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blueprint:
name: Send a camera snapshot when doorbell was activated
description: 'This automation blueprint creates a camera snapshot when the doorbell was activated and
sends a notification to your phone with the picture.
'
domain: automation
input:
binary_sensor:
name: Push button
description:
Entity representing a physical push button (which restores its position
when released). It must emit a square signal on press.
This automation is triggered by its falling edge.
selector:
entity:
domain: binary_sensor
camera:
name: Camera
description: The camera which creates the snapshot
selector:
entity:
domain: camera
notify_device:
name: Device to notify
description: Device needs to run the official Home Assistant app to receive
notifications
selector:
device:
integration: mobile_app
is_ios:
name: Is it an iOS device?
description: Toggle if your selected device runs iOS, default is Android
selector:
boolean: {}
default: false
notification_title:
name: Notification title (Optional)
description: 'Default: "DingDong!"'
default: The Doorbell was activated!
notification_message:
name: Notification message (Optional)
description: 'Default: "{{ binary_sensor_name }} was activated!"'
default: '{{ binary_sensor_name }} was activated!'
delay:
name: Delay (Optional)
description: Wait before creating camera snapshot
default: ''
selector:
number:
min: 0.0
max: 60.0
unit_of_measurement: seconds
mode: slider
step: 1.0
source_url: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/send-camera-snapshot-when-doorbell-was-activated/123456
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input 'binary_sensor'
from: 'off'
to: 'on'
variables:
binary_sensor: !input 'binary_sensor'
binary_sensor_name: '{{ states[binary_sensor].name }}'
camera: !input 'camera'
notify_device: !input 'notify_device'
is_ios: !input 'is_ios'
notification_title: !input 'notification_title'
notification_message: !input 'notification_message'
delay: !input 'delay'
snapshot_create_file_path: /config/www/tmp/snapshot_{{ states[camera].object_id
}}.jpg
snapshot_access_file_path: '{{ snapshot_create_file_path | replace(''/config/www'',''/local'')
}}'
action:
- delay: '{{ delay }}'
- service: camera.snapshot
entity_id: !input 'camera'
data:
filename: '{{ snapshot_create_file_path }}'
- device_id: !input 'notify_device'
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
title: '{{ notification_title }}'
message: '{{ notification_message }}'
data: '{% set android_data = {"image": "%s"} | format(snapshot_access_file_path)
%} {% set ios_data = {"attachment": {"url": "%s", "content_type": "JPEG"}} | format(snapshot_access_file_path)
%} {{ ios_data if is_ios else android_data }}'
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