Site updated at 2016-10-06 05:00:42 UTC

atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/community/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Community | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/community/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/device-tracking/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Device-Tracking | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/device-tracking/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/esp8266/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: ESP8266 | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/esp8266/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/how-to/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: How-To | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/how-to/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/ibeacons/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: iBeacons | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/ibeacons/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/internet-of-things/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Internet-of-Things | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/internet-of-things/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/iot-data/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: IoT-Data | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/iot-data/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/micropython/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Micropython | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/micropython/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/mqtt/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: MQTT | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/mqtt/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/organisation/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Organisation | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/organisation/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/owntracks/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: OwnTracks | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/owntracks/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/presence-detection/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Presence-Detection | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/presence-detection/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/public-service-announcement/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Public-Service-Announcement | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/public-service-announcement/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/release-notes/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Release-Notes | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/release-notes/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/survey/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Survey | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/survey/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/talks/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Talks | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/talks/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/technology/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Technology | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/technology/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/user-stories/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: User-Stories | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/user-stories/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/video/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Video | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/video/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

blog/categories/website/atom.xml

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   <title><![CDATA[Category: Website | Home Assistant]]></title>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/categories/website/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
   <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
-  <updated>2016-10-05T22:10:48+00:00</updated>
+  <updated>2016-10-06T04:58:12+00:00</updated>
   <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
   <author>
     <name><![CDATA[Home Assistant]]></name>

components/script/index.html

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 </code></pre>
 </div>
 
-<h3><a class="title-link" name="passing-parameters-in-service-calls" href="#passing-parameters-in-service-calls"></a> Passing parameters in service calls</h3>
+<h3><a class="title-link" name="passing-variables-to-scripts" href="#passing-variables-to-scripts"></a> Passing variables to scripts</h3>
 
-<p>As part of the service, parameters can be passed in that will be made available to the script as variables within templates.</p>
+<p>As part of the service, variables can be passed along to a script so they become available within templates in that script.</p>
 
-<p>There are two ways to activate scripts. One is using the generic <code class="highlighter-rouge">script.turn_on</code> service. To pass variables to the script with this service, call it using the following parameters:</p>
+<p>There are two ways to achieve this. One way is using the generic <code class="highlighter-rouge">script.turn_on</code> service. To pass variables to the script with this service, call it with the desired variables:</p>
 
-<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="pi">{</span>
+<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
-  <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">entity_id"</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">script.wakeup"</span><span class="pi">,</span>
+<span class="s">automation</span><span class="pi">:</span>
-  <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">variables"</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="pi">{</span>
+  <span class="s">trigger</span><span class="pi">:</span>
-    <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">hello"</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">world"</span><span class="pi">,</span>
+    <span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">state</span>
-    <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">name"</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">Paulus"</span>
+    <span class="s">entity_id</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">light.bedroom</span>
-  <span class="pi">}</span>
+    <span class="s">from</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">off'</span>
-<span class="pi">}</span>
+    <span class="s">to</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">on'</span>
+  <span class="s">action</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+    <span class="s">service</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">script.turn_on</span>
+    <span class="s">entity_id</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">script.notify_pushover</span>
+    <span class="s">data</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+      <span class="s">variables</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+        <span class="s">title</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">State</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">change'</span>
+        <span class="s">message</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">The</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">light</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">is</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">on!'</span>
 </code></pre>
 </div>
 
-<p>If you are calling the script service directly, for example <code class="highlighter-rouge">script.wakeup</code>. All service data will be made available as variables.</p>
+<p>The other way is calling the script as a service directly. In this case, all service data will be made available as variables. If we apply this approach on the script above, it would look like this:</p>
+
+<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
+<span class="s">automation</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+  <span class="s">trigger</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+    <span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">state</span>
+    <span class="s">entity_id</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">light.bedroom</span>
+    <span class="s">from</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">off'</span>
+    <span class="s">to</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">on'</span>
+  <span class="s">action</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+    <span class="s">service</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">script.notify_pushover</span>
+    <span class="s">data</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+      <span class="s">title</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">State</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">change'</span>
+      <span class="s">message</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">The</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">light</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">is</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">on!'</span>
+</code></pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>Using the variables in the script requires the use of <code class="highlighter-rouge">data_template</code>:</p>
+<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
+<span class="s">script</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+  <span class="s">notify_pushover</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+    <span class="s">sequence</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+      <span class="pi">-</span> <span class="s">condition</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">state</span>
+        <span class="s">entity_id</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">switch.pushover_notifications</span>
+        <span class="s">state</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s1">'</span><span class="s">on'</span>
+      <span class="pi">-</span> <span class="s">service</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">notify.pushover</span>
+        <span class="s">data_template</span><span class="pi">:</span>
+          <span class="s">title</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">"</span>
+          <span class="s">message</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">"</span>
+</code></pre>
+</div>
 
 
 </article>

sitemap.xml

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 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/frontend.html</loc>
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+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/index.html</loc>
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 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-event.html</loc>
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 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-info.html</loc>
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 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-service.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
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 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-state.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-dev-template.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-history.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-iframe.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-logbook.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/demo/panels/ha-panel-map.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/googlef4f3693c209fe788.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/static/fonts/roboto/DESCRIPTION.en_us.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
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 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/static/fonts/robotomono/DESCRIPTION.en_us.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
 </url>
 <url>
 <loc>https://home-assistant.io/static/mdi-demo.html</loc>
-<lastmod>2016-10-05T22:10:06+00:00</lastmod>
+<lastmod>2016-10-06T04:57:26+00:00</lastmod>
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