Script to take a picture from the camera

[mariomaz87]

Hi,

I'm struggling to create a script that can generate an image from an Eufy Camera 2C and send a notification with it to my iPhone. I can turn on\off the streaming successfully from the script, the generate_image service runs without error, but where can I find the picture? The script is below, if I use the event_image picture the notification is ok but I get the latest event picture, while I want the image generated by the generate_image service. Thanks!

alias: camera notification

sequence:

• type: turn_on

device_id: c821251549f10f78375c348c4a1ab31b

entity_id: c54fdd2038658f9e17398610670b1a4d

domain: switch

• delay:

hours: 0

minutes: 0

seconds: 5

milliseconds: 0

• service: eufy_security.generate_image

data: {}

target:

entity_id: camera.balcone_lungo

• type: turn_off

device_id: c821251549f10f78375c348c4a1ab31b

entity_id: c54fdd2038658f9e17398610670b1a4d

domain: switch

• device_id: d09a3a29ed927e0407e4a229ebcbbe4b

domain: mobile_app

type: notify

message: Camera image

data:

image: /api/image_proxy/image.balcone_lungo_event_image

mode: single

I have found other similar questions here but I can't find the answer :)

[Clem-]

Hi, according to the documentation, the service generate_image will only generate a thumbnail for Home Assistant if camera is already streaming. But this thumbnail is not stored in any accessible file.

You may want to use the service camera.snapshot instead and store the file where you want.

[mariomaz87]

Thanks. I found a workaround by adding the camera also with the Generic Camera integration (using RTSP) and using the Generic Camera service to take the picture:

action:
  - service: button.press
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: button.balcone_corto_start_rtsp_stream
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 20
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: camera.snapshot
    data:
      filename: /media/corto_snapshot.jpg
    target:
      entity_id: camera.rtspcorto
  - service: button.press
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: button.balcone_corto_stop_rtsp_stream
  - device_id: xxxxxxxxxx
    domain: mobile_app
    type: notify
    message: >-
      Allarme scattato sul Balcone Corto da: {% set triggered_sensors =
      expand('binary_sensor.security') | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | list
      %} {% for sensor in triggered_sensors[:2] %}
        - {{ sensor.attributes.friendly_name }}
      {% endfor %}
    data:
      image: /media/local/corto_snapshot.jpg
      push:
        sound:
          name: default
          critical: 1
          volume: 1
      actions:
        - action: disarm_alarm
          title: Ignora notifica
        - action: trigger_alarm
          title: Suona allarme
        - action: snooze_alarm
          title: Snooze per 10 minuti
        - action: URI
          title: Apri Home
          uri: com.apple.home://