Using service_template with different service types

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i need some help to set the following up - the purpose to have media_player.media_play or rest_command.kodi_secondary call according to the specified condition, but these services have 2 different set of data parameters - one receives “entity_id” and the other “body”

script:
    kodi_sec_replay:
      alias: Kodi Secondary Replay
      sequence:
      - service_template: >
          {% if (states('input_select.kodi_play_file') == "N/A") %}
          media_player.media_play
          {% else %}
          rest_command.kodi_secondary
          {% endif %}
        data_template: >
          {% if (states('input_select.kodi_play_file') == "N/A") %}
          entity_id: media_player.kodi_secondary
          {% else %}
          {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Player.Open","id":1,"params":[{"playlistid":0,"position":0}]}'}
          {% endif %}
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Automations don’t work like that.

You can write two separate scripts (plus a third master script) with conditions to halt execution of kodi_play_file isn’t in the right state.

kodi_sec_replay_na:
  sequence:
    - condition: template
      value_template: "{{ is_state('input_select.kodi_play_file', 'N/A') }}"
   - service: media_player.media_play

kodi_sec_replay_not_na:
  sequence:
    - condition: template
      value_template: "{{ not is_state('input_select.kodi_play_file', 'N/A') }}"
    - service: rest_command.kodi_secondary

kodi_sec_replay:
  sequence:
    - service: script.kodi_sec_replay_na
    - service: script.kodi_sec_replay_not_na

Or, easier, you can write a python_script to handle it using more conventional logic.

Or, easier still, install AppDaemon to handle this sort of thing and more.

3

sorry i missed the 1st line - it’s a script

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Yeah. I guessed that. You’ll need to use 3 separate scripts to do this (as I provided an example of). Or a python_script. Or AppDaemon.

When I said “automations don’t work like that”, I meant the “action” part of an automation, which works identical to a script.

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thanks - will go the python script i think