REST question

[nickrout]

what is the result of the following:

curl https://private.herokuapp.com/api/v1/entries/current.json

What is the state of the rest sensor?

[beanbov]

I am not sure how to do the curl command, do i just put that line in the shell_command.yaml file?

I am not seeing the sensor in my entity list. I am assuming it would be called JSON sgv.

[stevemann (Stephen Mann (YAML-challenged))]

Without the curl.
https://private.herokuapp.com/api/v1/entries/current.json

You should get a json formatted string back. It will look like this:

[{"_id":"5c64e08d935f13a6221e6933","sgv":136,"date":1550114905000,"dateString":"2019-02-14T03:28:25.000Z","trend":4,"direction":"Flat","device":"share2","type":"sgv"}]

You extract the data with a template like this:

value_template: '{{ value_json[0].sgv }}'

[beanbov]

I think I got it now, I had two sensor entities. Thank you guys for all your help. I am sure I will be back for more help. #noobstatus

[Bryan_Fleming (Bryan)]

I am curious, how do you parse out all of the JSON values coming from Nightscout? I should have probably posed this here, but I started a new post with that question and all of my details:

Help with JSON - Dexcom CGM Data

Hi there- I am fairly new to Hassio and I am trying to learn how to bring in outside information using a REST API from a JSON source. I’ve read over a number of the references here but I am still having trouble with exactly how the configuration should be setup. The big issue is that I’m new to working with JSON. The first project I’m trying to tackle is pulling Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) data from a platform called Nightscout I’ve been following this thread for reference: REST question …

[Bryan_Fleming (Bryan)]

Hi there- for those following this, I wanted to share a new thread I started around using the CGM data.

Check it out and post your GGM data use examples:

Using Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Data

CGM is primarily used by Type 1 Diabetics to monitor their blood sugar levels in real-time. There are a couple of threads dedicated to getting CGM data into HA (And there are some discussions in those threads around automation). Help with JSON - Dexcom CGM Data REST question But, I wanted to start a new thread dedicated to using that data. I plan to update this thread as I discover new ways to utilize my data in HA. My first project is to begin graphing data in a useful way to keep an eye on …

[westoftyler (Tyler)]

Could you show an example of what would go in the Call Service node? I keep getting API errors with the current configuration.

[Madseason41]

Entity Id should be:

‘script.bg_tts_alarm’

On mine, the script itself sends the TTS message to the desired media player. All I am doing with the automation is calling the script.

[westoftyler (Tyler)]

So just to make sure, I should have it as such?

Also, here is the state node config. Does this look correct?

[westoftyler (Tyler)]

Got it working! Had to make some adjustments to the script. Thanks again for the help.

#Blood Sugar Alarms
bg_tts_alarm:
  alias: BG TTS Alarm
  sequence:
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data_template:
      data:
        type: announce
      target: media_player.master_bedroom
      message: "Wake up. NameHere has a blood sugar of {{states('sensor.json_sgv')}}."

[gagebenne]

Hi, thought I might drop this information in here for anyone interested:
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/33852

[7even (Henning)]

This would be awesome! Will it be integrated?

[gagebenne]

Still awaiting review, feel free to <3 or comment on the pull request to grab the attention of HA staff!

If you’d like to beta test the integration as a custom_component:

gagebenne/home-assistant-dexcom

[7even (Henning)]

I tried… But no positive respons. There are somethings in the PR that should not be there was the answer i got.
My bet is that they are busy with the new beta.

[stevemann (Stephen Mann (YAML-challenged))]

I would like to have access to my G6 data without the cumbersome Heroku app, but…
I am running Home Assistant in a Docker on an Intel NUC running Ubuntu. There is no homeassistant/custom_components folder. I tried mkdir custom_components then adding the /dexcom folder in /usr/share/hassio/homeassistant/custom_components, but in Configuration -> Integrations -> +, there is no Dexcom to configure.

Does it matter that root owns everything in /usr/share/hassio/homeassistant?

Any tips would be appreciated.

[gagebenne]

Be sure to do a restart, and be sure it’s just the /dexcom folder in there, not the whole repository.

The directory structure you have is identical to mine.

[stevemann (Stephen Mann (YAML-challenged))]

Thanks. Did a restart, still not there.

steve@nuc:/usr/share/hassio/homeassistant/custom_components$ ls -al
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 15 13:00 dexcom

cd dexcom

steve@nuc:/usr/share/hassio/homeassistant/custom_components/dexcom$ ls -al
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1848 May 15 12:59 config_flow.py
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  389 May 15 12:59 const.py
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 3011 May 15 12:59 __init__.py
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  291 May 15 12:59 manifest.json
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 4133 May 15 12:59 sensor.py
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root  618 May 15 12:59 strings.json

Other ideas?

[nickrout]

@stevemann

/usr/share/hassio/homeassistant

Can you confirm that this directory has your configuration.yaml ?

[stevemann (Stephen Mann (YAML-challenged))]

Yes, it does:

steve@nuc:/usr/share/hassio/homeassistant$ ls -al
total 257256
drwxr-xr-x  9 root root      4096 May 15 20:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root      4096 May 10 17:10 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root         2 Feb  9 09:50 automations.yaml
-rwxr--r--  1 root root      3078 Mar  4 14:26 cameras.yaml
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4096 Feb  9 09:50 .cloud
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      2792 May 15 13:03 configuration.yaml
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root      4096 May 15 13:00 custom_components
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4096 Feb  9 09:50 deps
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       512 Feb 10 15:20 groups.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root         7 May 15 19:01 .HA_VERSION
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5396331 May 15 20:28 home-assistant.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 257478656 May 15 20:28 home-assistant_v2.db
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       451 Feb 10 16:50 known_devices.yaml
-rwxr--r--  1 root root        55 Oct 18  2018 life360.conf
drwxrwxr-x  7 root root      4096 May 11 15:08 node-red
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      1122 Feb 10 08:01 options.xml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    314113 May 15 20:27 OZW_Log.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     32768 Feb 10 08:01 pyozw.sqlite
-rw-r--r--  1 root root         0 Feb  9 09:50 scenes.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root         0 Feb  9 09:50 scripts.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       563 Feb 10 17:41 secrets.yaml
-rwxr--r--  1 root root      4290 Feb 10 23:22 sensors.yaml
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4096 May 15 20:16 .storage
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4096 Feb  9 09:50 tts
-rwxr--r--  1 root root      4788 Mar 12 23:51 ui-lovelace.yaml
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      4096 Feb 17 22:57 www
-rwxr--r--  1 root root       656 Feb 10 17:41 zones.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     95826 May 15 19:01 zwcfg_0xd8b30543.xml
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       108 May 15 19:01 zwscene.xml

Recall that Home Assistant is in a docker container. I have been bitten by the docker folders not the same as Ubuntu folders before.

[nickrout]

Does the log refer to starting custom components?