Script to turn off pc

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Hi guys,

I’m pretty new to Home Assistant. I’ve already googled for my problem but the solutions i’ve found didn’t worked for me.
I’m trying to turn off my pc via a script calling a joaoapps service. This is my script:

pc_off:
  sequence:
      - service: joaoapps_join.computer_send_tasker
        data:
          command: shutdown

But when i save it i get the message:

Message malformed: Service joaoapps_join.dell-xps_send_tasker does not match format domain.name for dictionary value @ data[‘sequence’][0][‘service’]>

any advice?
thx

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Why does your example contain this service name:

joaoapps_join.computer_send_tasker

but the error message contains:

joaoapps_join.dell-xps_send_tasker

Are you actually using dell-xps_send_tasker but changed it to computer_send_tasker just for the example?

If you are actually using dell-xps_send_tasker then the name contains a hyphen (-) which is an invalid character for an entity_id or service name in Home Assistant.

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sorry, the example and the message contains different names because copy/paste error.
You were right, it was the hyphen.

You saved the day, thank you!

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