Formatted file name from automation to script in action

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Hi, title may be confusing. Very sorry for that. Let me to explain what I want to solve.

I am working on, taking camera snapshot and sending snapshot photo file to notify on mobile/telegram with message. It is working well after going thru many other post on this forum, Thanks to all for this.

I have 3 automations on 3 contact sensors. And having only one script. Automation sends message and camera-entity-id to the script. Script take snapshot on camera id that automation has sent and notify to mobile app/telegram with the snapshot and message received from automation.

Now, issue is new snapshot file overwrites previous snapshot file.

I am looking to generate file name in automation, e.g., backyard_2019_11_06_20_07_57_088904.jpg in automation and pass it to script like currently passing camera entity id and message.

I know in python, this can be achieved by datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S_%f"). But I don’t know how to write in automation yaml file.

Appreciate your help. Thanks

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action:
  service: camera.snapshot
  data_template:
    entity_id: "{{ camera }}" 
    file: "snapshot_{{ now().strftime('%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S_%f') }}"
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Thanks. Solved ! ! ! !

Snapshot is copied as \myhost\config\www\frontdoor_2019_11_06_22_00_01_237712.jpg

Automation is

alias: Send photo when front door is opened.
trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: binary_sensor.wyzesense_contact_sensor_in_front_door
  from : 'off'
  to  : 'on'
condition:
action:
- service : script.notify_whole_family_with_photo
  data_template : 
     i_camera_entity_id : camera.wyze_camera_02
     i_message_string : 'Front door is opened by someone.'
     i_file_name : "frontdoor_{{now().strftime('%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S_%f')}}.jpg"

And script is

notify_whole_family_with_photo: 
    alias: "Notify whole family on ios and telegram with photo"
    sequence:
      - service: camera.snapshot
        data_template:
           entity_id: '{{i_camera_entity_id}}'
           filename : /config/www/{{i_file_name}}
      - delay : 00:00:05
      - service: notify.whole_family
        data_template:
          message : '{{i_message_string}}'
          data :
             attachment:
                url : https://mydomain.duckdns.org:8123/local/{{i_file_name}}
      - service: notify.telegram_person
        data_template:
          message : '{{i_message_string}}'
          data :
             photo :
               - url: 'https://mydomain.duckdns.org:8123/local/{{i_file_name}}'
                 caption: '{{i_message_string}}'
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Hi,

Im looking for something similair, i want to make different file name’s so they dont overide.

I just dont see where in youre script its picking the right file?