Why does the rest switch config do absolulty nothing

Configuration
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switch:
  - name: fanswitch2
    platform: rest
    resource: https://xxx.xxx.net/api/xxx/SetFanState2
    body_on: '{"active": true}'
    body_off: '{"active": false}'
    is_on_template: "{{ value_json.active }}"
    headers:
      Content-Type: application/json
      Authorization: Bearer xxx

this config produces no errors, but also no entities in the HA interface.
it also does not call the API at all.

so what’s going on here???

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The xxx you have after api in the URL is typically a token and a token is linked to a specific device, so you can not just copy it from another device.

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can if it’s my own API

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just to be clear xxx is something I have taken out to post here,
these are filled in on my yaml file

5

Ok, then test the URL in a browser to see if it shows correctly

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all the endpoints I want to use work fine in postman. all valid returns and such.

the main issue is the API is not getting called from HA full stop

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when I try with postman I can see the API getting hit
I don’t understand with HA won’t even hit it

7

It looks like you have just copied the example from the documentation without adjusting the payloads or templates to match your resource.

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i built a resource to match it in C#,
I made my own API for it to use

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it just won’t call them at all

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I know nothing about C but I see nothing there that sends the json payload {"active": true}

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so you’re looking at an endpoint, you are right in that it returns nothing,
the problem is that I’m not even getting that far to needing a return.

the API endpoint is not getting called at all from HA.
which is my main problem