Restful command does not find item

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Hi,

I’d need a bit help getting restful command sent with parameters taken from other items, I have created buttons using lovelace gui for replicating AC remote.

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I’ve created also automation which calls rest command if such send button is pressed. So far it works, button calls the automation.

Then I have done rest command like this, in configuration.yml:


heatpump_with_params:
    url: http://192.168.1.100:1880/api
    method: POST
    content_type: "application/json"
    headers:
       accept: "application/json"
    payload: '{ "token": "xxxx", "cmd":"on", "temp":"{{ states(input_number.heatpump_temp) | int }}", "mode":"{{ states(input_select.heatpump_mode) }}", "fan": "{{ states(input_select.heatpump_fan) }}" }'

But such variables are not found. The entity ids are copied from items, so no spelling mistakes should be there.

What is wrong with the syntax?

Error:

Stopped because an error was encountered at August 3, 2022 at 12:09:18 (runtime: 0.02 seconds)

UndefinedError: 'input_number' is undefined
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I’m using node-red controlled arduino as the rest api, which is documented here. The API could make use of the values set by user in HA gui. https://github.com/ikke-t/toshiba-ac-ir-remote

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The entity names need to be in quotes. Unfortunately you have already used single and double quotes here. The simplest workaround may be to put the payload onto a new line:

    payload: >
      { "token": "xxxx", "cmd":"on", "temp":"{{ states('input_number.heatpump_temp') | int }}", "mode":"{{ states('input_select.heatpump_mode') }}", "fan": "{{ states('input_select.heatpump_fan') }}" }
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That was it, thanks! I tried and failed with all different backslash combos…

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