Template sanity check please

Configuration
1

I’m trying to play a specific station based on the input_select, I think the parameters are broken.

Any advice is appreciated!

- alias: Play Radio
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_select.radio_station
  action:
    service: media_player.squeezebox_call_method
    data_template:
      entity_id: media_player.picoreplayer
      command: playlist
      parameters: > 
          {% if is_state("input_select.radio_station", "Jewish Music Stream") %}
            - "play"
            - "https://stream.jewishmusicstream.com:8000"
          {%-elif is_state("input_select.radio_station", "Jewish Hits") %}
            - "play"
            - "http://s3.voscast.com:7246"
          {% else %}
            none
          {% endif %}
2

What you are trying to do is not possible. You cannot have jinja span multiple items in a list. Jinja will only return 1 string. It will not return complex objects (like a list of strings, which you are trying to do).

You’ll have to come up with another method to handle this. Possibly scripts with each hardcoded parameter section.

3

Thank you!

4

What you have could possibly work with some modifications. However, if that is just a simple example and you want to do something more complex, then :man_shrugging:

- alias: Play Radio
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_select.radio_station
  condition:
    condition: template
    value_template: >
      {{ trigger.to_state.state in ('Jewish Music Stream',
                                    'Jewish Hits') }}
  action:
    service: media_player.squeezebox_call_method
    data_template:
      entity_id: media_player.picoreplayer
      command: playlist
      parameters:
        - play
        - "{{ {'Jewish Music Stream': 'https://stream.jewishmusicstream.com:8000',
               'Jewish Hits': 'http://s3.voscast.com:7246'}
              [trigger.to_state.state] }}"

If you do actually need to send “none” for the value of parameters when the input_select is not one of the two, then you could do that in a second automation (with appropriate condition.)

5

That worked perfectly! Thanks!!

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