Is it possible to use the ID's of channels and sensors as placeholders in a python script, save them in a value and then compare those values in the script?

If it is, what are the placeholders for the channel and sensor ID so that I can use those in a script?

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Hello there,

Thanks for your inquiry, we appreciate your contact regarding this matter!

Unfortunately, those placeholders are not available, but you can run API calls in the script to get live data from specified sensors. You can find a manual for those calls in "Setup > API > Live Data".

Please let me know, if that fits your requirements.

Kind regards,
Birk Guttmann, Tech Support Team


Apr, 2018 - Permalink

Hello,

thanks for the reply. Too bad the placeholders do not exist, I had hoped to use those to make the script dynamic and maybe save it in a device template.

Hardcoding the API link means making a different script for every single device or changing the API url whenever the script needs to run on a different device.

Is there no way to dynamically get sensor/channel ID's into a python script? This would also be great in relation to templates/Auto-Discovery.


Apr, 2018 - Permalink

Hello there,

You can use the set placeholders in the corresponding API calls to make it more dynamic.

You can find a list of placeholders in this KB post.

Please let me know, if that fits your requirements.

Kind regards,
Birk Guttmann, Tech Support Team


Apr, 2018 - Permalink

Hello,

The placeholders you linked are unfortunately not what I am looking for. Since I want to use the script in a template it will need more work than just getting a sensor OID. I need to compare the sensors names that are in the template or something.

I think I need to go through the API and look at the sensors listed under the device that was just configured through auto-discovery and get the sensors with specific names and their corresponding OIDs. I could then concatenate those sensor IDs to the API request and get the live data I need.


Apr, 2018 - Permalink

Please let us know, if you need further information.

Kind regards,
Birk Guttmann, Tech Support Team


Apr, 2018 - Permalink

Hello,

I do not need more information, as I have decided to leave the Python script as it is. I will document it for later use, it might be interesting for other applications.


Apr, 2018 - Permalink