoped that would have turned_off input_boolean.github_card_templater

needs some checking…
of course I made a mistake, because the new_state and old_state are used with state_change triggers.

should I then use:

    condition:
      #check for 'github' so this only fires for selected notification dismissals
      condition: template
      value_template: >
        {{'github' in trigger.event.data.entity_id.split('.')[1]}}
    action:
      service: input_boolean.turn_off
      data_template:
        entity_id: >
          input_boolean.{{trigger.event.data.entity_id.split('.')[1]}}

?

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small but significant update:

seems I need to use:

  - alias: 'Github persistent notification dismissal turns off boolean'
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: call_service
      event_data:
        domain: persistent_notification
        service: dismiss
    condition:
#      #check for 'github' so this only fires for selected notification dismissals
      condition: template
      value_template: >
        {{'github' in trigger.event.data.service_data.notification_id}}
    action:
      service: input_boolean.turn_off
      data_template:
        entity_id: >
          input_boolean.{{trigger.event.data.service_data.notification_id}}

Thanks to @jocnnor who made me discover the developer-tools/event here Automation help (run once?)

marking this solved in his name :wink:

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