Set helper to value of sensor

[davinci]

I need both numbers and booleans. The requirement originated from this issue here:

Rest sensor - retry or skip if there are connection issues

- resource: "url" scan_interval: 59 timeout: 300 binary_sensor: - name: "Regen" value_template: >- {% if value_json %} {{ value_json.Regen }} {% else %} None {% endif %} I am using this rest template to get data. Sometimes the urls are not available for a short time or the json itself delivers None. In both cases the sensor goes to None and triggers my fail safe scripts. However, I want the sensor to try again x …

I found a solution without the need for these helpers.

But for reference I just want to know: How can i set an input_boolean to the state of a binary_sensor?