Blink camera configuration question

blink.force_update is resulting in a warning that this service cannot be found. I am trying to configure HA so that a garage door opening results in a new thumbnail snapshot from a Blink camera. this service is also not listed in the automator.

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found that blink.snap_picture will update the thumbnail picture. I just had the camera name wrong. Capitol letters matter…

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Hey, just an FYI the blink.force_update should not be in the docs (I submitted an issue here https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.github.io/issues/2738). That service was added in a PR that never got merged. I’d like to add it back in eventually, but just haven’t had time.

As for the case sensitivity, that’s a current limitation of the API I wrote (opened an issue here https://github.com/fronzbot/blinkpy/issues/35) and hopefully I can fix that because case-sensitivity is dumb and completely unnecessary. Thanks for pointing that out!