Template notifier for alert

Configuration
1

I am looking for an option to send an alert every x minutes when a window & door are open at the same time. But I only want to send the notification to the people who are home. And if nobody is home it should be sent to a specific notifier. But as far as I can see there is no way to support that without creating a new alert configuration based on an extra binary_sensor This is my config so far. at that is working for 1 device.

room_bathroom_door_and_window_open_alert:
  name: Bathroom Door & Window are both open
  message: Bathroom door & window are still open. Close them
  entity_id: binary_sensor.room_bathroom_door_and_window_open
  repeat:
    - 2
    - 15
  skip_first: true
  notifiers:
    - koen

I would like something like this:

room_bathroom_door_and_window_open_alert:
  name: Bathroom Door & Window are both open
  message: Bathroom door & window are still open. Close them
  entity_id: binary_sensor.room_bathroom_door_and_window_open
  repeat:
    - 2
    - 15
  skip_first: true
  notifiers:
    - {% if (is_state('person.koen', 'home')) and (is_state('person.laure', 'home'))  %}
         everyone
      {% elif is_state('person.koen', 'home') %}
          koen
      {% elif is_state('person.laure', 'home') %}
          laure
      {% endif %}
2

@tom_l why did you change it to configuration? I first asked on discord if this was possible. And they said I had to create a new feature request. And not it again marked as configuration. This is currently not supported by the alert integration.

3

Because what you want to do can be done now, with the correct configuration. Just use an automation, a while loop and conditions.

4

Ah alright. Any idea how I can do this?

5

I just told you.

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_window
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door
    to: 'on'
conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_window
    state: 'on'
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door
    state: 'on'
action:
  - while: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.your_window', 'on') and is_state('binary_sensor.your_door', 'on') }}"
    sequence:
      - service: >
          {% if is_state('person.koen', 'home') and is_state('person.laure', 'home')  %}
            notify.everyone
          {% elif is_state('person.koen', 'home') %}
            notify.koen
          {% elif is_state('person.laure', 'home') %}
            notify.laure
          {% else %}
            notify.specific_notifier_when_nobody_is_home_that_you_did_not_specify
          {% endif %}
        data:
        message: "The door and window are open."
      - delay:
          minutes: "{% 2 if repeat.index % 2 == 0 else 15 %}"

The trigger/condition combination only runs the actions if both the door and window are open.

The while template repeats until one or both of them is closed.

The delay is 2 minutes for even loop counts and 15 minutes for odd loop counts.

Now I don’t know if the repeat index is incremented at the beginning or end of the loop. If you find that the first delay is 15 minutes instead of 2, change the minutes template to: "{% 2 if repeat.index % 2 == 1 else 15 %}"

This also assumes you have set up the notification services/groups:

notify.everyone
notify.koen
notify.laure
notify.specific_notifier_when_nobody_is_home_that_you_did_not_specify
6

Aah alright I tought I still had to use the alert integration somewhere as well. Alright thanks for your clear example.

7

Let me know how it goes.