Display image from URL

ESPHome
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Is there a way to display an image via a URL in Esphome?

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Hi,

Yep there is but it’s still very early on in it’s development so you will need to have pre-processed the image if you want dithering etc…

Online PNG image support by guillempages · Pull Request #3255 · esphome/esphome · GitHub

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Looks promising, thanks

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Hey :wave:t2: except the mentioned PR (which I’m already following :wink:), what would be an alternative way of displaying a constantly updating image?

Here’s my situation: I want to display an openHAB dashboard on an ePaper display. For this, I’ve built an HTTP API which provides this dashboard as a screenshot. Now I need to transfer this image into my Raspberry Pi Pico (where ESPHome is running with the attached Waveshare display). If not using the mentioned online PNG image, what would be an alternative way of pushing an image onto the Pico?