Thanks Kermit! This works for me.
In a few times, it failed to get the snapshot. Is it possible to try take another if it is failed? And is there any node that we can save the image to a folder with timestamp?
Thank you.
I use the call service node to call camera.snapshot, filename: āwww/whatever.jpgā (create the www dir in your config dir), and then pass url https://your_ha_host:port/local/whatever.jpg
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yes I got it but had to install a third node to use my url picture has ābase64ā because watson dont handle the url or other kind of payload 
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This is my node 
Good luck
Ps: it work, I mean watson recognise my car but on the edge only, firstly the picture was taken from the upper backā¦ Was not fine lol
My flow to send a camera image to my email when the alarm is disarmed no longer works. Getting the error " The websocket command ācamera_thumbnailā has been deprecated. " in HA. What is the correct format to grab the image in Node red now? I have tried camera_snapshot and camera.snapshot. they do not work.
I know this is an old topicā¦
Is there a way to save locally or send via telegram the camera snapshot, using this flow?
Thanks
This is what I ended up doing:
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Yes there is. I have a flow like this set up buy it has stopped working. The issue I have is the snapshot call service node does not save the image any more
THX for your hints, works perfect with my IP Cam to get an jpg file as well as sending this via mail.
ā I look now for an opertunity to grap an forward several pictures, even better to grap and send a smal video. Hints how to would be highly appreciated.
THX M
Greetings All,
I am currently in search of a method to accomplish to same result only instead of an email, I am attempting to have the HA Companion App on my Android device display the notification with an image.
I am able to get as far as having a snapshot taken, and a prompt sent to my phone; though sadly no thumbnail/image is visible.
What are your thoughts?
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Note: I replaced my local image URL with this image for testing.
https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/learn_tutorials/9/0/0/home_assistant.jpg
Thank you for any suggestions,
Rob
Issue resolved!
It was a matter of proper formatting.
Flow Overview:
Call Service Node:
Feel free to import this template and apply to your own use case.
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Okay, this is weirdā¦ have been trying to get camera snapshot to my Android device for about the whole morning and nothing I tried seemed to work.
In the end I saved the snapshot name without and underscore (_) in the filename and all of a sudden it works.
File stored in www folder is publicly reachable through https://mydomainname/local/filename.jpg and is viewable. If however there is an underscore in the name the file is just not viewable anymore. Not in a browser, not in a notification. So https://mydomainname/local/file_name.jpg does not work altough the file is actually in the folder.
