Using a state attribute in an automation action

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Hi,

I’m trying to use a state attribute and strip it to use in a TTS action after a trigger in an automation. I am able to get the default ‘state’, but I’m trying to get the ‘Game’ attribute under this state.

service: tts.google_translate_say
data:
  entity_id: media_player.google_home
  language: nl
  message: >-
    De status is nu:
    {{states.sensor.XXXXXX.state}}

I’ve tried state.Game, state|Game, but none of them seem to work and searching for state attributes only gives me examples of how to use attributes in a trigger or condition. Any help appreciated :slight_smile:

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{{ state_attr('sensor.XXXX', 'Game') }}

Also for reference the recommended way to get to the state of an entity in a template is like this:

{{ states('sensor.XXXX') }}

See the warning here for why (as well as all the other stuff you can do with states in templates).

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Hi @CentralCommand ,

Thanks for pointing me to that page, that makes sense :slight_smile:

With this i’m getting the current state of the sensor:

{{ states('sensor.discord_user_XXXXXX') }}

However, with this, i’m getting ‘None’ as output:

{{ state_attr('sensor.discord_user_XXXXXX', 'Game') }}

The ‘Game’ attribute does exist under the sensor pulldown menu ‘Attributes’ and it is filled. Also changed it to another att. which exists, and it has the same outcome

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Check Developer tools → States. HA is case sensitive, so if the attribute is really game it won’t find one called Game

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That was it :slight_smile: The attributes are lowercase in the states. The UI shows them with uppercase first :slight_smile:
Amazing, I think I can work this out from here. Thanks!

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Yes, dashboards are coded to make things look pretty. Among other things, applying a device class to a binary sensor can change the state from on to all these displayed values. The only place to find the actual state is in Developer Tools > States.