Template to show (adjusted selection of) file name as title/message

Installation Home Assistant OS
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HI,

please help me making a template to display a selected piece of string in the title / message of an automation notification…

this is the automation action:

action:
  - service: notify.ios_iphone
    data_template:
      title: "Activity Speech"
      message: "Please listen" (change this into) {{ template for filename bit}}
      data:
        push:
          sound: >
            {% if is_state ('input_select.activity','Opstart') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Welcome-Home.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Opstaan') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Morning.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity','Aan de slag') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Turning-On-The-Lights.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Home theater') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Starting-Movie-Mode.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity','Gym') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-In-Game-Room.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Selamat makan') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-In-Kitchen.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Uit huis') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Vacate-The-Premises.wav
            {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Naar bed') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Night.wav
            {% endif %}

If activity ‘Aan de slag’ would be selected, I would want ‘Turning on the lights’ to appear in the message. So somehow it would need to:

  • select the correct file, (already done by this automation, working fine)
  • filter out the ‘US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-’ and ‘.wav’ bits,
  • change ‘Turning-On-The-Lights’ into Turning on the lights…

Could this be done? Need some of your better templating skills here…

Cheers,
Marius

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off top of head I think you have to put the Full path in

something like

\local\Sound\US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Welcome-Home.wav

local being the www folder
Sound being a subfolder under the www

im new at this to remember seeing somewhere the full path been used

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no, thats not the issue, the files are built in the app. and already working i the above action.

next step is to have a template use that string part and transform it into the message …
thx

4

turning to you @anon43302295 as great templatist , would you know a solution for me, as i am almost there…:

{{states.input_select.speech_sound.state}} gives US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Welcome-Home.wav

how can i use a template to have a message display Welcome Home.

all .wav files have the same naming convention so the template should cut of ‘US-En-Morgan-Freeman-’ form the beginning and ‘.wav’ at the end.

{{states.input_select.speech_sound.state[21:-4]}}
renders Welcome-Home, which is already fine.

next it should adjust Welcome-Home to Welcome Home

Can this be done? Please have a look?
thx,
Marius

5

Add |replace('-' , ' ') in to the end of the template?

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yes… thank you!
{{states.input_select.speech_sound.state[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}} gives Welcome Home
that seemed too simple, sorry…

now change the Home into home…

for the automation in my first post above i need a related template but i cant figure out what the name of the time is I need:

{% if is_state ('input_select.activity','Opstart') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Welcome-Home.wav

what template would i need to select the wav file? the data_template for the sound.

I’ve simply tried to enter the full template in the message field :slight_smile:

data_template:
          title: "Activity {{states.input_select.activity.state}} speech"
          message: 
                {% if is_state ('input_select.activity','Opstart') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Welcome-Home.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Opstaan') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Morning.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity','Aan de slag') %} 'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Coworker-Is-Arriving.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Home theater') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Starting-Movie-Mode.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity','Gym') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-In-Game-Room.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Selamat makan') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-In-Kitchen.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Uit huis') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Vacate-The-Premises.wav
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Naar bed') %} US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Night.wav
                {% endif %}

which yields:

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data_template:
          title: "Activity {{states.input_select.activity.state}} speech"
          message: 
                {% if is_state ('input_select.activity','Opstart') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Welcome-Home.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Opstaan') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Morning.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity','Aan de slag') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Coworker-Is-Arriving.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Home theater') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Starting-Movie-Mode.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity','Gym') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-In-Game-Room.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Selamat makan') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-In-Kitchen.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Uit huis') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Vacate-The-Premises.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% elif is_state ('input_select.activity', 'Naar bed') %} {{'US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Night.wav'[21:-4]|replace('-' , ' ')}}
                {% endif %}

yields the desired result…

but now I could have just created a new template with the text edited as desired … seems this should be possible in a more intelligent way…
Cheers,
Marius