YAML Help with PresenceLight

Configuration
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I’m setting up PresenceLight with Home Assistant for Teams status.
I’ve followed his guide, it errors out right away. I’ve tweaked the code to the below, but still receiving “Message malformed: Unable to determine action @ data[‘action’][0]” error.

alias: Teams presence - IKEA Light Bulb Living Room
trigger:
  - platform: webhook
    allowed_methods:
      - POST
    local_only: false
    webhook_id: "secret!"
action:
  - choose:
    - conditions:
        - condition: template
          value_template: "{{ trigger.json.presence_status == 'Busy' }}"
      sequence:
        - service: light.turn_on
          data:
            entity_id: light.hue_color_downlight_1
            color_name: red
    - conditions:
        - condition: template
          value_template: "{{ trigger.json.presence_status == 'Available' }}"
      sequence:
        - service: light.turn_on
          data:
            entity_id: light.hue_color_downlight_1
            color_name: green
    - conditions:
        - condition: template
          value_template: "{{ trigger.json.presence_status == 'Away' }}"
      sequence:
        - service: light.turn_on
          data:
            entity_id: light.hue_color_downlight_1
            color_name: yellow
    default:
      service: light.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: light.hue_color_downlight_1
        color_name: white

mode: single
2
3

Thank you, fixed!

4 
alias: Teams presence - IKEA Light Bulb Living Room
trigger:
  - platform: webhook
    allowed_methods:
      - POST
    local_only: false
    webhook_id: "secret!"
action:
  - variables:
      colors:
        Busy: red
        Available: green
        Away: yellow
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.hue_color_downlight_1
    data:
      color_name: "{{ colors.get(trigger.json.presence_status, 'white') }}"
mode: single
5

I still receive the same error from your edited code above.
Message malformed: Unable to determine action @ data[‘action’][0]

If it helps, here is the original code. This original give an error on the “” condition.

alias: Teams presence - IKEA Light Bulb Living Room
description: >-
  Show the Microsoft Teams status via a color of the Light Bulb in the Living
  Room
trigger:
  - platform: webhook
    allowed_methods:
      - POST
    local_only: true
    webhook_id: "<enter secret webhook id here>"
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.json.presence_status == 'Busy' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            data:
              color_name: red
            target:
              entity_id: light.ikea_bulb
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.json.presence_status == 'Available' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            data:
              color_name: green
            target:
              entity_id: light.ikea_bulb
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.json.presence_status == 'Away' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            metadata: {}
            data:
              color_name: yellow
            target:
              entity_id: light.ikea_bulb
      - conditions: null
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_off
            metadata: {}
            target:
              entity_id: light.ikea_bulb
            data: {}
mode: single
6

When do you get the error message?

  1. When you attempt to save the automation in the Automation Editor.
  2. When the automation is triggered by a received Webhook.

If it’s #2 then post an example of the JSON message contained by the Webhook.

7

Unfortunately, it’s when trying to save.

8

I’m using Home Assistant version 2024.3.1 and don’t get any errors when saving the example I posted above.

What is the version number of your Home Assistant?

9

Odd indeed…

  • Core2024.3.3
  • Supervisor2024.03.1
  • Operating System12.1
  • Frontend20240307.0
10

It saves correctly now. I discovered the issue was my own stupidity.
I was not in YAML mode for the whole automation, only the action.

My next step since it’s saved, is to test the automation.

Thank you @123 , you were extremely helpful!

11

In that case, I suggest you try the example I posted. It achieves the same result with far less code.