Automation - state platfor: Flag if user makes config error

homeassistant/components/automation/state.py

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def trigger(hass, config, action):
     from_state = config.get(CONF_FROM, MATCH_ALL)
     to_state = config.get(CONF_TO) or config.get(CONF_STATE) or MATCH_ALL
 
+    if isinstance(from_state, bool) or isinstance(to_state, bool):
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).error(
+            'Config error. Surround to/from values with quotes.')
+        return False
+
     def state_automation_listener(entity, from_s, to_s):
         """ Listens for state changes and calls action. """
         action()

tests/components/automation/test_state.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import unittest
 
 import homeassistant.core as ha
 import homeassistant.components.automation as automation
+import homeassistant.components.automation.state as state
 
 
 class TestAutomationState(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -334,3 +335,19 @@ class TestAutomationState(unittest.TestCase):
         self.hass.pool.block_till_done()
 
         self.assertEqual(1, len(self.calls))
+
+    def test_if_fails_setup_if_to_boolean_value(self):
+        self.assertFalse(state.trigger(
+            self.hass, {
+                'platform': 'state',
+                'entity_id': 'test.entity',
+                'to': True,
+            }, lambda x: x))
+
+    def test_if_fails_setup_if_from_boolean_value(self):
+        self.assertFalse(state.trigger(
+            self.hass, {
+                'platform': 'state',
+                'entity_id': 'test.entity',
+                'from': True,
+            }, lambda x: x))