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2023.4: Finialize template macros

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## Macros for your templates
{% details "TODO" %}
- Improve/extend story
- Proof read/spelling/grammar
- Replace macro with something more useful?
- Link to docs
{% enddetails %}
If you are into writing templates, you will be very familiar with the templating
language Home Assistant uses: Jinja. It allows you to do amazing powerful things
in your templates. However, if you have lots of templates, you often end
up repeating similar logic everywhere!
If you are an advanced Home Assistant user, you most likely will be familiar
with Home Assistant's templating language: Jinja2. It allows you to do amazing
powerful things in your templates. However, if you have lots of them, you
often end up repeating similar logic everywhere!
[@depoll] to the rescue! He found a way to add the ability to centrally define
your Jinja macros and import and use them anywhere in Home Assistant! 🤯
your own Jinja2 macros and import and use them anywhere in Home Assistant! 🤯
To support this, Home Assistant now has a new `custom_templates` folder, where
you can store your macros. For example, assume this file
@ -201,22 +192,25 @@ you can store your macros. For example, assume this file
{% raw %}
```jinja
{% macro is_on(entity_id) %}
{% macro answer_question(entity_id) %}
Is the {{ state_attr(entity_id, 'friendly_name') }} on?
{{ (states(entity_id) == 'on') | iif('Yes', 'No') }}!
{% endmacro %}
```
{% endraw %}
This macro `is_on` will ask and answer a question based on a given entity ID.
You can now import and use this macro anywhere in Home Assistant. For example:
This macro `answer_question` will ask and answer a question based on a given
entity ID. You can now import and use this macro anywhere in Home Assistant.
For example:
{% raw %}
```jinja
{% from 'tools.jinja' import is_on %}
{{ is_on('light.kitch') }}
{% from 'tools.jinja' import answer_question %}
{{ answer_question('light.kitchen') }}
```
{% endraw %}
@ -228,7 +222,9 @@ Is the kitchen light on?
Yes!
```
An amazing contribution, thank you [@depoll]!
An fantastic contribution! Thank you, [@depoll]!
[Reusing templates documentation](/docs/configuration/templating/#reusing-templates)
[@depoll]: https://github.com/depoll