From 384b8b294eeb7e30866d0e581f245bad286060af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrik Erlandsson <fredrik.e@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:19:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation for resource_template for REST sensor
 (#10918)

* Added documentation for resource_template

* Fix jinja issues

* minor changes

* :pencil2: Tweak


Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <frenck@frenck.nl>
---
 source/_integrations/rest.markdown | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/rest.markdown b/source/_integrations/rest.markdown
index 54b669718ce..1c91c94b0b3 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/rest.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/rest.markdown
@@ -30,12 +30,28 @@ sensor:
     payload: '{ "device" : "heater" }'
 ```
 
+or a template based request:
+
+{% raw %}
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+sensor:
+  - platform: rest
+    resource_template: http://IP_ADDRESS/{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}
+```
+
+{% endraw %}
+
 {% configuration %}
 resource:
   description: The resource or endpoint that contains the value.
   required: true
   type: string
-  default: string
+resource_template:
+  description: The resource or endpoint that contains the value with template support.
+  required: true
+  type: template
 method:
   description: The method of the request. Either `POST` or `GET`.
   required: false
@@ -103,6 +119,12 @@ force_update:
 Make sure that the URL exactly matches your endpoint or resource.
 </div>
 
+<div class='note'>
+
+Use either `resource` or `resource_template`.
+
+</div>
+
 `curl` can help you identify the variable you want to display in your Home Assistant frontend. The example below shows the JSON response of a device that is running with [aREST](https://arest.io/).
 
 ```bash