Add image to mail notification not working

Configuration
1

Hi all,

I have the problem to add an image to a mail notification

This is the YAML. I send a mail to my Gmail account on an IOS device. The mail is received, but without attachment. I checked, and the file is saved in the correct location. What I’m doing wrong?

alias: Nieuwe automatisering
description: “”
trigger:

  • platform: state
    entity_id:
    • binary_sensor.ip_camera_field_detection
      from: null
      to: “on”
      condition:
      action:
  • service: camera.snapshot
    data:
    filename: /config/www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
    enabled: true
    target:
    entity_id: camera.192_168_0_12
  • delay:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 0
    seconds: 2
    milliseconds: 0
    enabled: true
  • service: notify.xxxxxx_gmail_com
    metadata: {}
    data:
    message: test
    title: test
    target: [email protected]
    data:
    image: /config/local/tmp/voordeur.jpg
    mode: single
2

try this:

alias: camera detectie
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.ip_camera_field_detection
    from: null
    to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    data:
      entity_id: camera.192_168_0_12
      filename: 
        /media/snapshots/voordeur_{{ now ().year }}_{{ now ().month }}_{{ now
        ().day }}_{{ now ().hour }}_{{ now ().minute }}.jpg
  - service: notify.xxxxxx_gmail_com
    data:
      title: camera detectie
      message: camera detectie om {{now().strftime("%H:%M")}}
      target: [email protected]
      data:
        image: 
          /media/local/snapshots/voordeur_{{ now ().year }}_{{ now ().month
          }}_{{ now ().day }}_{{ now ().hour }}_{{ now ().minute }}.jpg
mode: single
3

Thanks for your quick respons.

I tried your solution. The JPG is created and the mail is sended. But still without the image.

4

You asked the same question in another topic. Did you follow the instructions in that topic’s Solution post? Specifically the instructions for adding the directory, containing your file, to allowlist_external_dirs in the homeassistant section of your configuration.yaml file?

For example:

homeassistant:
  allowlist_external_dirs:
    - '/config/www/tmp'
5

Yes, I configured their solution. This is the automation YAML en configuration YAML

alias: camera detectie
description: “”
trigger:

  • platform: state
    entity_id:
    • binary_sensor.ip_camera_field_detection
      from: null
      to: “on”
      condition:
      action:
  • service: camera.snapshot
    data:
    entity_id: camera.192_168_0_12
    filename: /config/www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
  • delay:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 0
    seconds: 5
    milliseconds: 0
  • service: notify.xxxxx_gmail_com
    metadata: {}
    data:
    message: Test
    title: Test
    target: [email protected]
    data:
    images: /config/www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
    mode: single

Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.

default_config:

Load frontend themes from the themes folder

frontend:
themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml

binary_sensor:

  • platform: hikvision
    host: 192.168.0.12
    username:
    password:

homeassistant:
allowlist_external_dirs:
- /config/www/tmp

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See guideline FAQ guideline 11: Format it properly

7

Sorry, hereby the correct format

Configuration.yaml

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml

binary_sensor:
  - platform: hikvision
    host: 192.168.0.12
    username:
    password: 

homeassistant:
  allowlist_external_dirs:
    - /config/www/tmp

Automation.yaml

alias: camera detectie
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.ip_camera_field_detection
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    data:
      entity_id: camera.192_168_0_12
      filename: /config/www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 5
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: notify.xxxx_gmail_com
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: Test
      title: Test
      target: [email protected]
      data:
        images: /config/www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
mode: single
8

This works for me.

alias: camera detectie
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.ip_camera_field_detection
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    data:
      entity_id: camera.192_168_0_12
      filename: www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 5
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: notify.xxxx_gmail_com
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: “Test”
      title: Test
      target: [email protected]
      data:
        images: 
          - www/tmp/voordeur.jpg
        html: |
          <img src="cid:voordeur.jpg">
mode: single

I don’t have the metadata or target tags in my notify call, but if this works for you in other automations it should be fine here.

9

Thanks! I tried your solution, but does not work for me.