Android IP Webcam as a camera plus sensors!

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Yes it works off the network. Attention that is configured only for an ip webcam application … for other ip cameras, the url address may change.

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Yup, it changes.

Actually I was trying to find a generic solution by using the HA component camera with something like this:

   send_webcam_screenshots_by_telegram:
    alias: "Send Webcam screenshots by Telegram"
    sequence: 
     - service: notify.telegramChat
       data:
         message: "Livingroom"
         title: "Home Assistant"
         data_template:
           photo:
             url: http://192.168.1.5:8124{{ states.camera.living_room.attributes.entity_picture }} 
             caption: "Livingroom"

but I’m getting the following error:

`17-03-16 19:38:27 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for notify.telegramchat: extra keys not allowed @ data['data_template']. Got OrderedDict([('photo', OrderedDict([('url', 'http://192.168.1.5:8124{{ states.camera.living_room.attributes.entity_picture }}'), ('caption', 'Livingroom')]))])`

Any ideas??

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can i use this with any IP camera?

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What is “this”?
You can use the photo with other IP cameras if you have a URL for a photo, but the new android_ip_webcam component is just for the… Android IP Webcam app.

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what is your cam? foscam?other?
try put this url on your browser…

http://192.168.1.5:8124/snapshot.cgi?user=IF_YOU_HAVE&pwd=IF_YOU_HAVE&resolution=32
If you dont have a username and password
put only http://192.168.1.5:8124/snapshot.cgi

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LOL yes, “This” is component for android IP :slight_smile:

This is very good if can i use this for my IP camera with telegramChat

Any one try?

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I’m having trouble with this automation:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/homeassistant_venv/lib/python3.4/site-packages/homeassistant/components/notify/telegram.py", line 157, in send_photo
    photo=photo, caption=caption)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/deps/telegram/bot.py", line 125, in decorator
    result = func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/deps/telegram/bot.py", line 151, in decorator
    result = self._request.post(url, data, timeout=kwargs.get('timeout'))
  File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/deps/telegram/utils/request.py", line 207, in post
    **urlopen_kwargs)
  File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/deps/telegram/utils/request.py", line 152, in _request_wrapper
    raise BadRequest(repr(message))
telegram.error.BadRequest: "Bad Request: wrong persistent file_id specified: can't unserialize it. Wrong last symbol"

Automation:

- alias: 'Send IP Cam photo'
  trigger:
    platform: time
    hours: '/1'
    minutes: '0'
    seconds: '0'
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: group.all_devices
    state: 'not_home'
  action:
    service: notify.galaxy_s6_edge
    data:
      title: 'Home Assistant'
      message: 'Photo'
      data:
        photo:
          url: 'http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080/photo.jpg'
          caption: 'Live from de Residentie'
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if you put the url http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080/photo.jpg on your browser, you see the photo?

90

Yes it shows

91

your notify.galaxy_s6_edge
is configured like this:

- name: galaxy_s6_edge
  platform: telegram
  api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  chat_id: xxxxxxxxx

???

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@Rodolfo_Vieira Certainly. Text-only notifications work fine.

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ok… remove that line ‘http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080/photo.jpg’
and put this line http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080/photo.jpg without ’ ’ i think the problem is that.

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I tried that, also tried without the caption. Same error, it’s driving me nuts.

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its very strange,
and did you use this configuration?

- platform: mjpeg
  mjpeg_url: http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080/video
  name: name_your_cam

right?

whats version HA did you have?

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@Rodolfo_Vieira Nope I did not…
Will try right away!

Is that a sensor, camera?

97

ok try i waiting, i am running 0.40.0 and Works fine

98

yes, sensor camera
nooooo, sorry create
cameras.yaml and put inside
and configuration.yaml create a new line
camera: !include cameras.yaml

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I added it to my existing camera portion in my configuration.yaml.

It gives an “error loading image” on my frontend. The IP webcam is showing (from the “android_ip_webcam” component). I guess it has something to do with having to enter my username and password for the direct link to work.

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@Rodolfo_Vieira working!

- alias: 'Send IP Cam photo'
  trigger:
    platform: time
    hours: '/1'
    minutes: '0'
    seconds: '0'
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: group.all_devices
    state: 'not_home'
  action:
    service: notify.galaxy_s6_edge
    data:
      title: 'Home Assistant'
      message: 'Photo'
      data:
        photo:
          url: http://10.0.0.160:8080/photo.jpg
          username: ##USERNAME##
          password: ##PASSWORD##
          caption: Live from de Residentie

Thanks a lot for your help!

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i am very glad, for help you. enjoy :wink:

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