Template in Script to set Numeric Value from a dropdown

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I’m trying to create a template to grab a Text selection from a dropdown and pass it to a script data item as an integer. I’m able to get the text value of the selection and interpret it as a number in developer tools but the script wont’ accept the template value as an integer even when casting to int. Anybody have any thoughts?

alias: Delete Camera Captures
sequence:
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 3
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: delete.files_in_folder
    data:
      folder: /config/www/tmp
      time: {{ states('input_select.test_dropdown') | int }}
      scan_subfolders: true
mode: single
icon: mdi:delete-clock

The current dropdown has:
0
3600
86400
604800

as its options

2

Your template needs to be in quotes:

      time: "{{ states('input_select.test_dropdown') | int }}"
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Thanks! I did get it to work after a bit of a struggle!

4

This is what I ended up with.

  - service: delete.files_in_folder
    data:
      folder: /config/www/tmp
      time: >-
        {% if states('input_select.file_age') == 'All' %}  {{ 0 | int }} {% elif
        states('input_select.file_age') == '1 Hour' %}  {{ 3600 | int }} {% elif
        states('input_select.file_age') == '24 Hours' %}  {{ 86400 | int }} {%
        elif states('input_select.file_age') == '1 Week' %}  {{ 604800 | int }}
        {% endif %}
      scan_subfolders: true

This takes text input from the dropdown and converts it to a numeric value for data:[time]. For anyone struggling with text to int conversions.

5

Another option is to use a dictionary to map the state values to their corresponding integers

  - service: delete.files_in_folder
    data:
      folder: /config/www/tmp
      time: >-
        {% set select_map = {
        "All": 0, "1 Hour": 3600, "24 Hours": 86400, "1 Week": 604800} %}
        {{ select_map.get(states('input_select.file_age')) }}
      scan_subfolders: true
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Thanks! That’s a lot cleaner!

Is there a way to do this in a card?

type: custom:gallery-card
entities:
  - sensor.snapshots
menu_alignment: right
maximum_files: '{{ states(''input_number.files_to_display'') }}'
show_reload: true

This doesn’t seem to work in a card. Is that by design or is it a syntax issue?

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Most cards do not accept templating, but some do. Since this is a custom card you will need to check its repository… This is not a card I’m familiar with, but from a cursory read I don’t see anything to suggest that gallery-card allows templating.

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Thanks Drew!

I’ll dig in a little deeper and maybe do a feature request.