Getting strange error

[hansw1204]

All of a sudden, I am getting this error from the markdown card that worked perfectly before:

The date_expected attribute is definitely there.

The code of the card is:

Deliveries

{% set raw = state_attr('sensor.parcel_raw_shipment_data', 'deliveries') %}
{% set deliveries = raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) | sort(attribute='status_code') | sort(attribute='date_expected') %}
{% set delivered = raw | selectattr('status_code','eq',0) | list %}
{% if delivered | length > 0 %}

Delivered Packages

{% for delivery in delivered %}
{{ delivery.description }} on {{ delivery.events[0].date }}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
{% if deliveries | length > 0%}

In Progress

{% for delivery in deliveries %} {% if "date_expected" in delivery.keys() %}
{% set date = as_datetime(delivery.date_expected).date() %}
{% else %}
{% set date = "none" %}
{% endif %}

{{ delivery.description }}

• Estimated - {{ date }}
• Latest Update - {{ delivery.events[0].date }}: {{ delivery.events[0].event }}
• Tracking Number: {{delivery.tracking_number }}
  {% endfor %} {% else %}
  No Scheduled Deliveries
  {% endif %}

It was posted here before.

Many thanks for any help!

[hansw1204]

As of today, it's working again. I have no clue what happened

[jmdevita]

Hey @hansw1204, I'm wondering if there was something wonky with your raw_shipment_data? Any chance you have a payload from the other day? Sometimes you may find it in the logs or history of the sensor.

[hansw1204]

It's happening again, although "data_expected" is definitely in the attributes. I'm going to try to copy the content from the parcel app, here goes (I anonymized some info):

Success
true
Deliveries

• carrier_code: amzlus description: Zooz 800 Series Z-Wave Long Range Open|Close XS S… status_code: 4 tracking_number: 111-3019169-xxxxxxx extra_information: BHdjVQSfX date_expected: '2025-08-22 15:00:00' date_expected_end: '2025-08-22 19:00:00' events: - event: Package is out for delivery. date: Friday, August 22 11:25 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package being processed at carrier facility. date: Friday, August 22 1:41 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package arrived at a carrier facility. date: Friday, August 22 1:19 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package left the shipper facility date: 'Friday, August 22 ' - carrier_code: amzlus description: THIRDREALITY Zigbee Smart Plug with Real-time Pow… status_code: 4 tracking_number: 111-7476864-xxxxxxxx extra_information: BhRvnkSGX date_expected: '2025-08-22 14:45:00' date_expected_end: '2025-08-22 18:45:00' events: - event: Package is out for delivery. date: Friday, August 22 11:25 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package being processed at carrier facility. date: Friday, August 22 5:07 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package arrived at a carrier facility. date: Friday, August 22 4:34 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package left an Amazon facility. date: Friday, August 22 2:22 AM location: Northborough, MA US - event: Package arrived at an Amazon facility. date: Friday, August 22 1:44 AM location: Northborough, MA US - event: Package left the shipper facility date: 'Thursday, August 21 ' - carrier_code: amzlus description: Minoston 800 Series Z-Wave Scene Controller, 4 ZW… status_code: 4 tracking_number: 111-7476864-xxxxxxxx extra_information: BtdvV9SfX date_expected: '2025-08-22 15:00:00' date_expected_end: '2025-08-22 19:00:00' events: - event: Package is out for delivery. date: Friday, August 22 11:25 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package being processed at carrier facility. date: Friday, August 22 1:41 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package arrived at a carrier facility. date: Friday, August 22 1:19 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package left the shipper facility date: 'Friday, August 22 ' - carrier_code: fedex description: Senf status_code: 2 tracking_number: 'xxxxxxxxxxxx' events: - event: Left FedEx origin facility date: August 22, 2025 16:45 location: St Florian, Austria - event: Picked up date: August 22, 2025 11:06 location: St Florian, Austria - event: Shipment information sent to FedEx date: August 22, 2025 03:24 - carrier_code: ups description: 'Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 ' status_code: 2 tracking_number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx date_expected: '2025-08-23 14:00:00' date_expected_end: '2025-08-23 18:00:00' events: - event: Departed from Facility date: 08.22.2025 10:01 location: Columbus, OH, United States - event: Arrived at Facility date: 08.22.2025 06:40 location: Columbus, OH, United States - event: Departed from Facility date: 08.22.2025 03:20 location: Versailles, Indiana, United States - event: Arrived at Facility date: 08.22.2025 01:41 location: Versailles, Indiana, United States - event: Shipper created a label, UPS has not received the package yet. date: 08.21.2025 21:29
  Carrier codes updated
  August 22, 2025 at 11:29:43 AM
  Utc timestamp
  August 22, 2025 at 1:34:45 PM

[PineappleEmperor]

@hansw1204 can you replace the line {% set deliveries = raw... with

{% set deliveries = raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) | sort(attribute='status_code') | sort(attribute='date_expected'|default("9999-12-31")) %}

and see how you get on?

[hansw1204]

Thank you for helping! Now I get: UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'date_expected|default("9999-12-31")' From: Dan ***@***.***> Date: Friday, August 22, 2025 at 16:35 To: jmdevita/parcel-ha ***@***.***> Cc: HaWi ***@***.***>, Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [jmdevita/parcel-ha] Getting strange error (Issue #55) [https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/149938837?s=20&v=4]PineappleEmperor left a comment (jmdevita/parcel-ha#55)<#55 (comment)> @hansw1204<https://github.com/hansw1204> can you replace the line {% set deliveries = raw... with {% set deliveries = raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) | sort(attribute='date_expected|default("9999-12-31")') %} and see how you get on? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#55 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACKHLVMKQ4GGOA3SO2DF4KD3O55KPAVCNFSM6AAAAACDCVVMYOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTEMJVGU3DMOJRGY>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.

[PineappleEmperor]

Oops, copy paste error on my part I think. I've modified my previous comment - there was a single quote in the wrong place.

[hansw1204]

OK, that gets me back to the original error

[PineappleEmperor]

Apparently it wasn't a copy paste error 😄 This is the full code I've modified from what you originally used:
Note: I've tried it with a reconstruction of your raw JSON and I currently have a no-delivery-date parcel. Try it in the developer template and see what happens?

{% set raw = state_attr('sensor.parcel_raw_shipment_data', 'deliveries') %}
{% set deliveries = raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) | sort(attribute='date_expected|default("9999-12-31")') %}
{% if delivered | length > 0 %}
  Delivered Packages
  {% for delivery in delivered %}
    {{ delivery.description }} on {{ delivery.events[0].date }}
  {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

{% if deliveries | length > 0%}
  In Progress
  {% for delivery in deliveries %} {% if "date_expected" in delivery.keys() %}
    {% set date = as_datetime(delivery.date_expected).date() %}
{% else %}
  {% set date = "none" %}
{% endif %}
  {{ delivery.description }}
  - Estimated - {{ date }}
  - Latest Update - {{ delivery.events[0].date }}: {{ delivery.events[0].event }}
  - Tracking Number: {{delivery.tracking_number }}
  {% endfor %}
{% else %}
  No Scheduled Deliveries
{% endif %}

If you get the UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'date_expected|default("9999-12-31")' error again.. well I'll be confused for starters! But if you do, we can try a different way where we filter out any without 'date_expected'.

[hansw1204]

Thank you so much! This works perfectly.
EDIT: Spoke too early. While the code above gives the correct result in the Developer Template, I still get the error in the card so I must be doing something wrong sitting up the card itself.

[PineappleEmperor]

Welp. TIL that the markdown card is really picky! I've rewritten a few bits, give it a try!

# Deliveries
{% set raw = state_attr('sensor.parcel_raw_shipment_data', 'deliveries') %}
{% set ns = namespace(deliveries = []) %}
{% for order in raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) %}
  {% if order.date_expected is defined %}
    {% set sort_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
    {% set display_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
  {% else %}
    {% set sort_date = '9999-12-31' %}
    {% set display_date = 'none' %}
  {% endif %}
  {% set ns.deliveries = ns.deliveries + [ order | combine({'sort_date': sort_date, 'display_date': display_date}) ] %}
{% endfor %}
{% set deliveries = ns.deliveries | sort(attribute='sort_date') %} 
{% set delivered = raw | selectattr('status_code','eq',0) | list %}
{% if delivered | length > 0 %}
## Delivered Packages
  {% for delivery in delivered %}
    {{ delivery.description }} on {{ delivery.events[0].date }}
  {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

{% if deliveries | length > 0 %}
##  In Progress
  {% for delivery in deliveries %}     
### {{ delivery.description }}
    - Estimated - {{ delivery.display_date }}
    - Latest Update - {{ delivery.events[0].date }}: {{ delivery.events[0].event }}
    - Tracking Number: {{delivery.tracking_number }}
  {% endfor %}
{% else %}
  No Scheduled Deliveries
{% endif %}

[hansw1204]

Thank you so much, you are so kind helping me out here.
This looks like it's working.
The entire code in the card looks like this

type: markdown
content: |2-
# Deliveries
{% set raw = state_attr('sensor.parcel_raw_shipment_data', 'deliveries') %}
{% set ns = namespace(deliveries = []) %}
{% for order in raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) %}
{% if order.date_expected is defined %}
{% set sort_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
{% set display_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
{% else %}
{% set sort_date = '9999-12-31' %}
{% set display_date = 'none' %}
{% endif %}
{% set ns.deliveries = ns.deliveries + [ order | combine({'sort_date': sort_date, 'display_date': display_date}) ] %}
{% endfor %}
{% set deliveries = ns.deliveries | sort(attribute='sort_date') %}
{% set delivered = raw | selectattr('status_code','eq',0) | list %}
{% if delivered | length > 0 %}

Delivered Packages

{% for delivery in delivered %}
  {{ delivery.description }} on {{ delivery.events[0].date }}
{% endfor %}

{% endif %}

{% if deliveries | length > 0 %}

In Progress

 {% for delivery in deliveries %}     

{{ delivery.description }}

   - Estimated - {{ delivery.display_date }}
   - Latest Update - {{ delivery.events[0].date }}: {{ delivery.events[0].event }}
   - Tracking Number: {{delivery.tracking_number }}
 {% endfor %}

{% else %}
No Scheduled Deliveries
{% endif %}
grid_options:
columns: 24
rows: auto
visibility:

• condition: numeric_state
  entity: number.parcels
  above: 0

Line 2 seems to be critical. I have no clue why

[hansw1204]

It's strange, now I am getting
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'datetime.date'
This is the card code

type: markdown
content: |-

Deliveries

{% set raw = state_attr('sensor.parcel_raw_shipment_data', 'deliveries') %}
{% set ns = namespace(deliveries = []) %}
{% for order in raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) %}
  {% if order.date_expected is defined %}
    {% set sort_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
    {% set display_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
{% else %}
  {% set sort_date = '9999-12-31' %}
  {% set display_date = 'none' %}
{% endif %}
{% set ns.deliveries = ns.deliveries + [ order | combine({'sort_date': sort_date, 'display_date': display_date}) ] %}

{% endfor %}
{% set deliveries = ns.deliveries | sort(attribute ='sort_date') %}
{% set delivered = raw | selectattr('status_code','eq',0) | list %}
{% if delivered | length > 0 %}

Delivered Packages

{% for delivery in delivered %}
  {{ delivery.description }} on {{ delivery.events[0].date }}
{% endfor %}

{% endif %}

{% if deliveries | length > 0 %}

In Progress

 {% for delivery in deliveries %}     

{{ delivery.description }}

   - Estimated - {{ delivery.display_date }}
   - Latest Update - {{ delivery.events[0].date }}: {{ delivery.events[0].event }}
   - Tracking Number: {{delivery.tracking_number }}
 {% endfor %}

{% else %}
No Scheduled Deliveries
{% endif %}
grid_options:
columns: 24
rows: auto
visibility:

• condition: numeric_state
  entity: number.parcels
  above: 0

In Parcel I have

Success
true
Deliveries

• carrier_code: amzlus description: WAGO 221-412/VE00-2500 221 Series 2 Conductor AWG… status_code: 8 tracking_number: 111-5770704-9946648 extra_information: BkqcQjhg8 date_expected: '2025-08-26 00:00:00' events: - event: Preparing for shipment date: '--//--' - carrier_code: amzlus description: SINGER 00557 4-1/2-Inch ProSeries Detail Scissors… status_code: 0 tracking_number: 111-9278001-5621034 extra_information: BhVkHdYs8 events: - event: Package delivered near the front door or porch. date: Monday, August 25 2:16 PM location: Brookline, US - event: Package is out for delivery. date: Monday, August 25 10:55 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package being processed at carrier facility. date: Monday, August 25 2:31 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package arrived at a carrier facility. date: Monday, August 25 2:26 AM location: Revere, US - event: Package left the shipper facility date: 'Monday, August 25 ' - carrier_code: fedex description: Sink Water Filter status_code: 2 tracking_number: '61293150518645725155' date_expected: '2025-08-27 00:00:00' events: - event: Arrived at FedEx location date: August 24, 2025 19:30 location: Concord, NC, United States - event: Shipment information sent to FedEx date: August 22, 2025 12:20 - carrier_code: fedex description: Senf status_code: 2 tracking_number: '883773235584' events: - event: On the way date: August 25, 2025 19:57 location: Grace-Hollogne, Belgium - event: Arrived at FedEx hub date: August 25, 2025 14:19 location: Grace-Hollogne, Belgium - event: Left FedEx origin facility date: August 22, 2025 21:46 location: Vienna, Austria - event: On the way date: August 22, 2025 20:46 location: Vienna, Austria - event: Left FedEx origin facility date: August 22, 2025 16:45 location: St Florian, Austria - event: Picked up date: August 22, 2025 11:06 location: St Florian, Austria - event: Shipment information sent to FedEx date: August 22, 2025 03:24
  Carrier codes updated
  August 25, 2025 at 10:02:31 AM
  Utc timestamp
  August 25, 2025 at 4:47:31 PM

[hansw1204]

Just for grins, I had ChatGPT help me and it came up with this, after some formatting was also added. This works:

type: markdown
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
background-color: #e6f2ff; /* light blue */
font-size: 12px;
padding: 12px;
border-radius: 12px;
}
content: >-

Deliveries

{% set raw = state_attr('sensor.parcel_raw_shipment_data', 'deliveries') %}
{% set ns = namespace(deliveries = []) %}
{% for order in raw | selectattr('status_code','>',0) %}
{% if order.date_expected is defined %}
{% set sort_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
{% set display_date = as_datetime(order.date_expected).date() %}
{% else %}
{# make fallback a date, not a string #}
{% set sort_date = as_datetime('9999-12-31').date() %}
{% set display_date = 'none' %}
{% endif %}
{% set ns.deliveries = ns.deliveries + [ order | combine({'sort_date': sort_date, 'display_date': display_date}) ] %}
{% endfor %}
{% set deliveries = ns.deliveries | sort(attribute='sort_date') %}
{% set delivered = raw | selectattr('status_code','eq',0) | list %}

{% if delivered | length > 0 %}

Delivered Packages

{% for delivery in delivered %}
{{ delivery.description }} on **{{ delivery.events[0].date }}**
{% endfor %}

{% endif %}

{% if deliveries | length > 0 %}

In Progress

{% for delivery in deliveries %}     

{{ delivery.description }}

  - Estimated — **{{ delivery.display_date }}**
  - Latest Update — **{{ delivery.events[0].date }}**: {{ delivery.events[0].event }}
  - Tracking Number: {{ delivery.tracking_number }}
{% endfor %}

{% else %}
No Scheduled Deliveries
{% endif %}

[PineappleEmperor]

ChatGPT to the rescue! I hadn't converted the default '9999-12-31' to an actual date! Woops! I'm glad it's working now :)

[hansw1204]

Thank you. Its weird, ChatGPT still can't get the formatting right. The ** doesn't seem to work to get stuff boldfaced. I tried > that made everything bold. I think markdown is VERY odd.