[SOLVED] Action Question

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1

All,

Raspi 3B+ on OH 2.5M6 (openhabian)

I am running Telegram Actions successful in my regular rules like:

val action = getActions("telegram","telegram:telegramBot:MyBot")
action.sendTelegram("Weihnachts-Licht wurde angeschaltet")

However, I am using Telegram to send messages to OH and would like to check, from which Chat / Bot this is coming from:

rule "Receive telegram"
when
    Item TelegrMess received update or
	Item TelegrMessYou received update
then
// depending on the triggering item, the appropriate Telegram Bot action is set
	var itemName = triggeringItem.name.toString
	var itemState = triggeringItem.state.toString
// MyBot
	if(itemName == "TelegrMess") {
		logInfo("telegram.rules", "TelegrMess - itemName: " + itemName)
		logInfo("telegram.rules", "TelegrMess - itemState: " + itemState)
		var action = getActions("telegram","telegram:telegramBot:MyBot")
	}
// YourBot
	else if(itemName == "TelegrMessYou") {
		logInfo("telegram.rules", "TelegrMessYou - itemName: " + itemName)
		logInfo("telegram.rules", "TelegrMessYou - itemState: " + itemState)
		var action = getActions("telegram","telegram:telegramBot:YourBot")
	}
	logInfo("telegram.rules", "Telegram received from " + itemName +" >" + itemState + "<")

// Licht aus
	if(itemState == "Licht aus") {
		G_Lights.sendCommand(OFF)
		logInfo("telegram.rules", "Lights were switched OFF")
		action.sendTelegram("Das Licht wurde ausgeschaltet!")
	}
...

But I get the following error, even though it’s working (lights are switched off):

2019-12-12 19:50:45.023 [INFO ] [marthome.model.script.telegram.rules] - TelegrMess - itemState: Licht aus
2019-12-12 19:50:45.049 [INFO ] [marthome.model.script.telegram.rules] - Telegram received from TelegrMess >Licht aus<
2019-12-12 19:50:45.070 [INFO ] [marthome.model.script.telegram.rules] - Lights were switched OFF
2019-12-12 19:50:45.078 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.RuleEngineImpl] - Rule 'Receive telegram': The name 'action' cannot be resolved to an item or type; line 33, column 3, length 6

Any idea why this error is popping up?
The if else should make sure that just one definition of action will be set, right?

2

I think that variable declaration goes away at the end of the { } code block.

var action = null
...
  { 
       action = whatever
  }

// use action (if not null)
3

Good Idea!
Thanks for pointing this out!
I will try it.

outside the rule it does not even work anymore:
Rule 'Receive telegram': 'sendTelegram' is not a member of 'java.lang.Object'; line 35, column 3, length 53

at the beginning of the rule it does work without any error message!
Thanks a lot!