Unable to get weather state and attributes

[tricoveri]

The problem

Hello, I am trying to access the weather entity state and attributes in a lambda call in order to publish them to a nextion display with poor results. They seem to be returned as floats but even trying with .c_str() I can't convert the to char

I am using met.no integration

Other sensors like temperature sensors and time are correctly displayed

Thanks in advance for any help

Which version of ESPHome has the issue?

2022.8.0

What type of installation are you using?

pip

Which version of Home Assistant has the issue?

2022.12.7

What platform are you using?

ESP32

Board

Esp32 Devkit 1

Component causing the issue

weather and weather hourly

Example YAML snippet

esphome:
  name: esp32svegliacamera
  platform: ESP32
  board: nodemcu-32s

wifi:
  ssid: "xx"
  password: "x"

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Esp32svegliacamera Hotspot"
    password: "o4QwBuzpvYVFFF"
  manual_ip:
    # Set this to the IP of the ESP
    static_ip: 192.168.1.135
    # Set this to the IP address of the router. Often ends with .1
    gateway: 192.168.1.1
    # The subnet of the network. 255.255.255.0 works for most home networks.
    subnet: 255.255.255.0

captive_portal:

# Enable logging
logger:
  #baud_rate: 0

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  password: "xx"

ota:
  password: "xx"

uart:
  id: uart2
  rx_pin: 16
  tx_pin: 17
  baud_rate: 9600
################################################################################
sensor:
#--------------------------------------------------------------------    
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: bme280Tempcucina
    entity_id: sensor.bme280tempcucina
    on_value:
      then:
        lambda:  |-
            id(nextion1).set_component_text_printf("stanza.tempcuc","%.1f",id(bme280Tempcucina).state);

  - platform: homeassistant
    id: bme280Tempgarage
    entity_id: sensor.bme280tempgarage
    on_value:
      then:
        lambda:  |-
            id(nextion1).set_component_text_printf("stanza.tempext","%.1f",id(bme280Tempgarage).state);

  - platform: homeassistant
    id: tempo
    entity_id: weather.casa
    internal: true

################################################################################  
time:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: esptime
    on_time:

      - seconds: 0
        minutes: '*'
        then:
            lambda: |-
                auto time_text = id(esptime).now().strftime("%H:%M");
                id(nextion1).set_component_text("page0.mainwatch",time_text.c_str());

      - seconds: 30
        minutes: '*'
        then:
            lambda:  |-

                id(nextion1).set_component_text("stanza.t3",id(tempo).state.c_str());

######################################  
display:
  - platform: nextion
    uart_id: uart2
    update_interval: 5s
    id: nextion1

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

Sveglia.yaml:155:61: error: request for member 'c_str' in 'tempo->esphome::homeassistant::HomeassistantSensor::<anonymous>.esphome::sensor::Sensor::state', which is of non-class type 'float'
*** [.pioenvs/esp32svegliacamera/src/main.cpp.o] Error 1

Additional information

No response

[ssieb]

A sensor: is always a float. If you want a string, then you need to use a text_sensor: instead. Github issues are not for support requests. Use the discord server or one of the forums.

[tricoveri]

hey thanks for the message, I didn't get the difference, will use discord right away

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