Frigate Notification Blueprint

frigate_notification_cast.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Frigate Notification Cast
  description: |
    ## Frigate Notification Cast

    This blueprint will send a notification to your device when a Frigate event for the selected camera is fired. The notification will initially include the thumbnail of the detection, but will update to include actionable notifications allowing you to view the saved clip/snapshot when available, or silence the notification for a configurable amount of time.

    With this blueprint, you may send the notification to multiple devices by leaving "Device" blank and instead use a [notification group][1].

    ### Required entities:
      - Frigate Camera Name
      - Mobile App Device **or** the name of a Notification Group

    ### Optional features:
      - You can limit notifications to objects entering **any** pre-defined [zones][2] in Frigate.
      - You can specify which [zones][2] to be notified about. This must be a list (e.g.):
        ```yaml
        - backyard
        ```
      - You can specify what type of [objects][3] to be notified about. This must be a list (e.g.):
        ```yaml
        - person
        - car
        ```
      - You can disable notifications if a presence entity or group is "home".
      - You can configure a cooldown for the camera to reduce the number of notifications when back-to-back events occur.
      - You can silence future notifications for a defined amount of time through actionable notifications. This is helpful in situations where you know you will be triggering detections for an extended period of time, like when the kids are playing outside.

    [1]: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/notifications-basic#sending-notifications-to-multiple-devices
    [2]: https://blakeblackshear.github.io/frigate/configuration/cameras#zones
    [3]: https://blakeblackshear.github.io/frigate/configuration/objects

  domain: automation
  source_url: https://gist.github.com/Calimerorulez/14164088af9d913c9e2e7d09680d9732
  input:
    camera:
      name: Frigate Camera
      description: The name of the camera as defined in your frigate configuration.
    base_url:
      name: (Optional) Base URL
      description: >
        The external url for your Home Assistant instance. This will default to a relative
        URL and will open the clips in the app instead of the browser, which may cause issues
        on some devices.
      default: ""
    zone_filter:
      name: (Optional) Zone Filter
      description: Only notify if object has entered a defined zone.
      default: false
      selector:
        boolean:
    zones:
      name: (Optional) Trigger Zones
      description: A list (-) of zones you wish to recieve notifications for.
      default: []
      selector:
        object:
    labels:
      name: (Optional) Trigger Objects
      description: A list (-) of objects you wish to recieve notifications for.
      default: []
      selector:
        object:
    presence_filter:
      name: (Optional) Presence Filter
      description: Only notify if selected presence entity is not "home".
      default: ""
      selector:
        entity:
    cooldown:
      name: (Optional) Cooldown
      description: Delay before sending another notification for this camera after the last event.
      default: 30
      selector:
        number:
          max: 300
          min: 0
          unit_of_measurement: seconds
    silence_timer:
      name: (Optional) Silence Notifications
      description: >
        How long to silence notifications for this camera when requested as part of the
        actionable notification.
      default: 30
      selector:
        number:
          max: 300
          min: 0
          unit_of_measurement: minutes

mode: single
max_exceeded: silent

trigger:
  platform: mqtt
  topic: frigate/events
  payload: !input camera
  value_template: "{{ value_json['after']['camera'] }}"
variables:
  id: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['id'] }}"
  camera: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['camera'] }}"
  camera_name: "{{ camera | replace('_', ' ') | title }}"
  object: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['label'] }}"
  label: "{{ object | title }}"
  entered_zones: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['entered_zones'] }}"
  type: "{{ trigger.payload_json['type'] }}"
  base_url: !input base_url
  zone_only: !input zone_filter
  input_zones: !input zones
  zones: "{{ input_zones | list }}"
  input_labels: !input labels
  labels: "{{ input_labels | list }}"
  presence_entity: !input presence_filter
condition:
  - "{{ type != 'end' }}"
  - "{{ not zone_only or entered_zones|length > 0 }}"
  - "{{ not zones|length or zones|select('in', entered_zones)|list|length > 0 }}"
  - "{{ not labels|length or object in labels }}"
  - "{{ not presence_entity or not is_state(presence_entity, 'home') }}"
action:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.woonkamer_hub
    data:
      media_content_type: "video/mp4"
      media_content_id: "{{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/{{camera}}/clip.mp4"

  - repeat:
      sequence:
        - wait_for_trigger:
          - platform: mqtt
            topic: frigate/events
            payload: "{{ id }}"
            value_template: "{{ value_json['after']['id'] }}"
          timeout:
            minutes: 2
          continue_on_timeout: false
        - condition: template
          value_template: "{{ wait.trigger.payload_json['type'] == 'end' }}"
      until: "{{ wait.trigger.payload_json['type'] == 'end' }}" 
  - delay:
      minutes: !input silence_timer