Script: Cast (deeplink) a YouTube video to a Roku device

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I spent some time searching for a smooth solution to play a specific YouTube video on a Roku device. There are a couple ways to do it, but they are all pretty involved, so I made my own. My adjusting the app_id, it should be possible to adapt this to deep-link media in any Roku app.

This script will play the specified YouTube video on the given Roku device. It may present a “select a profile” screen; if so, the script will pick the default profile so it can start playing.

alias: "Provide Penguins: Roku"
description: >-
  This script will cast a YouTube video (Monterey Bay Penguin Cam, by default)
  to the chosen Roku device, turning it on and clicking through the
  "choose a profile" screen if necessary.
variables:
  entity_name: smaller_roku_tv
  video_id: gOptyLanxq4
fields:
  entity_name:
    name: Roku Entity Base Name
    description: >-
      The last field of the entity id, after the '.' so if your full entity_id
      is "media_player.my_roku", then the entity_name should be "my_roku"
    example: my_roku
    default: my_roku
    selector:
      text: null
  video_id:
    name: Video ID
    description: The YouTube video ID
    example: gOptyLanxq4
    default: gOptyLanxq4
    selector:
      text: null
sequence:
  - variables:
      mp_entity: media_player.{{ entity_name }}
      r_entity: remote.{{ entity_name }}
  - if:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ states(r_entity) == 'off'  }}"
    then:
      - service: remote.turn_on
        data:
          entity_id: "{{ r_entity }}"
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      entity_id: "{{ mp_entity }}"
      media_content_id: 837
      media_content_type: app
      extra:
        content_id: "{{ video_id }}"
        content_type: live
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      milliseconds: 0
  - if:
      - condition: not
        conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{states( mp_entity ) == 'playing'}}"
    then:
      - service: remote.send_command
        data:
          command:
            - enter
          entity_id: "{{ r_entity }}"
icon: mdi:penguin
mode: parallel
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