Unable to start the app

[gdsjgh]

Hi,

The app seems to be unable to start in AppDaemon. I get the following error message but don't really know how to make sense of it. Do you need any other data to debug?

[22:18:14] INFO: Starting AppDaemon...
2020-08-16 22:18:16.255588 INFO AppDaemon: AppDaemon Version 4.0.3 starting
2020-08-16 22:18:16.257261 INFO AppDaemon: Python version is 3.8.2
2020-08-16 22:18:16.258157 INFO AppDaemon: Configuration read from: /config/appdaemon/appdaemon.yaml
2020-08-16 22:18:16.258918 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: AppDaemon
2020-08-16 22:18:16.259974 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: Error
2020-08-16 22:18:16.260823 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: Access
2020-08-16 22:18:16.261597 INFO AppDaemon: Added log: Diag
2020-08-16 22:18:16.310031 INFO AppDaemon: Loading Plugin HASS using class HassPlugin from module hassplugin
2020-08-16 22:18:16.358293 INFO HASS: HASS Plugin Initializing
2020-08-16 22:18:16.359421 INFO HASS: HASS Plugin initialization complete
2020-08-16 22:18:16.361227 INFO AppDaemon: HTTP is disabled
2020-08-16 22:18:16.484223 INFO HASS: Connected to Home Assistant 0.114.0
2020-08-16 22:18:16.573139 INFO AppDaemon: App 'replay_lights' added
2020-08-16 22:18:16.575248 INFO AppDaemon: Found 1 total apps
2020-08-16 22:18:16.576543 INFO AppDaemon: Starting Apps with 1 workers and 1 pins
2020-08-16 22:18:16.694509 INFO HASS: Evaluating startup conditions
2020-08-16 22:18:16.814865 INFO AppDaemon: Got initial state from namespace default
2020-08-16 22:18:18.583307 INFO AppDaemon: Scheduler running in realtime
2020-08-16 22:18:18.589276 INFO AppDaemon: Adding /config/appdaemon/apps to module import path
2020-08-16 22:18:18.590977 INFO AppDaemon: Adding /config/appdaemon/apps/ReplayLightsHistory to module import path
2020-08-16 22:18:18.596445 INFO AppDaemon: Loading App Module: /config/appdaemon/apps/ReplayLightsHistory/replay_lights.py
2020-08-16 22:18:18.728178 INFO AppDaemon: Initializing app replay_lights using class ReplayLights from module replay_lights
2020-08-16 22:18:18.730747 WARNING replay_lights: ------------------------------------------------------------
2020-08-16 22:18:18.732785 WARNING replay_lights: Unexpected error initializing app: replay_lights:
2020-08-16 22:18:18.733720 WARNING replay_lights: ------------------------------------------------------------
2020-08-16 22:18:18.737206 WARNING replay_lights: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/appdaemon/app_management.py", line 820, in check_app_updates
    await self.init_object(app)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/appdaemon/app_management.py", line 279, in init_object
    "object": app_class(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/appdaemon/plugins/hass/hassapi.py", line 46, in __init__
    adbase.ADBase.__init__(self, ad, name, logging, args, config, app_config, global_vars)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/appdaemon/adbase.py", line 75, in __init__
    self.dashboard_dir = self.AD.http.dashboard_dir
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'dashboard_dir'
2020-08-16 22:18:18.738229 WARNING replay_lights: ------------------------------------------------------------
2020-08-16 22:18:18.739627 WARNING AppDaemon: Unable to find module replay_lights - initialize() skipped
2020-08-16 22:18:18.741381 INFO AppDaemon: App initialization complete

[Mohlsson]

Unfortunately I am not an expert on AppDaemon but I found a very similar question at https://community.home-assistant.io/t/appdaemon-unable-to-find-modules-while-initializing/180112

This is how my appdaemon.yaml looks: secrets: /config/secrets.yaml log: logfile: STDOUT errorfile: STDERR appdaemon: threads: 10 app_dir: /config/appdaemon/apps plugins: HASS: type: hass ha_url: http://hassio/homeassistant hadashboard: dash_url: http://127.0.0.1:5050 dash_dir: /config/appdaemon/dashboards

I hope you can solve it from this. /Martin

[gdsjgh]

Hi,

Thanks for the tip. I got it working now.

You simply need to add this in the config. No idea why. But it works

http:
  url: !secret appdaemon_http_url

Bonus question: when adding the input_number.replay_days_back in the config. Does the app refresh itself the number of days in the input_number variable changes? I can't see any ack of the changes being referred to in the logs.

Thanks!

[Mohlsson]

In my experience the app is only reloaded when there are changes to the python file. You can always restart AppDaemon and the apps will be reloaded with new settings.