Populate input_text from json file

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I have a JSON file I want to pull from the internet and parse some information from it.

It’s not just a simple json path - since I’m not sure if a restful sensor can do it:

$..[?(@.name == 'ZM Wellington')].mjh_master

So i looked at a python_script which would have updates and input_text entity. But I see there’s no requests package when executing in python.

So Then I tried a command line sensor to execute the python (with a home assistant api command to update the input_text).

What woudl be the preferred way to do it, I am considering a custom component

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If you know jq, there is probably a way to do what you want with a command line sensor using curl and jq. Here’s a thread walking through it:

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I think i ended up with a command line sensor that called a python script that returned the text I wanted to add