Accept . as a query string delimiter.

README.md

@@ -3807,7 +3807,7 @@ The card can respond to actions in the query string (see [below](#query-string-a
 This example assumes the dashboard URL is `https://ha.mydomain.org/lovelace-test/0`.
 
 ```
-https://ha.mydomain.org/lovelace-test/0?frigate-card-action:camera_select=kitchen&frigate-card-action:expand
+https://ha.mydomain.org/lovelace-test/0?frigate-card-action.camera_select=kitchen&frigate-card-action.expand
 ```
 </details>
 
@@ -3826,7 +3826,7 @@ cameras:
 ```
 
 ```
-https://ha.mydomain.org/lovelace-test/0?frigate-card-action:main:clips
+https://ha.mydomain.org/lovelace-test/0?frigate-card-action.main.clips
 ```
 </details>
 
@@ -3859,7 +3859,7 @@ elements:
       left: 30%
     tap_action:
       action: navigate
-      navigation_path: /lovelace-frigate/map?frigate-card-action:camera_select=camera.living_room
+      navigation_path: /lovelace-frigate/map?frigate-card-action.camera_select=camera.living_room
   - type: icon
     icon: mdi:cctv
     style:
@@ -3867,7 +3867,7 @@ elements:
       left: 42%
     tap_action:
       action: navigate
-      navigation_path: /lovelace-frigate/map?frigate-card-action:camera_select=camera.landing
+      navigation_path: /lovelace-frigate/map?frigate-card-action.camera_select=camera.landing
 ```
 
 </details>
@@ -3998,13 +3998,13 @@ The Frigate card will execute these actions in the following circumstances:
 To send an action to *all* Frigate cards:
 
 ```
-[PATH_TO_YOUR_HA_DASHBOARD]?frigate-card-action:[ACTION]=[VALUE]
+[PATH_TO_YOUR_HA_DASHBOARD]?frigate-card-action.[ACTION]=[VALUE]
 ```
 
 To send an action to a named Frigate card:
 
 ```
-[PATH_TO_YOUR_HA_DASHBOARD]?frigate-card-action:[CARD_ID]:[ACTION]=[VALUE]
+[PATH_TO_YOUR_HA_DASHBOARD]?frigate-card-action.[CARD_ID].[ACTION]=[VALUE]
 ```
 
 | Parameter | Description |
@@ -4013,6 +4013,8 @@ To send an action to a named Frigate card:
 | `CARD_ID` | When specified only cards that have a `card_id` parameter will act. |
 | `VALUE` | An optional value to use with the `camera_select` and `live_substream_select` actions. |
 
+**Note**: Both `.` and `:` may be used as the delimiter. If you use `:` some browsers may require it be escaped to `%3A`.
+
 **Note**: If a dashboard has multiple Frigate cards on it, even if they are on
 different 'tabs' within that dashboard, they will all respond to the actions
 unless the action is targeted with a `CARD_ID` as shown above.

src/card.ts

@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     // the default view and the querystring view, see:
     // https://github.com/dermotduffy/frigate-hass-card/issues/1200
     if (!this._view) {
-      const querystringActions = getActionsFromQueryString();
+      const querystringActions = getActionsFromQueryString(window.location.search);
       if (
         !querystringActions.find(
           (action) =>
@@ -1594,7 +1594,9 @@ class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
   protected _locationChangeHandler = (): void => {
     // Only execute actions when the card has rendered at least once.
     if (this.hasUpdated) {
-      getActionsFromQueryString().forEach((action) => this._cardActionHandler(action));
+      getActionsFromQueryString(window.location.search).forEach((action) =>
+        this._cardActionHandler(action),
+      );
     }
   };
 

src/types.ts

@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ const frigateCardCustomActionsBaseSchema = customActionSchema.extend({
     .or(z.literal('fire-dom-event')),
 
   // Card this command is intended for.
-  card_id: z.string().optional(),
+  card_id: z
+    .string()
+    .regex(/^\w+$/, 'card_id parameter can only contain [a-z][A-Z][0-9_]')
+    .optional(),
 });
 
 const FRIGATE_CARD_GENERAL_ACTIONS = [

src/utils/querystring.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { FrigateCardCustomAction } from '../types';
 import { createFrigateCardCustomAction } from './action.js';
 
-export const getActionsFromQueryString = (): FrigateCardCustomAction[] => {
+export const getActionsFromQueryString = (
-  const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+  queryString: string,
+): FrigateCardCustomAction[] => {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
   const actions: FrigateCardCustomAction[] = [];
-  const actionRE = new RegExp(/^frigate-card-action(:(?<cardID>\w+))?:(?<action>\w+)/);
+  const actionRE = new RegExp(
-
+    /^frigate-card-action([.:](?<cardID>\w+))?[.:](?<action>\w+)/,
+  );
   for (const [key, value] of params.entries()) {
     const match = key.match(actionRE);
     if (!match || !match.groups) {

tests/utils/querystring.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { getActionsFromQueryString } from '../../src/utils/querystring';
+
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+describe('getActionsFromQueryString', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should reject malformed query string', () => {
+    expect(getActionsFromQueryString(`?BOGUS_KEY=BOGUS_VALUE`)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should accept colon as delimiter', () => {
+    expect(getActionsFromQueryString(`?frigate-card-action:id:clips=`)).toEqual([
+      {
+        action: 'fire-dom-event',
+        card_id: 'id',
+        frigate_card_action: 'clips',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  describe('should get simple action from query string', () => {
+    it.each([
+      ['camera_ui' as const],
+      ['clip' as const],
+      ['clips' as const],
+      ['default' as const],
+      ['diagnostics' as const],
+      ['download' as const],
+      ['expand' as const],
+      ['image' as const],
+      ['live' as const],
+      ['menu_toggle' as const],
+      ['recording' as const],
+      ['recordings' as const],
+      ['snapshot' as const],
+      ['snapshots' as const],
+      ['timeline' as const],
+    ])('%s', (action: string) => {
+      expect(getActionsFromQueryString(`?frigate-card-action.id.${action}=`)).toEqual([
+        {
+          action: 'fire-dom-event',
+          card_id: 'id',
+          frigate_card_action: action,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should get camera_select action', () => {
+    expect(
+      getActionsFromQueryString(`?frigate-card-action.id.camera_select=camera.foo`),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        action: 'fire-dom-event',
+        card_id: 'id',
+        frigate_card_action: 'camera_select',
+        camera: 'camera.foo',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get live_substream_select action', () => {
+    expect(
+      getActionsFromQueryString(
+        `?frigate-card-action.id.live_substream_select=camera.bar`,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        action: 'fire-dom-event',
+        card_id: 'id',
+        frigate_card_action: 'live_substream_select',
+        camera: 'camera.bar',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  describe('should reject value-based actions without value', () => {
+    it.each([['camera_select' as const], ['live_substream_select' as const]])(
+      '%s',
+      (action: string) => {
+        expect(getActionsFromQueryString(`?frigate-card-action.id.${action}=`)).toEqual(
+          [],
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should log unknown but correctly formed action', () => {
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(global.console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => true);
+
+    expect(
+      getActionsFromQueryString(`?frigate-card-action.id.not_a_real_action}=`),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+
+    expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(
+      'Frigate card received unknown card action in query string: not_a_real_action',
+    );
+  });
+});