Execute a rule by another rule

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I searched the forum but didn’t find it.Can I execute a rule by another rule?

Create a rule and a dummy button. Let the rule kick in when the button is pressed. Press the button with a API call
OR
Create a rule and a variable. Let the rule kick in when the variable has a specific value. Set the variable with the second rule so the first rule is executed (don’t forget to reset the variable).

@temp said in Execute a rule by another rule:

I searched the forum but didn’t find it.Can I execute a rule by another rule?

It is not possible as you might expect but there are some work-arounds:

• You can execute a rule using the pimatic API implicitly by activating it, e.g. using pimatic shell execute. - https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/310/execute-rule-through-api
• You can use some guard variable as part of the of the rule condition to fire the rule. I think the easiest way of achieving that is to use a DummySwitch. See example below:

# Setup a a DummySwitch with id "guard-1"

# The guarded rule
WHEN state of guard-1 changes THEN ...

# The trigger rule
WHEN .... THEN toggle guard-1

@developer can you please help with the syntax

execute "curl -X PATCH --silent --header "Content-Type:application/json" --data '{"rule": {"active" :"true"}}' --user "user:password" http://url:5001/api/rules/rule_id"

That call is only for enabling a rule, not executing.

@koffienl said in Execute a rule by another rule:

That call is only for enabling a rule, not executing.

You can execute a rule using the pimatic API implicitly by activating it, e.g. using pimatic shell execute. - https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/310/execute-rule-through-api

@koffienl please read two posts above

@temp You need to escape "and { characters with backslash

execute "curl -X PATCH --silent --header 'Content-Type:application/json' --data '\{\"rule\": \{\"active\" :\"true\"}}'  --user 'user:password' http://url:5001/api/rules/rule_id"

I have tested this and rule actication works as expected, however, different to what Oliver stated in https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/310/execute-rule-through-api the rule is not executed. I am sorry about this. I’ll make a note on the ticket.

EDIT: The button press via API may another thing to try. See https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/327/press-button-via-api

@developer can I also use the API for simulate pressing a amazon dash button?

@temp

With pimatic-amazing-dash-button it is currently not possible.

With pimatic-dash-button I don’t think it is currently possible either, but I haven’t tried this out. Even though it is a ButtonsDevice the action declaration is missing on the most derived class.

I’ll provide a solution for pimatic-amazing-dash-button asap

https://github.com/mwittig/pimatic-amazing-dash-button/issues/10

@mwittig I am using your plugin so I wait. Thanks

@temp Released pimatic-amazing-dash-button@0.9.13.

See also README for details on trigger action.

but there is a possibility to execute the THEN part of a rule via api.
i know that @slix made that possible in his kodi addon. there, you are able to trigger the then part of rules (from within kodi!)
https://github.com/SLiX69/plugin.program.pimatic/blob/master/addon.py#L98-L109

@leader21 said in Execute a rule by another rule:

but there is a possibility to execute the THEN part of a rule via api.

Well, not exactly. The code you’re referring to is using the execute-action a service. This allows for executing an action string, but it is not referring to the action part of a specific rule. For example, the actionString property may look like as follows:

{"actionString": "switch mySwitch off"}

It should also be noted that execute-action can only handle a single action. It does not allow for an action statement with a complex action expression contain multiple actions.

ok, maybe the wrong part in the code ^^
just have a look here

the pimatic addon in kodi scans all rules and provides a trigger option.

Any feedback here @mwittig

Big thanks to your update

I have no idea, guys. Maybe the author of the kodi plugin can shed some light on this

@slix, Jannis can you help us with that?