Use glob pattern with add_entity_to_area

[anoblet]

I'm a YAML person and have created a fair amount of helpers to help with everything. It would be nice to have a way to automatically, or at least quickly add all entities that match a certain pattern (kitchen_*) to an area so that even if they aren't defined in a specific dashboard, when using the overview tab, they are correctly organized.

[frenck]

To be honest, allowing such patterns in service calls don't make much sense to me. That said, you can already do this using a template, right?

[anoblet]

I've done this using HA CLI for devices, though there isn't a way to do this for entities. Could you perhaps point me in the right direction on how to use templates to accomplish this?

[frenck]

Template:

{{ 
   states
   | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', '^light.living_*')
   | map(attribute="entity_id")
   | list
}}

Combined in a service call:

- service: homeassistant.add_entity_to_area
  data:
    entity_id: >
      {{ 
         states
         | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', '^light.living_*')
         | map(attribute="entity_id")
         | list
      }}

[frenck]

Alternatively, a little cleaner even maybe:

{{ 
   states
   | map(attribute="entity_id")
   | select('search', '^light.living_*')
   | list
}}

[anoblet]

You're awesome! Thank you so much for what you do! :)

[frenck]

☺️ Thank you, no problem 👍