Send URL with sensor value

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Continuing the discussion from Reading sensor value with using a variable name:

I am trying to send a URL to an Arduino R4 Wifi to display on its matrix.the value of my Solaredge home battery.

In the configuration.yaml I added the lines:

rest_command:
  rest_cmd_matrix:
    url: "http://192.168.178.x/accu=sensor.{{ states.solaredge_i1_b1_state_of_energy.state }}"

So far no luck. The return value is always “http://192.168.178.x/accu=0”

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states.*sensor*.solaredge...

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url: “http://192.168.178.134/accu=sensor.{{ states.sensor.solaredge_i1_b1_state_of_energy.state }}” does not work.
Are you sure about the asterisks? Shown here as italics.

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The asterisks were just for emphasis :joy:
No, you definitely don’t want them

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Sorry, my mistake, The syntax is still a puzzle to me.
Now the command is:

url: "http://192.168.178.134/accu=sensor.{{ states.sensor.solaredge_i1_b1_state_of_energy.state }}"

But the variable still returns 0. Too many ‘sensors’?

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IDK. What does the Arduino actually expect?

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You probably need to remove the sensor. before the template.
Not sure what it does but it will send a string value. Not sure the receiver likes that

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Very straightforward, e.g.

url: http://192.168.178.134/accu=25

results in ‘25%’ on the matrix.

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Yeah… so the sensor. shouldn’t be there

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Solved with:

 url: "http://192.168.178.134/accu={{ states.sensor.solaredge_i1_b1_state_of_energy }}"

This provides the proper sensor value