Trigger conditional with a python script

With the following script (which runs), I do not know how to
1) embed (Indigo wants indents, unless I indent the 'if' line, in which case iIndigo doesn't want an indent, or
2) as a file - how do I return a true for the conditional?

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hseStatus = indigo.variables[1568794432].value
T15 = indigo.variables[1193285363].getValue(bool)
T18 = indigo.variables[566274194].getValue(bool)
if hseStatus == "Vacant" and not T15 or T18:

[jay (support)]

You don't have anything after your if statement - it has to have something to execute if the condition is true, and that's what has to be indented.

However, if you just change "if" to "return" (and delete the colon at the end) then it should do what you want as an embedded condition script.

That answered my first question (how to embed) - thank you. (To test the python script, I changed the value of a test variable, but couldn't figure out how to return True for indigo).
For my education, how does one return 'true' with a conditional script file?

That answered my first question (how to embed) - thank you. (To test the python script, I changed the value of a test variable, but couldn't figure out how to return True for indigo).
For my education, how does one return 'true' with a conditional script file?

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return True


For the script you provided:

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hseStatus = indigo.variables[1568794432].value
T15 = indigo.variables[1193285363].getValue(bool)
T18 = indigo.variables[566274194].getValue(bool)
if hseStatus == "Vacant" and not T15 or T18:
     return True


Slightly more Pythonic:

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hseStatus = indigo.variables[1568794432].value
T15 = indigo.variables[1193285363].getValue(bool)
T18 = indigo.variables[566274194].getValue(bool)
return hseStatus == "Vacant" and not T15 or T18


2 years later, this embedded conditional script issue continues to be a challenge.
In a trigger, the conditional script, when tested, returns "Script did not return a valid Boolean value:

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party = indigo.variables[1067262694].getValue(bool) #party
xmas = indigo.variables[1633517906].getValue(bool) #holiday season
now = indigo.server.getTime()
time_1500   = now.replace(hour=15, minute=00, second=0, microsecond=0)
if (time_1500 > now):
    if (party or xmas):
        return  True

Whereas, in a TDA, compiling the embedded conditional script below returns no errors:

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ltSensor = indigo.devices[269189693] #bYrd z-wav
ambLt = int(ltSensor.states["sensorValue"])
party = indigo.variables[1067262694].getValue(bool) #party
xmas = indigo.variables[1633517906].getValue(bool) #holiday season
if (party or xmas):
    if ambLt < 21:
        return  True

I'm stumped - again.

Your first script doesn't return anything if the conditions fail. You might want to do:

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party = indigo.variables[1067262694].getValue(bool) #party
xmas = indigo.variables[1633517906].getValue(bool) #holiday season
now = indigo.server.getTime()
time_1500   = now.replace(hour=15, minute=00, second=0, microsecond=0)
if (time_1500 > now):
    if (party or xmas):
        return  True
return False


I'm not sure what a TDA is. But the fact you don't get an error at compile time doesn't mean you won't get one at run time.

You probably want a default return value at the end of the second script as well.