Unable to send report via email after upgrading from 0.53 to 0.6

[mwolter805]

Prior to upgrading to 0.6, I was able to email a report with the service call below.

service: watchman.report
data:
  create_file: false
  send_notification: true
  parse_config: true
  service: notify.smtp_matt
  data:
    title: "Watchman Report"

Now I receive the following error And the following logs

2022-06-17 13:41:14 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation.watchman_email_alert] While executing automation automation.watchman_email_alert
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/automation/__init__.py", line 521, in async_trigger
await self.action_script.async_run(
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 1513, in async_run
await asyncio.shield(run.async_run())
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 405, in async_run
await self._async_step(log_exceptions=False)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 449, in _async_step
self._handle_exception(
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 472, in _handle_exception
raise exception
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 447, in _async_step
await getattr(self, handler)()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 680, in _async_call_service_step
await service_task
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1627, in async_call
task.result()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1664, in _execute_service
await cast(Callable[[ServiceCall], Awaitable[None]], handler.job.target)(
File "/config/custom_components/watchman/__init__.py", line 234, in async_handle_report
await async_report_to_notification(
File "/config/custom_components/watchman/__init__.py", line 416, in async_report_to_notification
data = {} if service_data is None else json.loads(service_data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 339, in loads
raise TypeError(f'the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, '
TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not dict

The only thing that changed in HA was updating watchman and I have verified the email notification service still works properly.

Let me know if more info is needed. Thank you

[Pirol62]

I'm in the same boat: The script (no matter via developer tools or with automation):

- id: "20040"
  alias: "Execute Watchman monthly"
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: "04:00:00"
  condition:
    - condition: template
      value_template: "{{ now().day == 1 }}"
  action:
    - service: watchman.report
      data:
        send_notification: true

The error:

Dieser Fehler wurde von einer benutzerdefinierten Integration verursacht

Logger: homeassistant.helpers.script.websocket_api_script
Source: custom_components/watchman/__init__.py:416
Integration: Watchman (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 08:07:33 (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 08:07:43

websocket_api script: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not dict
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 447, in _async_step
    await getattr(self, handler)()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 680, in _async_call_service_step
    await service_task
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1704, in async_call
    task.result()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1741, in _execute_service
    await cast(Callable[[ServiceCall], Awaitable[None]], handler.job.target)(
  File "/config/custom_components/watchman/__init__.py", line 234, in async_handle_report
    await async_report_to_notification(
  File "/config/custom_components/watchman/__init__.py", line 416, in async_report_to_notification
    data = {} if service_data is None else json.loads(service_data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/json/__init__.py", line 339, in loads
    raise TypeError(f'the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, '
TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not dict

[mwolter805]

Updated to version 0.61 which had the same issue. Instead of using the watchman.report service to generate the email ended up making a template that pulls data from the watchman entities.

alias: Watchman - Email Alert
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: "04:00:00"
condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.watchman_missing_entities
        above: 0
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.watchman_missing_services
        above: 0
action:
  - service: watchman.report
    data:
      create_file: true
      parse_config: true
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 10
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: notify.<NOTIFYICATION_SERVICE>
    data:
        title: "Watchman Report"
        message: "Watchman Report"
        data:
          html: |
            <h1 style="color: #404040; text-align: center;">Watchman Results</h1>
            <h2 style="color: #2e6c80;">Overall:</h2>
            <p>{{states('sensor.watchman_missing_entities') | int(0)}} missing entities.<br />{{states('sensor.watchman_missing_services') | int(0)}} missing services.</p>
            {% if states('sensor.watchman_missing_entities') | int(0) > 0 %}
            <table class="editorDemoTable" style="width: 100%;">
            	<thead>
            		<tr style="height: 1em; color: #ffffff; background-color: #303030;">
            		<td style="height: 18px; text-align: center;">Entity ID</td>
            		<td style="height: 18px; text-align: center;">Missing From</td>
            		<td style="height: 18px; text-align: center;">Line #</td>
            		</tr>
            	</thead>
            	<tbody>
            		{%- for item in state_attr("sensor.watchman_missing_entities", "entities") %}
            		<tr style="height: 18px;">
            			<td>{{ item.id }}</td>
            			<td>{{item.occurrences.split('/')[-1].split(':')[0]}}</td>
            			<td>{{item.occurrences.split('/')[-1].split(':')[1]}}</td>
            		</tr>
            		{%- endfor %}
            	</tbody>
            </table>
            {% endif %}
            <br>
            {% if states('sensor.watchman_missing_services') | int(0) > 0 %}
            <table class="editorDemoTable" style="width: 100%;">
            	<thead>
            		<tr style="height: 1em; color: #ffffff; background-color: #303030;">
            		<td style="height: 18px; text-align: center;">Service ID</td>
            		<td style="height: 18px; text-align: center;">Missing From</td>
            		<td style="height: 18px; text-align: center;">Line #</td>
            		</tr>
            	</thead>
            	<tbody>
            		{%- for item in state_attr("sensor.watchman_missing_services", "entities") %}
            		<tr style="height: 18px;">
            			<td>{{ item.id }}</td>
            			<td>{{item.occurrences.split('/')[-1].split(':')[0]}}</td>
            			<td>{{item.occurrences.split('/')[-1].split(':')[1]}}</td>
            		</tr>
            		{%- endfor %}
            	</tbody>
            </table>
            {% endif %}

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