Weather.get_forecasts response to input_text

spacy · July 16, 2025, 5:45am

Hello,

I’m trying to get the response from weather.get_forecasts into a variable or input_text as JSON.

I need this in order to determine the best 5-hour temperature window.
My automation and the corresponding debug output: unfortunately, the entity input_text.wetter_forecast_json remains empty. Maybe someone has a tip for me.

alias: Wetter Forecast Debug
triggers:
  - at: "14:00:00"
    trigger: time
actions:
  - target:
      entity_id: weather.forecast_schenki
    data:
      type: hourly
    response_variable: forecast_response
    action: weather.get_forecasts
  - data:
      title: Wetter Forecast Antwort
      message: >
        {% set forecast = forecast_response["weather.forecast_schenki"] %} {% if
        forecast is defined %}
          {{ forecast }}
        {% else %}
          ⚠️ Keine Forecast-Daten erhalten!
        {% endif %}
    action: persistent_notification.create
  - action: input_text.set_value
    data:
      value: |
        {{ forecast_response | tojson }}
    target:
      entity_id: input_text.wetter_forecast_json
  - action: persistent_notification.create
    data:
      title: Debug
      message: |
        {{ forecast_response | tojson }}
mode: single

Debug

{"weather.forecast_schenki": {"forecast": [{"cloud_coverage": 40.6, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T12:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 60, "precipitation": 0.1, "temperature": 21.4, "uv_index": 5.5, "wind_bearing": 267.8, "wind_speed": 18.4}, {"cloud_coverage": 51.6, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T13:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 55, "precipitation": 0.1, "temperature": 21.5, "uv_index": 4.7, "wind_bearing": 279.7, "wind_speed": 22.0}, {"cloud_coverage": 80.5, "condition": "partlycloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T14:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 56, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 20.3, "uv_index": 3.6, "wind_bearing": 297.7, "wind_speed": 23.4}, {"cloud_coverage": 27.3, "condition": "partlycloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T15:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 51, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 20.7, "uv_index": 2.5, "wind_bearing": 290.7, "wind_speed": 17.3}, {"cloud_coverage": 31.2, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T16:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 52, "precipitation": 0.1, "temperature": 20.8, "uv_index": 1.4, "wind_bearing": 294.3, "wind_speed": 14.0}, {"cloud_coverage": 68.7, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T17:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 54, "precipitation": 0.8, "temperature": 20.0, "uv_index": 0.7, "wind_bearing": 296.5, "wind_speed": 18.7}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T18:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 78, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 17.2, "uv_index": 0.2, "wind_bearing": 275.0, "wind_speed": 12.6}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T19:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 81, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 17.1, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 237.0, "wind_speed": 7.2}, {"cloud_coverage": 57.0, "condition": "partlycloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T20:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 83, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 16.4, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 267.2, "wind_speed": 9.7}, {"cloud_coverage": 14.8, "condition": "partlycloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T21:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 85, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 15.9, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 253.7, "wind_speed": 7.9}, {"cloud_coverage": 71.1, "condition": "partlycloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T22:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 90, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 14.8, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 225.4, "wind_speed": 6.1}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-15T23:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 85, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 15.5, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 215.4, "wind_speed": 8.6}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T00:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 81, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 15.9, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 219.2, "wind_speed": 11.9}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T01:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 81, "precipitation": 0.2, "temperature": 15.6, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 232.6, "wind_speed": 11.5}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T02:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 82, "precipitation": 0.8, "temperature": 15.0, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 242.8, "wind_speed": 11.9}, {"cloud_coverage": 99.2, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T03:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 87, "precipitation": 0.7, "temperature": 14.4, "uv_index": 0.0, "wind_bearing": 227.8, "wind_speed": 9.4}, {"cloud_coverage": 89.8, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T04:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 89, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 14.3, "uv_index": 0.1, "wind_bearing": 172.4, "wind_speed": 10.4}, {"cloud_coverage": 62.5, "condition": "partlycloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T05:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 88, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 14.7, "uv_index": 0.3, "wind_bearing": 201.0, "wind_speed": 12.6}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T06:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 83, "precipitation": 0.5, "temperature": 15.8, "uv_index": 0.9, "wind_bearing": 201.1, "wind_speed": 13.7}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T07:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 84, "precipitation": 0.4, "temperature": 15.0, "uv_index": 1.8, "wind_bearing": 204.6, "wind_speed": 15.5}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "rainy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T08:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 85, "precipitation": 0.1, "temperature": 14.9, "uv_index": 3.0, "wind_bearing": 193.0, "wind_speed": 13.7}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T09:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 78, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 16.7, "uv_index": 4.3, "wind_bearing": 197.1, "wind_speed": 11.9}, {"cloud_coverage": 99.2, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T10:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 71, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 18.0, "uv_index": 5.4, "wind_bearing": 225.1, "wind_speed": 9.4}, {"cloud_coverage": 100.0, "condition": "cloudy", "datetime": "2025-07-16T11:00:00+00:00", "humidity": 65, "precipitation": 0.0, "temperature": 18.7, "uv_index": 6.1, "wind_bearing": 268.7, "wind_speed": 6.8}]}}```

Hellis81 · July 16, 2025, 6:06am

Input text can only hold 255 characters.

spacy · July 16, 2025, 6:22am

Thanks for your hint, but I’m a bit confused. I increased the max length value. Does that mean it doesn’t matter how large the max length is if it exceeds 255? See screenshot.
If I limit my output to 250 characters, it works without any issues.

Hellis81 · July 16, 2025, 6:26am

Yes, you can’t save more than 255 in the input text.
You can use a sensors attribute, but that means you need to make a template sensor in yaml.
Or you need to think about what you actually want to save. Perhaps 255 is enough?

spacy · July 16, 2025, 7:24am

Thank you, you’re right. I’ve drastically shortened my output for now. I got stuck at the max value and thought there was a way to increase it further.