Post what you got, seems like a comment is getting brought into the template output.
Iām not sure how to properly put the code in the template checker
So honestly I canāt say.
Iām such a noob, a eager one but a noob none the less.
I mean, post it here.
Nevermind found some typos, try this:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
next_game:
value_template: >
{% set game_time_string = states('sensor.browns') %}
{% set game_channel = state_attr('sensor.browns','Channel') %}
{% set current_time_string = states('time.date__time') %}
{% set five_minutes = 5 * 60 %}
{% set game_time = as_timestamp(strptime(game_time_string,'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S')) - five_minutes %}
{% set current_time = as_timestamp(strptime(current_time_string,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')) %}
{% set game_end = game_time + five_minutes + 3 * 60 * 60 %}
{{ game_channel.lower() if game_time <= current_time <= game_end else 'off' }}
lol, Oh sorry 
- platform: template
sensors:
next_game:
value_template: >
{% set game_time_string = states('sensor.browns') %}
{% set game_channel = state_attr('sensor.browns','channel') %}
{% set current_time_string = states('time.date_time') %}
{% set five_minutes = 5 * 60 %}
{% set game_time = as_timestamp(strptime(game_time_string,'%m/%d/%y %I:%M %p')) - five_minutes %}
{% set current_time = as_timestamp(strptime(game_time_string,'%m/%d/%y %I:%M %p')) %}
{% set game_end = game_time + five_minutes + 3 * 60 * 60 %}
{{ game_channel.lower() if game_time <= current_time <= game_end else 'off' }}There should be 2 underscores here unless the component changed. Between date__time
Ok, I was thinking my sensors name is sensor.browns so I tried that too but both ways werenāt working.
Ill try your updated code now. TY
I donāt know what you named the sensor. You gotta find it on your states page and use the correct sensor name. The problem with the template was a typo in the set current_time line, had nothing to do with with what your talking about.
Yes, I noticed that too, it had a double _ character. Or is that supposed to be there?
Its still unavailable for some reason.
paste this into the template editor
{% set game_time_string = states('sensor.browns') %}
{{ game_time_string }}
then this:
{% set game_channel = state_attr('sensor.browns','Channel') %}
{{ game_channel }}
then this:
{% set current_time_string = states('time.date__time') %}
{{ current_time_string }}
Take a screenshot of each output. Do not place all 3 in the editor at once.
Ok, gotta find out what the correct entity_id name is then. Take a pic of your states page and filter it using
āsensor.dā
That should filter out stuff to only see the date_time sensor.
Damn, Iām not home now. And I canāt see the entity Iād colum on my phone in the states menu,
This is all I can see.
I want you to know I appreciate your help. Iām confident if I keep pushing myself one day I will be able to pay it forward and be a contributing part of this thriving community
No problem. So, the issue is a typoā¦ again. My b.
Try this:
{% set current_time_string = states('sensor.date__time') %}
{{ current_time_string }}
Then use this as your template:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
next_game:
value_template: >
{% set game_time_string = states('sensor.browns') %}
{% set game_channel = state_attr('sensor.browns','Channel') %}
{% set current_time_string = states('sensor.date__time') %}
{% set five_minutes = 5 * 60 %}
{% set game_time = as_timestamp(strptime(game_time_string,'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S')) - five_minutes %}
{% set current_time = as_timestamp(strptime(current_time_string,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')) %}
{% set game_end = game_time + five_minutes + 3 * 60 * 60 %}
{{ game_channel.lower() if game_time <= current_time <= game_end else 'off' }}
Sorry to sound stupid, but where do I put this?
just check that inside the template checker
Im sorry I havenāt posted sooner, work has been crazy this week.
Ok that passes good in the template.
but im still getting unknown for the states view.
I wonder if it would help to show you my brown.py file and how the information is being processed. Ill post below. I wonder if its just the date__time format causing the sensor to not read it properly.
@ReneTode was so very kind in setting this up for me. maybe he has a idea?
truly ty to the both of you, I canāt wait until sunday to see this in action lol
###########################################################################################
# #
# Rene Tode ( [email protected] ) #
# #
# 2018/10/07 Germany #
# #
# #
# an app to that creates a sensor out of data collected from #
# Browns Schedule | Cleveland Browns - clevelandbrowns.com #
# #
###########################################################################################
import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
import datetime
import time
import requests
from socket import timeout
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
class browns(hass.Hass):
def initialize(self):
#################################################################
# when initialising the sensor needs to be imported #
# but we need to run the same code again to get the next values #
# thats why i only start the call_back from here #
#################################################################
self.get_values(self)
def get_values(self,kwargs):
#################################################################
# first we set some values, this could be done in the yaml #
# but this app is specialized and will only work for this #
# webpage, so why bother #
#################################################################
self.url = "https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/schedule/"
self.sensorname = "sensor.browns"
self.friendly_name = "Next game from Cleveland Browns"
next_game_time = None
#################################################################
# now we read the webpage #
#################################################################
try:
response = requests.get(self.url,timeout=10)
except:
self.log("i couldnt read the browns schedule page")
return
page = response.content
#################################################################
# now that we got the webpage we make the data readable #
#################################################################
soup = BeautifulSoup(page, "html.parser")
#################################################################
# in the google chrome console we are going down the tree from #
# body. every time an indention is visible we add the next #
# element. untill we see main, which contains a lot of section #
# elements. nextSibling makes us go to the next element on the #
# same level. untill we reach the table containing the schedule #
# cards. some invisible empty siblings make that we need more #
# rimes nextSibling then the amount of sections #
#################################################################
cards_table = soup.body.div.main.section.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling.nextSibling
#################################################################
# to see if we got the right data we log it. uncomment when #
# you expect that the webpage is changed #
#self.log(cards_table) #
#################################################################
#################################################################
# now we find the first card inside the table #
#################################################################
first_card = cards_table.div.div
#################################################################
# the first card is the title card containing "regular season" #
# now we are going to loop to the cards following that first 1 #
#################################################################
for schedule_card in first_card.find_next_siblings():
#############################################################
# lets find the date we want out of the card #
#############################################################
try:
game_start = schedule_card.div["data-gametime"]
except:
#########################################################
# there is no date found in this card (probably an add) #
#########################################################
game_start = ""
#############################################################
# if we find a date, then we need to translate the date to #
# a time we can compare. in this case we find a date like #
# like this 2018-09-09T17:00:00Z which is %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S #
# (python datetime lib docs tell us that) #
#############################################################
if game_start != "":
game_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(game_start,"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") + datetime.timedelta(hours= -4)
#########################################################
# find out if this date is in the future #
#########################################################
if game_time > datetime.datetime.now():
#####################################################
# check if we didnt find one before, when not set it#
#####################################################
if next_game_time == None:
next_game_time = game_time
#################################################
# now that we know that this is the next game #
# lets also lookup the opponent in the card #
# it will make a nice attribute for the sensor #
# to remove all whitespace we use strip() #
# again we can find that by looking at the #
# google chrome console #
#################################################
opponent = schedule_card.div.div.nextSibling.nextSibling.p.nextSibling.nextSibling.string.strip()
#################################################
# and we want to find the channel that it will #
# be on. #
#################################################
channel = schedule_card.div.div.nextSibling.nextSibling.div.nextSibling.nextSibling.div.div.span.nextSibling.nextSibling.string.strip()
#################################################################
# now we got all data we need but the date isnt what we need #
# we translate that again to the timeformat we want to see #
# for the HA sensor #
#################################################################
next_game_str = next_game_time.strftime("%m/%d/%y %I:%M %p")
#################################################################
# now we got all info we need and we can create a sensor. #
# the first time that the code is run it will create a warning #
# that the sensor doesnt exist. if we see that in the log we #
# know that the sensor is created. #
#################################################################
self.set_state(self.sensorname, state = next_game_str, attributes = {"friendly_name": self.friendly_name,"Opponent": opponent,"Channel": channel})
#################################################################
# now al we need to do is make sure that the sensor stays up to #
# date. we could check the webpage every minute, but that would #
# be unneccesary traffic. we dont know exactly when the webpage #
# is updated, we need to use a short time after the game, but #
# we dont want it to be too long #
# if the sensor isnt up to date, just check the page, restart #
# the app and or change the extra time we now add #
#################################################################
update_time = next_game_time + datetime.timedelta(hours= 4)
#################################################################
# so we got a time that we want to update the sensor. so we run #
# this code again at that time. #
#################################################################
self.run_at(self.get_values,update_time)
Ok, Iām guessing it doesnāt contain seconds. Try this then in the editor:
{% set current_time_string = states('sensor.date__time') %}
{% set current_time = as_timestamp(strptime(current_time_string,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')) %}
{{ current_time }}
it now says āNoneā