Can you please tell me how to collapse the content of the Input text, e.g.:
Line1, Line2, Line3, ..., LineN
to JSON array of strings, e.g.:
"{"Array_name":["String1","String2","String3",...,"StringN"]}"
to send through MQTT with automation.
And vice versa - how to pass JSON array of strings, e.g.
"{"Array_name":["String1","String2","String3",...,"StringN"]}"
to Input text, e.g.
Line1, Line2, Line3, ..., LineN
Thank you.
Use templates:
Json to string:
{% set a = {"Array_name":["String1","String2","String3","StringN"]} %}
{{ a.Array_name | join(', ') }}
Drop the first line and replace a with value_json in your MQTT sensor’s value_template.
String to json:
{% set a = 'Line1, Line2, Line3, ..., LineN' %}
{{ { "Array_name": a.split(', ') } | to_json }}
Drop the first line and replace a with the state of your input text and put the template in payload_template when calling mqtt.publish.
Thank you.