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Hey All,

I need some help with my REGEX.
I have the following item:

Switch Mute_Item "Mute_Item"			{ http=">[ON:GET:http://SPEAKER_IP/UIC?cmd=%3Cname%3ESetMute%3C/name%3E%3Cp%20type=%22str%22%20name=%22mute%22%20val=%22on%22/%3E] >[OFF:GET:http://SPEAKER_IP/UIC?cmd=%3Cname%3ESetMute%3C/name%3E%3Cp%20type=%22str%22%20name=%22mute%22%20val=%22off%22/%3E] <[http://SPEAKER_IP/UIC?cmd=%3Cname%3EGetMute%3C/name%3E:5000:REGEX(<mute>(.*?)<\/mute>)]" }

With this item I can read and write the mute state of my wireless speaker.
The item file will give the following error:

19:10:16.452 [WARN ] [del.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Configuration model 'Items.items' has errors, therefore ignoring it: [12,52]: mismatched character '/' expecting set null
[12,413]: mismatched input 'mute' expecting RULE_STRING
[14,1]: mismatched input '<EOF>' expecting '}'

When I remove the REGEX part, the item file is loaded.
Weird, because the regular expression is right and tested with https://regexr.com/

When I don’t escape the ‘/’ before mute (as the example of the http binding says), the item file is loaded but the the HTTP binding gives the following error:

19:09:57.872 [ERROR] [ab.core.service.AbstractActiveService] - Error while executing background thread HTTP Refresh Service
java.util.IllegalFormatConversionException: c != java.util.Date
        at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.failConversion(Formatter.java:4302) [?:?]
        at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.printCharacter(Formatter.java:2869) [?:?]
        at java.util.Formatter$FormatSpecifier.print(Formatter.java:2757) [?:?]
        at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2520) [?:?]
        at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2455) [?:?]
        at java.lang.String.format(String.java:2940) [?:?]
        at org.openhab.binding.http.internal.HttpBinding.execute(HttpBinding.java:144) [266:org.openhab.binding.http:1.12.0]
        at org.openhab.core.binding.AbstractActiveBinding$BindingActiveService.execute(AbstractActiveBinding.java:144) [209:org.openhab.core.compat1x:2.3.0]
        at org.openhab.core.service.AbstractActiveService$RefreshThread.run(AbstractActiveService.java:166) [209:org.openhab.core.compat1x:2.3.0]

I hope someone has a solution.

  • Jordo
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Firstly, if the HTTP binding works like the MQTT binding, you need to match the whole HTML document.

.*<mute>(.*?)</mute>.*

You do not need to escape a /.

Next, is the text between the mute tags always ON or OFF (case matters)? If then they are not appropriate for a Switch Item.

Finally, the error doesn’t have anything to do with this Item. This error appears to be for a DateTime Item, not a Switch and the error is telling you that “c” is not an appropriate date time string.

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Thanks foy your reply!

Hmm, that makes sense, i’ll change that.

Yes, the reply is always on or off, but not with capital letters.
So maybe that is a problem?

That is weird, the error only occures when this item is added to the item file.
I can’t find where it could come from then.

  • Jordo
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That is A problem. I can’t say whether it is THE problem. The error is talking about a DateTime, not a Switch.

Do you have any DateTime Items populated by the HTTP binding?

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Not that I know…
But I will check it.
Hope that I can find the fault :slight_smile:
Otherwise I will use a rule instead.

Thanks for helping!

  • Jordo