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Types with multiple words are not working

See original GitHub issue

Home Assistant Version: core-2021.12.10

waste_collection_schedule:
  sources:
    - name: ics
      args:
        url: "https://www.mycity.de/waste.ics"
        split_at: '/'
      customize:
        - type: Bio
          alias: bio
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: Rest
          alias: rest
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: gelbe Tonne
          alias: gelb
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: blaue Tonne
          alias: altpapier
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: Grün
          alias: gruen
          icon: mdi:trash-can

It’s interesting that rest, bioand gruen are working perfectly fine. gelband altpapier are not working. The sensors’ values are unknown. So I am pretty sure that it has something to with the format of the type. gelbe Tonne and blaue Tonnehas a whitespace, all working types have not.

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

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mampfescommented, Mar 7, 2022

I found the issue: The ICS source “normalizes” all waste types to title case if the split_at option is set. This is necessary because there are service providers which use different case styles for the same waste type depending on the position within the joined waste type string. If you use the following config it should work:

waste_collection_schedule:
  sources:
    - name: ics
      args:
        url: "https://www.bergheim.de/html/ics/Bergheim-2022.ics"
        split_at: "/"
      customize:
        - type: Bio
          alias: bio
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: Rest
          alias: rest
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: Gelbe Tonne
          alias: gelb
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: Blaue Tonne
          alias: altpapier
          icon: mdi:trash-can
        - type: Grün
          alias: gruen
          icon: mdi:trash-can

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mampfescommented, Mar 6, 2022

I checked your example. It is working on my machine.

I assume that your service provider is not sending a standard space character but something different (there are a lot of spaces in Unicode). To verify this, you can add a sensor without a types filter. If I’m right, then this sensor should show also the entries with the space character. You then you have to adjust the type field in the customize section.