topic broadcast something based on which day is when you ask in Home Automation

broadcast something based on which day is when you ask

Pottati — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:34:35 GMT

Hi all,

I'm trying to create my first automation in the web automation interface. I would like to create a query with a broadcast action. So I would like to ask google "what's my lunch?" and I would like to have the answer based on the day I'm asking so for example monday "pasta" tuesday "pizza" wednesday "meat". I've tried multiple conditons but I always get errors. Do you have any clue? anyone have done something like this?

Thanks

Re: broadcast something based on which day is when you ask

salbando — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:10:18 GMT

You just need to use the same starter ("What is my lunch") seven times. You do this by separating the code into seven sections using the "name" key (for example - name: Monday). In each section, put a conditional for that given day and an appropriate action. Here is an example for Monday and Tuesday.

metadata: name: Lunch report description: Tell me my lunch for any given day automations: - name: Monday starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: What is my lunch? condition: type: time.between weekdays: - MON actions: - type: assistant.command.Broadcast message: Pasta devices: Downstairs speaker - Family room - name: Tuesday starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: What is my lunch? condition: type: time.between weekdays: - TUE actions: - type: assistant.command.Broadcast message: Pizza devices: Downstairs speaker - Family room

By the way, using the phrase "What is my lunch?" as opposed to "What's my lunch?" is probably better because the apostrophe is used as a delimiter.

Re: broadcast something based on which day is when you ask

Pottati — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:40:11 GMT

Hi thanks for your support. That's great and it is working... I was trying using variables but with no success. Variables could be a good option for maintenance but I had no success. Anyway a big thanks so far. at least now works I will try to create my variables for testing only