REST sensors do not handle array JSON reply bodies

[Troon]

See this post including my solution:

REST Sensor Issues

Despite digging ad nauseum in both the official docs and googling, I’m at a loss. Here’s what I’m working with, and I’ll explain my issues at the bottom: configuration.yaml: sensor: - platform: rest name: "SEPTA_test" resource: https://www3.septa.org/api/NextToArrive/index.php?req1=Wilmington&req2=Suburban%20Station&req3=2 value_template: "{{ value_json[0].orig_departure_time }} {{ value_json[1].orig_departure_time }}" json_attributes: - "orig_delay" Current API return: [ { …

It’s messy but possible. It’s certainly better when the JSON is a dictionary but you can work with arrays.