Issues with quotation marks

[dan560]

Hey guys,
I can successfully run this call service in home assistant, however node-red seems to be having issues with the " "

{
    "filename": "/config/www/cctv/ground_floor/{{ now().strftime('%Y%m%d') }}/gl_{{ now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S') }}_motion.jpg"
}

Any ideas on the right course of action?

Kind Regards,
Dan

[Colin]

You have not given sufficient context. Where does the text you posted appear?

[dan560]

in home assistant

[dan560]

This is the home assistant developer service call, however, when called in node-red it doesn't create the file.

filename: /config/www/cctv/ground_floor/{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d") }}/gl_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}_motion.jpg
entity_id: camera.ground_level_camera_image

[dan560]

it appears in the data section of the call service node:

[Colin]

@dan560

it appears in the data section of the call service node:

Sorry, I don't know about that node. Are you sure the {{...}} syntax is valid there? If no-one here is able to help then maybe a HA forum would be a better bet.

[E1cid]

As far as i am aware The {{..}} is not valid in json input field.

You would need to use function/template/change node to create the json and then feed it in by using dropdown msg.payload. Or use JSONata if available in dropdown.

[TotallyInformation]

You could also escape the brackets, that should work.