Problem with Template, or maybe a tutorial for dummies is needed

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1

Hi there,

Im really frustrated on the following topic. I have got a Kostal Pico and with the following URL:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/api/dxs.json?dxsEntries=67109120&dxsEntries=83886848

I get the following JSON reply:

{
    "dxsEntries": [
        {
            "dxsId": 67109120,
            "value": 987.462402
        },
        {
            "dxsId": 83886848,
            "value": 0.000000
        }
    ],
    "session": {
        "sessionId": 0,
        "roleId": 0
    },
    "status": {
        "code": 0
    }
}

A single value I get with the following:

  - platform: rest
    resource: http://192.168.1.13/api/dxs.json?dxsEntries=67109120
    name: "Netz Ausgangsleistung"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.dxsEntries[0].value | float | round(0) }}"
    unit_of_measurement: "W"

This works. But I want all X value, which I can append in the resource url at once

I tried the following to get the values out (there is no login needed so I removed the username and password):

rest:
  - authentication: basic
    username: ""
    password: ""
    resource: http://192.168.1.13/api/dxs.json?dxsEntries=67109120&dxsEntries=83886848&dxsEntries=83886336&dxsEntries=251658754&dxsEntries=67109120
    scan_interval: 10
    sensor:
      - name: kostal_netz_ausgangsleistung
        json_attributes_path: "$.dxsEntries[0].value"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
      - name: kostal_akt_verbrauch_aus_pv
        json_attributes_path: "$.dxsEntries[1].value"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"

Alternative which also didn’t work:

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    name: kostal_pico
    resource: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/api/dxs.json?dxsEntries=67109120&dxsEntries=83886848
    json_attributes_path: "$"
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      sensor1whatever:
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('sensor.kostal_pico', 'dxsEntries[0].value')}}"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
2

Try:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      sensor1whatever:
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('sensor.kostal_pico','dxsEntries')[0]['value'] }}"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
3

Json attributes path is for attributes. Use value_template to extract the states

4

Thanks for the answer, but didn’t work

5

Hi petro what do you mean?

6

That worked.

that didn’t.

Use value_template instead to extract the values.

7

at the moment I use this code:

- platform: rest
    name: kostal_pico
    resource: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/api/dxs.json?dxsEntries=67109120&dxsEntries=83886848
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      kostal_netz_ausgangsleistung:
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('sensor.kostal_pico','dxsEntries')[0]['value'] | float | round(0) }}"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
      kostal_akt_verbrauch_aus_pv:
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('sensor.kostal_pico','dxsEntries')[1]['value'] | float | round(0) }}"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"

and get this states:

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8

your rest sensor isn’t pulling any information.

9

yes the values are 0.000 but that’s ok because the sun is not shining. The 0 should be in the entities above

10

is English your native language?

11

nope why? so bad?

12

No, you just aren’t understanding me.

13

from Germany

14

maybe thats true

15

I thought the information is the json string

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rest:
  - resource: http://192.168.1.13/api/dxs.json?dxsEntries=67109120&dxsEntries=83886848&dxsEntries=83886336&dxsEntries=251658754&dxsEntries=67109120
    scan_interval: 10
    sensor:
      - name: kostal_netz_ausgangsleistung
        value_template: "{{ value_json.dxsEntries[0].value | round(0, default=0) }}"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
      - name: kostal_akt_verbrauch_aus_pv
        value_template: "{{ value_json.dxsEntries[1].value | round(0, default=0) }}"
        device_class: power
        unit_of_measurement: "W"
17

thanks petro, thats it.

18

maybe I try a suggestion for the documentation, for noobs like me