What is the proper way to support multiple event, entity_id, etc. that perform the same action?

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In this particular case, I’m using an Xiamoi button and I’d like the single and double click to perform the same action without duplicating the code block.

This works for a single click:

##################################################################
- alias: lamp by button
##################################################################
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: click
    event_data:
      entity_id: binary_sensor.switch_lamp
      click_type: single
  action:
    service: switch.toggle
    entity_id: switch.lamp

Would this work for a double-click too?

click_type: single, double

Or, what about something like this, which I think I’ve seen in some automations but can’t seem to find it now:

click_type: [ 'single', 'double' ]

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Not exactly the same, but might help to give you some ideas.

- alias: 'Minimote Button Pressed or Held'
  trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: zwave.scene_activated
    event_data:
      entity_id: zwave.aeotec_minimote_1
  action:
  - service: homeassistant.toggle
    data_template:
      entity_id: >
        {% set map = {1: 'light.bedroom_lamp_one',
                      2: 'light.bedroom_lamp_one',
                      3: 'light.bedroom_lamp_two',
                      4: 'light.bedroom_lamp_two',
                      5: 'light.bedroom_ceiling_light',
                      6: 'light.bedroom_ceiling_light',
                      7: 'switch.bedroom_fan',
                      9: 'switch.bedroom_fan'} %}
        {{ map[trigger.event.data.scene_id|int] }}

this is working for my minimote. I know its not the same, but something like this might work for the action

  action:
  - service: homeassistant.toggle
    data_template:
      entity_id: >
        {% set map = {single: 'switch.lamp',
                      double: 'switch.lamp'} %}
        {{ map[trigger.event.data.click_id] }}

Im not familiar with the click event, so I dont know if it would be “click_id”, or just click, or something else. I like this setup (once you get it figured out, because it’s easy to change in the future

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For a click event w/ entity_id of binary_sensor.switch_lamp, what are the possible values for click_type? Specifically, are there more possibilities than single and double? If not, then just remove the click_type line from the trigger. Then it will trigger no matter what click_type is.

If there are other possible values, and you only want the automation action to run for single and double, then you’ll still need to remove click_type from the trigger, but you’ll also need to add a condition that checks that trigger.event.data.click_type is only single or double. E.g.:

  condition:
    condition: template
    value_template: >
      {{ trigger.event.data.click_type in ['single', 'double'] }}
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Thank you, that definitely does give me some ideas!

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I like the simplicity of this and it works great… thanks!

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