Show dynamic text in frontend

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Hi everyone,

What is the best way to show a dynamic text in front end. I’m looking for something like a component that you can change it’s text value using appdaemon scripts. Something like input_text comes to mind but with read-only attribute and preferably ability to change icon. can we implement anything like this with current components?

thanks

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You should be able to set the state of a sensor, which allows both text and icons. I believe that if you change the icon and then change the state the front end will reload both.

(EDIT: I don’t use AppDaemon, but I could do it by just making a POST request to /api/states/sensor.my_sensor )

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thanks for the reply, I’m kind of new in this area and trying to figure out things. What kind of sensor do you use? I mean should use a particular platform?

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I’m saying you can just create one via the REST call or the corresponding AppDaemon call. You don’t have to set one up in the config. It is just a generic sensor and will display whatever the current state is set to.