xplora_watch.send_message does not seem to support templates

[DIYtechie]

What version of Integration has the issue?

2.12.1

System Health details

System Information

version	core-2024.1.3
installation_type	Home Assistant OS
dev	false
hassio	true
docker	true
user	root
virtualenv	false
python_version	3.11.6
os_name	Linux
os_version	6.1.63-haos-raspi
arch	aarch64
timezone	Europe/Copenhagen
config_dir	/config

Home Assistant Community Store

GitHub API	ok
GitHub Content	ok
GitHub Web	ok
GitHub API Calls Remaining	4806
Installed Version	1.33.0
Stage	running
Available Repositories	1371
Downloaded Repositories	27

Home Assistant Cloud

logged_in	true
subscription_expiration	October 23, 2024 at 2:00 AM
relayer_connected	true
relayer_region	eu-central-1
remote_enabled	true
remote_connected	true
alexa_enabled	false
google_enabled	true
remote_server	eu-central-1-10.ui.nabu.casa
certificate_status	ready
instance_id	48b30477ee8044d3a9ae02b2611a030e
can_reach_cert_server	ok
can_reach_cloud_auth	ok
can_reach_cloud	ok

Home Assistant Supervisor

host_os	Home Assistant OS 11.4
update_channel	stable
supervisor_version	supervisor-2023.12.0
agent_version	1.6.0
docker_version	24.0.7
disk_total	916.2 GB
disk_used	12.0 GB
healthy	true
supported	true
board	rpi4-64
supervisor_api	ok
version_api	ok
installed_addons	ESPHome (2023.12.5), File editor (5.7.0), Home Assistant Google Drive Backup (0.112.1), Mosquitto broker (6.4.0), Node-RED (17.0.2), Terminal & SSH (9.8.1), deCONZ (6.22.0)

Dashboards

dashboards	2
resources	16
views	31
mode	storage

Recorder

oldest_recorder_run	January 4, 2024 at 6:54 AM
current_recorder_run	January 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
estimated_db_size	695.33 MiB
database_engine	sqlite
database_version	3.41.2

Sonoff

version	3.5.4 (a4a8c5f)
cloud_online	0 / 8
local_online	2 / 2
debug	failed to load:

Spotify

api_endpoint_reachable	ok

Checklist

• I have enabled debug logging for my installation.
• This issue only contains 1 issue (if you have multiple issues, open one issue for each issue).

Describe the issue

Since I cannot be logged into the app and the integration at the same time, I'm using Home Assistant to send and receive messages from my son. I use an input_text helper (called input_text.xplora_message) or the data message field, but when I try to send the input helper text via the xplora_watch.send_message service using {{ states('input_text.xplora_message') }} my son only receives the name of the input text helper and not the contents of the helper.

Reproduction steps

create a input text helper. Could be called: input_text.xplora_message

Change the text to something. E.g. "hello"

Then using developer tools try this

service: xplora_watch.send_message
data:
  target: 79637893468937465
  message: '{{ states('input_text.xplora_message') }}'
  user: 7364587365879

Debug logs

no errors, the issue is that the template is not recognized but simply sent as text

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[DIYtechie]

Apparently, I made a mistake

i.e. This script works:

alias: send xplora message
sequence:
  - service: xplora_watch.send_message
    metadata: {}
    data:
      target: 7836847637486
      user: 874563784563857678
      message: "{{ states('input_text.xplora_message') }}"
mode: single

Feel free to close this issue.