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Template Switch
===============
.. seo::
:description: Instructions for setting up template switches that can execute arbitrary actions when turned on or off.
:image: description.svg
The ``template`` switch platform allows you to create simple switches out of just actions and
an optional value lambda. Once defined, it will automatically appear in Home Assistant
as a switch and can be controlled through the frontend.
.. code-block:: yaml
# Example configuration entry
switch:
- platform: template
name: "Template Switch"
lambda: |-
if (id(some_binary_sensor).state) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: switch2
turn_off_action:
- switch.turn_on: switch1
Possible return values for the optional lambda:
- ``return true;`` if the switch should be reported as ON.
- ``return false;`` if the switch should be reported as OFF.
- ``return {};`` if the last state should be repeated.
Configuration variables:
------------------------
- **name** (**Required**, string): The name of the switch.
- **lambda** (*Optional*, :ref:`lambda <config-lambda>`):
Lambda to be evaluated repeatedly to get the current state of the switch.
- **turn_on_action** (*Optional*, :ref:`Action <config-action>`): The action that should
be performed when the remote (like Home Assistant's frontend) requests the switch to be turned on.
- **turn_off_action** (*Optional*, :ref:`Action <config-action>`): The action that should
be performed when the remote (like Home Assistant's frontend) requests the switch to be turned off.
- **optimistic** (*Optional*, boolean): Whether to operate in optimistic mode - when in this mode,
any command sent to the template switch will immediately update the reported state.
Defaults to ``false``.
- **assumed_state** (*Optional*, boolean): Whether the true state of the switch is not known.
This will make the Home Assistant frontend show buttons for both ON and OFF actions, instead
of hiding one of them when the switch is ON/OFF. Defaults to ``false``.
- **id** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-id`): Manually specify the ID used for code generation.
- All other options from :ref:`Switch <config-switch>`.
.. _switch-template-publish_action:
``switch.template.publish`` Action
----------------------------------
You can also publish a state to a template switch from elsewhere in your YAML file
with the ``switch.template.publish`` action.
.. code-block:: yaml
# Example configuration entry
switch:
- platform: template
name: "Template Switch"
id: template_swi
# in some trigger
on_...:
- switch.template.publish:
id: template_swi
state: ON
# Templated
- switch.template.publish:
id: template_swi
state: !lambda 'return true;'
Configuration options:
- **id** (**Required**, :ref:`config-id`): The ID of the template switch.
- **state** (**Required**, boolean, :ref:`templatable <config-templatable>`):
The state to publish.
.. note::
This action can also be written in lambdas, the parameter of the `publish_state` method denotes if
the switch is currently on or off:
.. code-block:: cpp
id(template_swi).publish_state(false);
See Also
--------
- :doc:`/automations/index`
- :doc:`/components/switch/index`
- :doc:`/components/binary_sensor/index`
- :apiref:`template/switch/template_switch.h`
- :ghedit:`Edit`