This works via Dev Tools, but not Node Red. What am I missing?

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I’m trying to get my vacuum (Valetudo RE) to clean rooms in a specific order. This works via Dev Tools:

service: mqtt.publish
data:
  topic: valetudo/rockrobo-s6/custom_command
  payload: >-
    {"command": "segmented_cleanup", "segment_ids": ["Office","Guest
    Bedroom","Entryway","Laundry Room","Kitchen","Living Room","Dining
    Room","Master Bedroom","Master Closet"],"repeats": 1,"afterCleaning":
    "Trash"}

However, the same command does not work via NR. You can see the error in the screenshot.

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2

nothing goes in the entity id field and all of the data parts go in the data field.

data field

{
  "topic": "valetudo/rockrobo-s6/custom_command"
  "payload":  {
    "command": "segmented_cleanup", 
    "segment_ids": ["Office","Guest Bedroom","Entryway","Laundry Room","Kitchen","Living Room","Dining Room","Master Bedroom","Master Closet"],
    "repeats": 1,
    "afterCleaning": "Trash"
  }
}
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3

Oh, duh! Of course its not an entity. Sometimes I’m amazed that I don’t fall over more when walking.

4

Hmmm… You missed the comma after the topic, but even after adding it, I get API error. Any other ideas. Here’s my test:

[{"id":"afc7effa.60399","type":"inject","z":"93889ed6.50652","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":690,"y":1180,"wires":[["59b53273.43870c"]]},{"id":"59b53273.43870c","type":"api-call-service","z":"93889ed6.50652","name":"","server":"61a3b09d.8395a","version":1,"debugenabled":false,"service_domain":"mqtt","service":"publish","entityId":"","data":"{\t   \"topic\": \"valetudo/rockrobo-s6/custom_command\",\t   \"payload\":  {\t       \"command\": \"segmented_cleanup\",\t       \"segment_ids\": [\t           \"Office\",\t           \"Guest Bedroom\",\t           \"Entryway\",\t           \"Laundry Room\",\t           \"Kitchen\",\t           \"Living Room\",\t           \"Dining Room\",\t           \"Master Bedroom\",\t           \"Master Closet\"\t       ],\t       \"repeats\": 1,\t       \"afterCleaning\": \"Trash\"\t  }\t}","dataType":"jsonata","mergecontext":"","output_location":"","output_location_type":"none","mustacheAltTags":false,"x":820,"y":1120,"wires":[["47c686cc.e300b8"]]},{"id":"47c686cc.e300b8","type":"debug","z":"93889ed6.50652","name":"vac","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":990,"y":1100,"wires":[]},{"id":"61a3b09d.8395a","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","addon":true}]
5

Looks like the mqtt payload needs to be a string.

[{"id":"afc7effa.60399","type":"inject","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"","props":[{"p":"mqttPayload","v":"{\"command\":\"segmented_cleanup\",\"segment_ids\":[\"Office\",\"Guest Bedroom\",\"Entryway\",\"Laundry Room\",\"Kitchen\",\"Living Room\",\"Dining Room\",\"Master Bedroom\",\"Master Closet\"],\"repeats\":1,\"afterCleaning\":\"Trash\"}","vt":"json"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","x":642,"y":304,"wires":[["7bc118e5.f19238"]]},{"id":"59b53273.43870c","type":"api-call-service","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"","server":"","version":3,"debugenabled":true,"service_domain":"mqtt","service":"publish","entityId":"","data":"{\t   \"topic\": \"valetudo/rockrobo-s6/custom_command\",\t   \"payload\": mqttPayload\t}","dataType":"jsonata","mergecontext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[],"queue":"none","x":938,"y":304,"wires":[["47c686cc.e300b8"]]},{"id":"47c686cc.e300b8","type":"debug","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"vac","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":1106,"y":304,"wires":[]},{"id":"7bc118e5.f19238","type":"json","z":"ffbd7f06.4a014","name":"","property":"mqttPayload","action":"str","pretty":false,"x":770,"y":304,"wires":[["59b53273.43870c"]]}]
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6

I’m confused. Wasn’t it already a string?

7

It’s a JSON object that needs to be converted to a string representation.