Does skip_get_url take a url from input.json

[davida72]

As I understood it, skip_get_url can be used to avoid asking for a council url in the Home Assistant integration.

What happens if skip_get_url is used and the URL is not hard coded into the script? Does it take it from inputs.json?

[robbrad]

URL is still passed to the integration inside kwargs, just the generic get page handler I wrote is bypassed. Part of the issue though is in the custom component if skip get url is set then the user is not asked for this. A better way would be to have it so the user is not asked if URL is not supplied in input.json - but thats a big change.

skip get url bypasses get_data in get_and_parse_data within get_bin_data.py

I had planned to have a little code as possible in each council integration - but that was a bit utopian

The project refactoring design started as https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns/template-method - This is how the abstract class works by setting a template that people can repeat and use - allowing for the council integrations to be "light touch"

[robbrad]

omg - tiny back then b9918e9

[davida72]

I don't fully understand but I think you're saying that in the event of skip_get_url and it not being hard coded into the council script, it uses the URL in inputs.json.

Is that right?

[robbrad]

Yes