Question: how to listen to several events of the same type

[wsw70]

The documentation states

A single function can have any or all of the decorator types specified, but at most one of each type.

In such a case how can I monitor several events of the same type (say - two MQTT topics, or several actions)?

My current solution is to have intermediate functions, each having one decorator, and both calling the actual function that handles the event - but there may be a better solution?

[dlashua]

That's how I do it too: a function to do the work, and multiple functions with an event_trigger decorator on it that just calls the first function.

[craigbarratt]

For @state_trigger and @time_trigger you can specify multiple arguments (or lists of arguments), so a single function can be triggered by multiple state expressions or time specifications.

For @event_trigger and @mqtt_trigger you can currently only specify a single event or mqtt topic, although mqtt supports wildcards, so one trigger can capture multiple topics if they have similar names that can be matched by a wildcard.

@event_trigger could be extended to support multiple event names if there is interest. In the meantime, @dlashua's solution is the best one in the few cases where a common handler function for different events is needed.

[Beiri22]

For @state_trigger and @time_trigger you can specify multiple arguments (or lists of arguments), so a single function can be triggered by multiple state expressions or time specifications.

Please see #157