Simple Automatation that checks a specific attribute

Configuration
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Hey guys!

I installed my Rasberry pi with Hassio 3 days ago and I LOVE IT. however I have an issue that I can’t find any info on:

I want a simple automation that basically turns on my TV when my AVR is turned on EXCEPT when I stream spotify to the AVR. So here what i got so far:

Link to code:
https://pastebin.com/bwy2aZWZ

And the error:
2018-02-13 22:03:40 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while parsing a block mapping
in “/config/configuration.yaml”, line 114, column 5
expected , but found ‘’
in “/config/configuration.yaml”, line 116, column 82

So there seems to be some syntax issues here, and I can’t for the love of me figure this out.

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If pastebin didn’t mangle your config, your ‘- service’ line is not spaced properly

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Under condition completely remove the entity_id line, and change the single quotes on the outside of the curly brackets of the template to double quotes.

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@flamingm0e Hmm, I can’t see that it pasted weird however it seems to work fine if the condition is removed, so I don’t think thats the issue.

@anon43302295. like so? value_template: "{{ states.media_player.denon_avrx2200w.attributes.source = ‘Spotify’}}"

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that did not work unfortunately, however it is not like I need to create the template in configuration.yaml first or? sorry if that was a stupid question

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Yeah, and it needs to be == too.

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YAY! Configuration valid! Now off to testing! THANKS!!

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It seems to work fine! thanks so much!

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I’m looking to do something along these lines (using an attribute in an automation). Did you end up needing to create a sensor template first? Or did putting it in the automation do it for you? Would you be able to post up your final, working code?

Thanks!

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Hey oembob!

Nope, you just need to put in the exact code like stated above, now my automation looks like this:

 - alias: Turn on TV
   trigger:
     platform: state
     entity_id: media_player.denon_avrx2200w
     from: 'off'
     to: 'on'
   condition:
     condition: template
     value_template: "{{ states.media_player.denon_avrx2200w.attributes.source != 'Spotify'}}"
   action:
   - service: media_player.turn_on
     entity_id: media_player.sony_bravia_tv
   - service: light.turn_off
     entity_id: light.vardagsrum

So this turns my TV on and the living room light off when I turn on the AVR UNLESS it’s not streaming spotify, I hope it helps!

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Perfect, that is exactly what I needed! Thanks!