Failed to Load Attachment - iOS notification media source

Configuration
1

Hello there,

I’m trying to attach a snapshot image whenever the camera detects a motion. But I’m getting an error:

Failed to load attachment
Response status code was unacceptable: 404

I can see that the snapshot is saved in the /media/local/ folder, and the notification message is working, but it can’t load the image.

Here’s my automation:

- alias: Motion Detected
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.living_room_camera_motion_detected
    to: 'on'
  action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    target:
      entity_id: camera.living_room_camera
    data:
      filename: '/media/local/living_room_camera_motion-detected.png'
  - service: notify.ios_phones
    data:
      message: Motion detected in the living room.
      data:
        attachment:
          url: '/media/local/living_room_camera_motion-detected.png'
          content-type: png
          hide-thumbnail: false

Do I need to add anything in the configuration.yaml to be able to send images from the media folder?

2

Solved the problem.

For some reason, the png file can be access in path “/media/local/loca/<image.png>”
And I’m not sure why it’s configured that way. But now the image can be viewed in the notification.

I didn’t have to add anything in the configuration.yaml, like allowlist_external_dirs. None.

I also had to add a 5 second delay to prevent Home Assistant from sending the previous saved image.

- alias: Motion Detected
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.living_room_camera_motion_detected
    to: 'on'
  action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    target:
      entity_id: camera.living_room_camera
    data:
      filename: '/media/local/living-room_motion-detected.png'
  - delay: '00:00:05'
  - service: notify.ios_phones
    data:
      message: Motion detected in the living room.
      data:
        attachment:
          url: '/media/local/local/living-room_motion-detected.png'
          content-type: png
          hide-thumbnail: false
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3

Hi,

I am experiencing the same issue. 404
Reviewed your post, not sure what you changed to get it working properly.
Please advise…

Thank You

4

For anyone who runs across this post and is confused (like I was) about what the fix was, if you are storing files in /media/folder/filename.png when you take a snapshot, you can then access that content at /media/local/folder/filename.png when using that image to send a notification (note the addition of /local after /media).

The documentation states:
“A file stored in /media/file.jpg on-disk is represented by /media/local/file.jpg in the notification. Note the addition of the local part of the path.”

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