Lately I’ve been moving all references to IP addresses from my config files to secrets.yaml to maximize security but there’s one place where I’m not sure how to proceed.
I have a template switch which is ON if a certain URL is being cast and I’m using the is_state_attr
method to avoid getting unknown values.
switch:
- platform: template
switches:
camera_on_tv:
value_template: "{{ is_state_attr('media_player.chromecast_ultra', 'media_content_id', 'http://192.168.1.1234:8080/video') }}"
turn_on:
service: script.cast_camera
data:
media_player: media_player.chromecast_ultra
turn_off:
service: media_player.turn_off
data:
entity_id: media_player.chromecast_ultra
Let’s say I also have this secret:
video_url: http://192.168.1.1234:8080/video
Question 1: Is there some way I can verify if the state attribute is equal to my secret so the IP address does not need to be hardcoded in configuration.yaml?
Question 2: If there’s no easy or practical way to question 1, is there some way to use is_state_attr
against some regexp just to check if what’s being cast is simply some URL ending with /video
?
Thanks in advance!