Using custom component: youtube sensor

[RobDYI]

I am not sure if this helps but this is how I play youtube urls stored in input.text.

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automation music:
  alias: music
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_text.youtube
  action:
    - service:  media_player.media_stop
    - service:  media_player.volume_set
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.speaker
        volume_level: 1
    - service: media_extractor.play_media
      data_template:
        entity_id: media_player.speaker
        media_content_id: "{{  states.input_text.youtube.state }}"
        media_content_type: 'music'
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Input_text / Alexa Intent => youtube search => media_player

I have seen a lot of topics about youtube search and having the results play on a media player but couldn’t find a complete project. I created this python script that will take a search topic as an input and put the url from the first search result from youtube video into a input_text. I then get HA to automate the playing of the url on the media player when the input text changes. I used media extractor to play the urls on the media player. shell_command: youtube: /Library/Frameworks/Pyt…