Scripts - run an app from a button press

Third party integrations AppDaemon
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I got my automations converted over and I’m trying to do the same for some scripts. Basically I use the script as an action, “Bedtime” for example is just a button I use to trigger a bunch of things. What’s the best way to convert that over to AppDaemon?

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i dont know what call a button.
i use an input boolean to activate actions.

and in appdaemon you then just use listen_state for the input_boolean and it does the trick.

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Can you show an example of your code please?

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import appdaemon.appapi as appapi
import os
import datetime
import tempfile
import subprocess
 

class dashboard(appapi.AppDaemon):

  def initialize(self):
    tempfile.tempdir = '/mnt/usbdrive/tmp'
    self.listen_state(self.update_now,"input_boolean.update_recepten_now")

  def update_now(self, entity, attribute, old, new, kwargs):
    if new == "on":

      cmd = [
        "sudo",
        "rsync",
        "-r",
        "--delete",
        "--update",
        "/mnt/backup/recepten",
        "/mnt/usbdrive/pi/appdaemon/appdaemon/conf/custom_css"
      ]

      with tempfile.TemporaryFile() as f:
        subprocess.call(cmd, stdout=f, stderr=f)
        f.seek(0)
        #output = f.read()
      self.turn_off(entity)
      self.log ("recepten gekopieerd")

this is an app that i use to update a dir on my pi compared to a dir on my pc.
as soon as the boolean is set to on it does the action and after that it sets the boolean back to off.

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