Reading the state of a mqtt switch based on multiple values in a JSON string

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Hi,

I am currently trying to integrate a OXRS device (https://oxrs.io/) that communicates via JSON over mqtt. I am using this to read the state of switches and sensors connected to the device.

When a switch or sensor is triggered it sends something like the following to a single mqtt topic:

{
  "port": 5,
  "channel": 1,
  "index": 17,
  "type": "contact",
  "event": "closed"
}

In this example I am interested in the “type” and “event” information only if “index” = 17. If “index” does not equal 17 then the message should be ignored.

My question is - How do I first check to see if “index” is equal to 17 before reading the “type” and “event” values?

Thank you

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You could try this example, found in the OXRS docs… OXRS Home Assistant integrations | OXRS Docs