I’m trying to match a string in an entity attribute using a template.
I’ve tried a few combinations but not getting a match.
My entity looks like this:
My automation:
alias: Network - Batchelor(ette) Night On/Off
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: /1
condition:
- condition: template
value_template: >
{{ 'The Bachelorette' in
states.sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media.attributes.data }}
action:
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bachelor_night
mode: parallel
max: 10
I’ve also tried:
{{ 'The Bachelorette' in state_attr(“sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media”, “data”) }}
Neither result in the automation being triggered.
rccoleman
July 24, 2021, 8:35pm
2
Are you just trying to trigger if “The Bachelorette” is in the title field of any of attributes there? If so, try this:
{{ state_attr('sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media', 'data')|selectattr('title', '==', 'The Bachelorette')|list|length > 0 }}
You also had some wonky quotes characters in there. Thankfully, this evaluates to “false” for me
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123
July 24, 2021, 9:07pm
3
In addition, there’s probably no need to poll the entity’s data attribute every minute. Just create a State Trigger to monitor the data attribute for changes.
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media
attribute: data
rccoleman
July 24, 2021, 9:08pm
4
True, or just use the above as a template trigger.
Thanks mates, that did the trick.
Yeah, I plan to refine the trigger. The time pattern is more for testing purposes.
Cheers!
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123
July 24, 2021, 9:23pm
6
Even better!
There’s also the opportunity to use the new match or search functions to permit more flexible string-matching (i.e. substring matching).
Bonus points! Possible to do an if/else for an action?
For instance, if conditions met then set input_boolean.bachelor_night = true else input_boolean.bachelor_night = false?
123
July 25, 2021, 1:34am
8
The answer to your question is yes but you set an input_boolean’s state to on or off, not true or false.
Simple example where the input_boolean is turned on if a sensor’s value exceeds 10. Otherwise it’s turned off.
action:
- service: "input_boolean.turn_{{ 'on' if states('sensor.whatever') | int > 10 else 'off' }}"
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bachelor_night
123:
'on' if
Hmm…
'data')|selectattr('title', '==', 'The Bachelorette')|list|length > 0
works to find if that string is present.
But for some reason != as in:
'data')|selectattr('title', '!=', 'The Bachelorette')|list|length > 0
still evaluates as true when the string is present. Basically I need another automation to turn off the input boolean if that string isn’t present.
123
July 25, 2021, 5:22pm
10
Not sure why you quoted a fraction of one of my posts then commented on a template I didn’t provide.
Nevertheless, the modified version you posted works exactly the way it’s written (i.e. the result is correct), just not the way you think it’s supposed to work.
It selected everything that did not have that value (The Bachelorette). Obviously there are many entries without that value so the count is greater than 0 and the template evaluates to true.
The original template correctly reports true/false if the value is present/missing.
I was replying to rrcolemans post that apparently quoted a part of yours.
But I got what I was after with:
action:
- service: >-
input_boolean.turn_{{ 'on' if (state_attr('sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media',
'data')|selectattr('title', '==', 'The Bachelorette')|list|length > 0 or state_attr('sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media',
'data')|selectattr('title', '==', 'The Bachelor')|list|length > 0) and
is_state('sensor.day_of_week', 'Tuesday') else 'off'}}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bachelor_night
Cheers!
123
July 25, 2021, 7:39pm
12
That’s a perfect application for the use of match.
action:
- service: >
input_boolean.turn_{{ 'on' if (state_attr('sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media', 'data')
| selectattr('title', 'match', 'The Bachelor') | list | length > 0 and
is_state('sensor.day_of_week', 'Tuesday') else 'off' }}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bachelor_night
It will match any string that begins with The Batchelor (meaning it will also match The Bachelorette).
Perfect! I love simpler. Thanks again!
Circling back on this. After some time I wanted to start using this again but now I’m getting this error when I plop that template into the checker:
UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'title'
Here’s the sensor value:
data:
- title_default: $title
line1_default: $episode
line2_default: $release
line3_default: $rating - $runtime
line4_default: $number - $studio
icon: mdi:arrow-down-bold
- airdate: '2022-07-19T00:00:00Z'
release: $day, $time
flag: false
title: The Bachelorette
episode: Episode 2
number: S19E02
runtime: 85
studio: ABC (US)
rating: ★ 6.3
genres: Drama, Game Show, Reality, Romance
poster: https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/posters/71187-8_t.jpg
fanart: https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/71187-3_t.jpg
- airdate: '2022-07-22T02:00:00Z'
release: $day, $time
flag: false
title: The Old Man
episode: VII
number: S01E07
runtime: 64
studio: Hulu
rating: ''
genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
poster: >-
https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/v4/series/367392/posters/629cef6e884e5_t.jpg
fanart: >-
https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/v4/series/367392/backgrounds/6297a730edc11_t.jpg
- airdate: '2022-07-22T04:00:00Z'
release: $day, $time
flag: false
title: For All Mankind
episode: Bring It Down
number: S03E07
runtime: 60
studio: Apple TV+
rating: ''
genres: Drama, Science Fiction
poster: >-
https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/series/356202/posters/600304db98362_t.jpg
fanart: >-
https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/series/356202/backgrounds/6035368ae4176_t.jpg
- airdate: '2022-07-25T01:00:00Z'
release: $day, $time
flag: false
title: Westworld
episode: Zhuangzi
number: S04E05
runtime: 58
studio: HBO
rating: ★ 8.9
genres: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Western
poster: https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/posters/296762-3_t.jpg
fanart: https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/296762-8_t.jpg
- airdate: '2022-07-26T00:00:00Z'
release: $day, $time
flag: false
title: The Bachelorette
episode: Episode 3
number: S19E03
runtime: 85
studio: ABC (US)
rating: ★ 6.3
genres: Drama, Game Show, Reality, Romance
poster: https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/posters/71187-8_t.jpg
fanart: https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/71187-3_t.jpg
friendly_name: Sonarr_Upcoming_Media
