Create a sensor for if the newest episode of a specific podcast has been played

[ironcrafter54]

Ok so I know I can use 'SpotifyPlus: Get Show Episodes' to get the data about the show, but I am not sure I know how I would go about parsing the data to figure out if 'fully_played: false' is true. Has anyone else tried this yet?

[thlucas1]

In the Developer Tools \ Template test area:

{% set episodes = {
  "items": [
  {
    "is_externally_hosted": false,
    "is_playable": true,
    "name": "Armchair Anonymous: Grocery Store",
    "release_date": "2024-08-23",
    "resume_point": {
      "fully_played": false,
      "resume_position_ms": 21000,
    },
    "type": "episode",
    "uri": "spotify:episode:3jkYh7UbNfdvqHDTJALOlT",
  },
  {
    "is_externally_hosted": false,
    "is_playable": true,
    "name": "Dan Slepian (on The Sing Sing Files)",
    "release_date": "2024-08-22",
    "resume_point": {
      "fully_played": false,
      "resume_position_ms": 0,
    },
    "type": "episode",
    "uri": "spotify:episode:3jkYh7UbNfdvqHDTJALOlT",
  }
  ]
}%}

Episode 1 Info:
  Episode Name = {{ episodes["items"][0].name }}
  Release Date = {{ episodes["items"][0].release_date }}
  Fully Played = {{ episodes["items"][0].resume_point.fully_played }}

Episode 2 Info:
  Episode Name = {{ episodes["items"][1].name }}
  Release Date = {{ episodes["items"][0].release_date }}
  Fully Played = {{ episodes["items"][1].resume_point.fully_played }}

Results are:

Episode 1 Info:
  Episode Name = Armchair Anonymous: Grocery Store
  Release Date = 2024-08-23
  Fully Played = False

Episode 2 Info:
  Episode Name = Dan Slepian (on The Sing Sing Files)
  Release Date = 2024-08-22
  Fully Played = False

You can use the above to parse the results in a script, where the episodes variable is the response data output of the called service.

[thlucas1]

Also, check out this example script for something similar - uses the get_category_playlists service, but same concepts.

alias: SpotifyPlus Play First Context of Category Playlists
description: >-
  Gets the Spotify Jazz Category Playlists and plays the context returned from
  the first returned result.
sequence:
  - service: spotifyplus.get_category_playlists
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.YOUR_SPOTIFYPLUS_ENTITY
      category_id: jazz
      limit: 1
    response_variable: search_result
  - service: spotifyplus.player_media_play_context
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.YOUR_SPOTIFYPLUS_ENTITY
      context_uri: "{{ search_result.result[\"items\"][0].uri }}"
      device_id: YOUR_DEVICE_NAME

[ironcrafter54]

Thanks for this info, there does seem to be a mismatch between what I am doing to reproduce your results your template works but I do not know where you are getting it from as when I run the service call.
action: spotifyplus.get_show_episodes data: entity_id: media_player.spotifyplus_ironcrafter show_id: 08zQP2peZmM9GrcKShLZvC limit: 1
It spits out much more information than what you have and when I copy the result as a template the data seems to be structred a bit differently, like this,
{% set action_response = {"user_profile":{"country":"US","display_name":"Ironcrafter","email":"ironcrafter54@gmail.com","id":"x86ot1zkry0k23hdk3ttswg0a","product":"premium","type":"user","uri":"spotify:user:x86ot1zkry0k23hdk3ttswg0a"},"result":{"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/08zQP2peZmM9GrcKShLZvC/episodes?offset=0&limit=1","limit":1,"next":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/shows/08zQP2peZmM9GrcKShLZvC/episodes?offset=1&limit=1","offset":0,"previous":null,"total":801,"items":[{"audio_preview_url":"https://podz-content.spotifycdn.com/audio/clips/0ce5RPPdH2NWySh95M1jhx/clip_2901850_2964950.mp3","description":"You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? Or are they more likely to have a giant pile of sticky notes they never look at, a computer desktop with so many files you can’t even see the wallpaper, and today’s main tasks written on their arm? Neither is wrong, but they’re very different. On this episode of The Vergecast, the second in our three-part miniseries about work and productivity and how to get more done in a digital world, we decide to get to know our colleagues in a new way: by asking them to share their own productivity systems. We didn’t give them much specific instruction or homework, other than to come ready to answer a question: how do you get stuff done? Eight Verge staffers showed up, with eight very different ideas about what being productive means and how best to pull it off. Along the way, we found some ideas to steal, a few new apps and tools to try, and a lot of new thoughts about our co-workers. If you want to know more about the things we discuss in this episode, here are a few links to get you started: A Googler’s guide to getting things done TickTick Upnote Notion Google Keep Google Calendar The Rhodia #16 spiral notepad Papier’s productivity planners Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","duration_ms":4885551,"explicit":false,"external_urls":{"spotify":"https://open.spotify.com/episode/68xxTo7fek6AaimFCmcugV"},"href":"https://api.spotify.com/v1/episodes/68xxTo7fek6AaimFCmcugV","html_description":"<p>You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? 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Thanks for your help so far

[ironcrafter54]

Never mind I discovered that all I needed to do was change this from {{ episodes["items"][0].resume_point.fully_played }} to {{ episodes.result["items"][0].resume_point.fully_played }} thanks for your help getting this sorted.

[thlucas1]

Ya, sorry about that. I forgot the service places it under the “result” dictionary. Same concept, just adding the result prefix like you did.