Version 17 Error: 'ValidationError: target.entity_id" must be an array'

[Mossi777]

Describe the bug

This error is generated when controlling a light entity with data sent from a function node to a call service node.

To Reproduce

Update to v17

Expected behavior

No response

Screenshots

Example Flow

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entity_id: any; dimming: any; }} item\n*/\nfunction checkLightValue(item) {\n\n    var triggerValue = Number(item.ambientLightTriggerValue);\n    var entity_id = item.entity_id;\n    var dimming = item.dimming;\n\n    var currentLightState = ha.homeAssistant.states[entity_id].state;\n    var currentLightLevel = Number(ha.homeAssistant.states[\"sensor.light_sensor\"].state);\n    \n    if (msg.dimming == 'auto') {\n        dimming = item.dimming;\n    } else {\n        dimming = msg.dimming;\n    }\n\n    if(dimming == 1) {\n        if (currentLightLevel >= triggerValue * 1.1 && currentLightState == \"on\") {\n            //msg.payload = \">=\"; node.send(msg);\n            brightness_pct = 0;\n            msg.payload = sendControlMsg_dimming(brightness_pct, entity_id, \"turn_on\");\n        } else if (currentLightLevel < triggerValue && currentLightState == \"off\") {\n            //msg.payload = \"<\"; node.send(msg);\n            brightness_pct = 100;\n            msg.payload = sendControlMsg_dimming(brightness_pct, entity_id, \"turn_on\");\n        }\n    } else if (dimming == 0){\n        if (currentLightLevel >= triggerValue * 1.1 && currentLightState == \"on\") {\n            sendControlMsg_noneDimming(entity_id, \"turn_off\");\n        } else if (currentLightLevel < triggerValue && currentLightState == \"off\") {\n            sendControlMsg_noneDimming(entity_id, \"turn_on\");\n        }\n    }\n}\n\n/**\n* @param {number} brightness_pct\n* @param {any} entity_id\n* @param {string} service\n*/\nfunction sendControlMsg_dimming(brightness_pct, entity_id, service) {\n    msg.payload = {\n        \"service\": service,\n        \"target\": {\n            \"entity_id\": entity_id\n        },\n        \"data\": {\n            \"brightness_pct\": brightness_pct,\n            \"transition\": transition\n        }\n    } \n    node.send(msg);\n}\n\n/**\n* @param {any} entity_id\n* @param {string} service\n*/\nfunction sendControlMsg_noneDimming(entity_id, service) {\n    msg.payload = {\n        \"service\": service,\n        \"target\": {\n            \"entity_id\": entity_id\n        }\n    }\n    node.send(msg);\n} \n\n","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":730,"y":60,"wires":[["5ff33e2821458dc7","3e353c6bdf9baeb6"]]},{"id":"2dfe13a707cea36f","type":"function","z":"861b2db73c59ae63","g":"41b12c920d2316bc","name":"SQL","func":"var ha = global.get(\"homeassistant\");\n\n// Get Master Light Control Setting\nvar masterControl = ha.homeAssistant.states[\"input_select.lighting_control_master\"].state;\n\n// Get Night Inhibit Control Setting\nvar nightInhibit = ha.homeAssistant.states[\"input_boolean.night_inhibit\"].state;\n\n// Action While loop checking all dimmable lights based on the triggel light level set in the Admin screen\nif (masterControl == \"Auto\" && nightInhibit == \"off\") {\n    msg.topic = \"SELECT * FROM lights WHERE ambientLightControlled = 1 AND lightControlStatus = 'Auto' AND disableAuto = 0 AND presenceControlled = 0;\";\n    node.send(msg);\n}","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":450,"y":60,"wires":[["5207d19c88263e4e","2d73316bb1f51f44"]]},{"id":"5ff33e2821458dc7","type":"api-call-service","z":"861b2db73c59ae63","g":"41b12c920d2316bc","name":"Operate Light","server":"3d996e19.7df08a","version":5,"debugenabled":false,"domain":"homeassistant","service":"","areaId":[],"deviceId":[],"entityId":[],"data":"{}","dataType":"jsonata","mergeContext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[],"queue":"none","x":900,"y":60,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"3d996e19.7df08a","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":5,"addon":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true,"heartbeat":false,"heartbeatInterval":"30","areaSelector":"friendlyName","deviceSelector":"friendlyName","entitySelector":"friendlyName","statusSeparator":"at: ","statusYear":"hidden","statusMonth":"short","statusDay":"numeric","statusHourCycle":"h23","statusTimeFormat":"h:m","enableGlobalContextStore":true},{"id":"afaf0cde8eaddea4","type":"MySQLdatabase","name":"","host":"localhost","port":"3306","db":"homeassistant","tz":"GMT","charset":"UTF8"}]

Environment Information

Version: 17.0.0

Home Assistant version: 2024.1.2
Companion version:

Node-RED version: 3.1.0
Docker: no
Add-on: no

Node.js version:
OS:

Additional context

reverted back to version 16 and all works fine

[chrismaki]

Same problem here, sending this JSON:

{
    "service": "turn_on",
    "domain": "light",
    "data": {
        "brightness_pct": 100
    },
    "target": {
        "entity_id": "light.front_foyer_lights"
    }
}

to a call-service node results in the same error. Once I reverted to 16.0.2 it started working again.

[zachowj]

The error is valid as the documentation shows the target properties are to accept arrays. The validation was fixed to check that the property value was an array. I'll change the validation to allow both strings and arrays.

[Mossi777]

Thank you. 17.0.1 now works a dream.

[teamRibcage]

This fixed my issues as well - thanks for all the hard work! 🙂