In pyscript, you can create persistent variables. Please note that continue_on_error will not suppress/ignore misconfiguration text string(Optional) Text to present in the confirmation dialog. The Scripts system was introduced in Home Assistant 0.7, and it's used by. A description of this of this script parameter. I keep seeing scripts that are passing things like who: which I cant find documentation on, and I am just now piecing together that these may be self-defined arguments that their scripts can take. It looks like the problem isn't in the script, but in the automation. contain strings and that causes script.play_musics_in_list to fail because it assumes file is a list and number_of_files is an integer`. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, Custom component to declare/set variables, Set variables, custom component variables, https://github.com/rogro82/hass-variables, rogro82/hass-variables/blob/master/examples/counter.yaml, Using Input Select as an Array (Global variables) in Automations. in another parallelized action. All of this helps other users to find answers to similar questions about passing variable to scripts. Please note: In order for this description to be displayed in the Services tab of the Developer Tools, the script description must be defined as well. It's not using the variable. Got None. Scripts are available as an entity through the standalone Script component but can also be embedded in automations and Alexa/Amazon Echo configurations. The speaker just play the third song in few seconds, and jump to play the fourth song (the last one) until finish. I only used notify so I can see if it is parsing appropriately. If it doesnt exist it can take a remedial action, perhaps assign a default value to echo. I use these fields at several places in the ui. The first variant allows you to define variables that will be set when the trigger fires. But what I have works so I didnt pursue it. Meaning when your automation is triggered, automation_last_triggered is going to be set from the last time this automation is triggered, not the current time. Defaults to ro, which you can change by adding :rw to the end of the name. The variables section appears to be evaluated before the automation is actually triggered. {{ light_entity }}.last_updated) %}. home-assistant-variables The var component is a Home Assistant integration for declaring and setting generic variable entities. This repeat form accepts a list of items to iterate over. For example: More choose can be used together. When I run the automation, nothing happens. This is a UI only feature. The following tables show the available trigger data per platform. there is no guarantee that they will be completed in the same order. Next question is how to set a variable as the value of itself multiplied with 3600. It contains the following fields: This action allow you to conditionally (if) run a sequence of actions (then) In addition to the Home Assistant template extensions available to scripts, the trigger and this template variables are available. Some of the caveats of running actions in parallel: It is possible to halt a script sequence at any point. Index of the trigger. Within the script, you must convert them from string to the desired type. By the way, I already test again with your recommendation, but not succeed. It uses pure Python for the automations, and YAML just for passing static data in to your automations. Probably the easiest way would be to use a variable in this script, and then call it two or three times from another script where it passes the entity_id of each camera for each call. Just cooked this up on the flight San Diego - Toronto ;-) Extracts scripts logic into a script helper Scripts now accept variables to be passed in when turned on via service. # Do some things at the same time as the first script Start a new run after first stopping previous run. reacting on the events the button sends). That works well. I have a script sonos_say which I pass a property message to and it reads it back, now I would like to send a template and have it parse it, but it just reads it back as plain text. Home Assistant. Youre correct, I thank you for your feedback! The title or summary of the calendar event. The same is for example my sonos If one doesnt exist (and it wont since all entities in HA are prefixed with a domain) then the int filter will simply return 0. {{ states.sensor.to_work.attributes.number_of_minutes_delayed }} Timedelta object with offset to the event, if any. Please be advised that I have set the condition template to check if repeat.index is less than number_of_files (as opposed to less than or equal to). Yes, thats intended. Paulus just changed from {{ trigger.from_state.state }}, notify. or errors that Home Assistant does not handle. Note that this will not change while executing the actions. Timedelta object how long state has met above/below criteria, if any. an unexpected error. If a script contains only 1 action, the wrapping list can be omitted. icon: appears as an attribute but the actual icon doesnt change. This parses out movie and player for me, but if I have any other actions they are not available. The following describes trigger data associated with all platforms. The first sequence whose conditions are all true will be run. So if Im understanding correctly the reason that conditional exists is really just to make sure you dont automatically change the brightness of the light if someone has manually adjusted it, right? Tried this one: With this error message: example: AAAHHH sequence: - data: message: Warning! I hope I properly understood this mechanism. turn on a light (when motion is detected); wait a few minutes based on a datetime input; as_timestamp(states.light. And then passing the variable happens as follows: Am I understanding this correctly? The result is saved in persistent fields. Lets say I get the player variable set to kitchen tv. - variables: movie: {% set movies = command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] %} doesnt work - variables: movie: { { command.split (" on ") [0].split ("play ") [1] }} doesnt work. No, you cant change the variable directly. The variable this is the state object of the automation at the moment of triggering the actions. For instance, in the below example it is used to create an entry in the logbook. Mark if this field is required. I dont know if youre using variable.hour_calc elsewhere. After each time a wait completes, either because the condition was met, the event happened, or the timeout expired, the variable wait will be created/updated to indicate the result. # Turn off whichever entity triggered the automation. Please tell me Im understanding this correctly :). is run. This has narrowed it down some. text string(Optional) Text to present in the confirmation dialog. Start a new run after all previous runs complete. I tried to create an automation: play music in the morning, music files was store in /local/morning. WebHome Assistant architecture, especially states. Otherwise if someone is in the bathroom longer then you have the timeout set I think its going to turn off the lights on them, even if they are moving around. Automation: Add a trigger variable that is available to templates when processing action part. Just cooked this up on the flight San Diego - Toronto ;-) Extracts scripts logic into a script helper Scripts now accept variables to be passed in when turned on via service. No big deal, but then when I type it in the yaml, as soon as I enter the last } it immediately changes it to [object Object]: null. The automation or script will be halted, With both types of waits it is possible to set a timeout after which the script will continue its execution if the condition/event is not satisfied. What are you referring to when you say secret script variables/inputs? Nesting is fully supported. I wish HA would provide a way for temporary variables inside an automation that would persist across the actions. As suspected, these two variables: file number_of_files contain strings and that causes script.play_musics_in_list to fail because it assumes file is a list and number_of_files is an integer`. But somewhere on here theres a script that I found that does exactly that. Only valid with modes queued and parallel. A reserved word like data is set in stone whereas a variables name is whatever you choose it to be. action: Is that what you want or did you want it to be set to essentially now ()? volume: 0.04 I created a script that takes in a variable and an automation that uses it. But if you have an action that launches a script, that runs separately with its own run mode. Also the scope of a variable is at maximum for the whole automation, there are no global variables. Im on v116.2 and hass-variables are still working fine for me. Got timestamp.variable.hour_calc. If one action fails or errors, the other actions will keep running until WebUnfortunately Im again seeing weird delays when listening for changed states from the Philips Hue Bridge in Home Assistant. From studying other peoples code, heres what Ive deduced. If you flick the light off the wait_template kicks out and ends the script (since the light is off). Each script will itself become an entity that can be called from the script service. Im just trying to understand if echo is some universal HA argument, or something he defined. There are some caveats (see below) when using parallel actions. State variables are bound to Python variables and services are callable as Python functions, so its easy and concise to implement logic. To pass variables to the script with this service, call it with the desired variables: The other way is calling the script as a service directly. One way is using the generic script.turn_on service. This action supports nesting, however, if you find yourself using nested if-then The script integration will create an entity for each script and allow them to be controlled via services. It's not using the variable. State objects also contain context data which can be used to identify the user that caused a script or automation to execute. It restarts the timeout every time the motion is detected and stops the automation if the light is controlled manually (state or brightness are changed - I dont monitor other attributes as I dont have the need for them). For example, argument1. # Take different actions depending on if condition was met. The following example will turn a list of lights: Other types are accepted as list items, for example, each item can be a I can parse the string in a specific action, but then it is not available to other actions. Events can be used for many things. Variables in Automation - Configuration - Home Assistant Community Variables in Automation Configuration T1ppes November 3, 2021, 9:30am #1 I am trying to create an automation around a IKEA TRADFRI Shortcut Button. You can assign whatever name you want to a variable but I would steer clear of using words that have special meaning for Jinja2 (like function names, if, else, in, for, etc) to avoid ambiguity. Since I banged around for far too long on this, I thought Id share my final code. I hope this reply is in the right topic. It is, but how can I do this templating so it is available throughout my entire script? the output of a template is always a string. Testing with mutiple lights (multiple automations) calling the same script, and triggering multiple time, behaves as expected. script: The following script converts number_of_files to an integer before it compares it to repeat.index. data: Since it's Python, you can use any variables Python can. data: and then there are the Hass variables the same thing its a nightmare. So the automation mode is separate from the script mode. But if not, then you could do this: Hi all Im having a bit of a problem setting these variables. What I do now is enter a wait of 00:03 and add a new brightless lever. It starts the scripts, in the order listed, and continues as soon as the last script is started. It stops the sequence as well, but marks the automation In the end I want to be able to call an action onto that entity name, for example to turn the device on: You can create an other variable that uses the player variable, or use the player variable directly in the service call. Passing variables to scripts. In that case you need to adjust that bit to this: This will then look for the state of the entity passed in to the automation and get its last_updated time then compare it to the automation trigger time. If Im wrong about that, then we will have to subtract 1 from repeat.index when referencing the file list. They wrap around a series of actions and simplify your home assistant automations and allow you to do so many cool things value: 0 See Available-Trigger-Data. Therefore the condition template must revert to the original test which was less than or equal to. Do you see anything wrong in the automation? As part of the service, variables can be passed along to a script so they become available within templates in that script. In addition, we must subtract 1 from repeat.index when referencing the file list. For example, Im making an assumption that repeat.index is 0 during the first iteration of the while loop. For the 2021.4: For our advanced users - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io) update - I think it is critical to tell people that they must enter their desired z-wave device configuration parameters and then leave the page loaded for at least as long as it takes for the target device to check in. Ive read the documentation on scripts but, if Im being honest, I cant make too terribly much of the documentation yet. And I cant find the correct approach to do it! conditions also accepts a shorthand notation of a template condition. iteration is available as repeat.item. Thanks for the tip on the Appdaemon. These are run when you turn the script on. Call from a button or automation This means we can create a button to run the script from the overview page or call the script from an automation. When the sun goes below the horizon, the porch and garden lights must turn on. I would like to use a variable and set it to the value of an input_number, but got stuck. they too have finished or errored. A custom Home Assistant component for declaring and setting generic variable entities dynamically. Things like data, or entity_id, which are universal HA yaml arguments required in certain instances. You can use these variables in a template. Without continue_on_timeout: false the script will always continue since the default for continue_on_timeout is true. test_counter: That said, I'm almost done moving all of my automations off Home Assistant and onto AppDaemon. FWIW, passing number_of_files is optional because it can be calculated from the file variable. Templating is a powerful feature that allows you to control information going into and out of the system. An optional alias can be added to each of the sequences, excluding the default sequence. The basics are already working (i.e. This action allows you to fire an event. Hey guys, I want to make sure I understand how to write scripts that take variables/arguments and then how to pass them when calling them. i tid an event trigger. If it waits for 2 minutes then it will turn off the light again. exemptions list(Optional) List of exemptionobjects. Community maintained list of different ways to use Home Assistant. It performs some other operations while the called script runs in the background. Then it later waits for the called script to complete via a wait_template. Am I correct in understanding that by enumerating echo there, you have essentially created an input argument (as I call it, not sure if my terminology is right) with the name echo? If not, then it will wait until it is true. Sometimes these errors are expected, for example, because you know the service {{ light_entity }}.last_updated). Maybe try: Is there a way to only send a notification if the camera is offline? In pyscript, you can create persistent variables. In this case, all service data will be made available as variables. Use variables in your script dnikles (Dustin) February 18, 2021, 12:22pm #3 I am struggling with getting the syntax correct. that sequence encounters an error. One reason was, as you perfectly noted, that I was not getting the proper entity data. Thus, just by putting argument1 in that script, I have essentiall created it as an input. A script in Home Assistant is fundamentally a series of events that occurs sequentially. And lastly, a default can be added, which would be like the else.. Still have no luck in setting the variable even with the example. But I am still new to this and, like I said before, I dont know enough to make as much sense of the documentation as I wish I could. 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