Nested json problems

Hoping someone can help my memory, its been a while since using Shims

I am trying to create a generic value sensor and I see the multi states and battery updating, so I knows its reading the message, but I cant find the right value for the Payload Key field as its a nested json message. I want the sensor to show the value in thermostats.pos. is 4.7 below from the debug.

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   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: wifi_sta, {'connected': True, 'ssid': 'CCIoT', 'ip': '192.168.0.221', 'rssi': -76}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: cloud, {'enabled': True, 'connected': True}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: mqtt, {'connected': True}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: time, 13:00, <class 'str'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: unixtime, 1673874001, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: serial, 76, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: has_update, True, <class 'bool'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: mac, 2C1165DABA8B, <class 'str'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: cfg_changed_cnt, 0, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: actions_stats, {'skipped': 0}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: thermostats, [{'pos': 4.7, 'target_t': {'enabled': True, 'value': 24.5, 'value_op': 8.0, 'units': 'C'}, 'tmp': {'value': 22.6, 'units': 'C', 'is_valid': True}, 'schedule': True, 'schedule_profile': 1, 'boost_minutes': 0, 'window_open': False}], <class 'list'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: calibrated, True, <class 'bool'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: bat, {'value': 100, 'voltage': 4.144}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: charger, False, <class 'bool'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: update, {'status': 'unknown', 'has_update': True, 'new_version': '20220811-152343/v2.1.8@5afc928c', 'old_version': '20220720-094550/v2.1.7@f9b0e22f', 'beta_version': None}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: ram_total, 97280, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: ram_free, 30584, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: fs_size, 65536, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: fs_free, 59292, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: uptime, 6108, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: fw_info, {'device': 'shellytrv-2C1165DABA8B', 'fw': '20220720-094550/v2.1.7@f9b0e22f'}, <class 'dict'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: ps_mode, 0, <class 'int'>
   MQTT Shims Debug                Shelly Dining TRV Valve copy: adding to states_list: dbg_flags, 0, <class 'int'>


tried lots in last 2 hours and no joy.
thanks
Simon

That's a list of dicts, so you need to specify the position in the list. I think that "thermostats.0.pos" is what you need.

Tahnks for the quick reply.

I am also getting this, per the bottom, do I need to convert from string?

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states_list : (list)
          Item : wifi_sta (string)
          Item : cloud (string)
          Item : mqtt (string)
          Item : time (string)
          Item : unixtime (string)
          Item : serial (string)
          Item : has_update (string)
          Item : mac (string)
          Item : cfg_changed_cnt (string)
          Item : actions_stats (string)
          Item : thermostats (string)
          Item : calibrated (string)
          Item : bat (string)
          Item : charger (string)
          Item : update (string)
          Item : ram_total (string)
          Item : ram_free (string)
          Item : fs_size (string)
          Item : fs_free (string)
          Item : uptime (string)
          Item : fw_info (string)
          Item : ps_mode (string)
          Item : dbg_flags (string)
     status_action_payload :  (string)
     status_action_template :  (string)
     toggle_action_payload : toggle (string)
     uid_location : topic (string)
     uid_location_payload_key :  (string)
     uid_location_payload_key_note :  (string)
     uid_location_topic_field : 1 (string)
     uid_location_topic_field_note :  (string)
    [b] value_location_payload_key : pos (string)[/b]

Shouldn't need to. That's the list of items on the config dialog, and payload key field there is a string. The plugin already does a float() on the value it finds when using it in a value sensor.

Thats what I thought, but still get zero. showing.

Post the complete JSON payload you're getting and I'll set up a test shim for it and see what's going on.

Cheers

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{"wifi_sta":{"connected":true,"ssid":"CCIoT","ip":"192.168.0.221","rssi":-76},"cloud":{"enabled":true,"connected":true},"mqtt":{"connected":true},"time":"13:41","unixtime":1673876480,"serial":33,"has_update":true,"mac":"2C1165DABA8B","cfg_changed_cnt":0,"actions_stats":{"skipped":0},"thermostats":[{"pos":100.0,"target_t":{"enabled":true,"value":25.5,"value_op":8.0,"units":"C"},"tmp":{"value":21.2,"units":"C","is_valid":true},"schedule":true,"schedule_profile":1,"boost_minutes":0,"window_open":false}],"calibrated":true,"bat":{"value":100,"voltage":4.144},"charger":false,"update":{"status":"unknown","has_update":true,"new_version":"20220811-152343/v2.1.8@5afc928c","old_version":"20220720-094550/v2.1.7@f9b0e22f","beta_version":null},"ram_total":97280,"ram_free":30576,"fs_size":65536,"fs_free":59292,"uptime":1938,"fw_info":{"device":"shellytrv-2C1165DABA8B","fw":"20220720-094550/v2.1.7@f9b0e22f"},"ps_mode":0,"dbg_flags":0}

Hmm. This is strange. I could have sworn that code handled mixed dicts and lists. I remember writing code to handle that. But it's not there. Which means I must have written that for some other plugin. But I can't find it. My memory must be playing tricks on me. Sigh.

So, it's not going to work until I can recreate that code and get an update out. Sorry.

No worries. I thought for a moment I could make a rest api call from the device to Indigo to update a variable with the value in, but its running into an auth error

Looks like this one stays as a test device for now.

Sigh. The code was there, I just didn't recognize it. You want to use "thermostats.[0].pos". I needed to use the brackets to signify a list index because a bare number is a valid key in a dict.

So funnily enough I had seen that syntax whilst looking at how to struture some commands to publish on the HA boards, had tried it on the device, but not gone back to check. But yes, that is now working. Thanks.