Report current temperature help

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Hi,

This is probably a very simple answer but I cant seem to find the information I need. I have successfully linked my Nest Thermostat to HA. What I would like to do next is have HA upload the current Temperature to MQTT periodically. I am using the Automation page of HA, I have figured out how to set the time interval and can publish to MQTT, what I can’t figure out is how to format the Action Payload to output the temperature.
I have tried the following…

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But this just publishes the string climate.hallway.current_temperature instead of the actual temperature.

I’d appreciate any advice on how to output the actual temperature

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First tick the box that says Payload template, not Payload.
Then put this in it:

{{ state_attr('climate.hallway','current_temperature') }}

Use the developer tools > template editor page, to test how templates work and:

For more information.

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Use Payload Template

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ahh thank you so much - it works now

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You need to put it in quotes

"{{ state_attr('climate.hallway','current_temperature') }}"

Or you need to do it like this:

payload_template: >
  {{ state_attr('climate.hallway','current_temperature') }}

(in the YAML code, rather than the GUI)

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You don’t get a screen like this ?

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I was missing the quotes - it’s working now, thank you everyone

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