Help With Automation for Android App Notifications including an Image

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Hi there, I am having some challenges with the code below - I have battled with this for hours (days if I’m to be honest :pensive:) and just can’t see what the issue is.

My goal is to use a timestamp as part of the name of the camera snapshot image and then add that to the android notification image address string.

I am using an input_text to create the timestamp (to ensure consistency between timestamp creation and its use in the camera.snapshot and notify.android_devices service calls.

I have a DDNS setup and can access from external as required - I’ve tested accessing the image directly (works) and I’ve tested the code below with the hardcode filename into the image address string (as per the comments rows -works).

BUT if I try to set the image string dynamically using “states(‘input_test.garage_photo’)”, the image isn’t loaded in the android notification.

I’m sure its a simple solution but it is just escaping me - I would really appreciate some help…

#Configuration for Garage Notifications
 - alias: Notify mobiles when the garage is open
   trigger:
     - platform: time_pattern
       minutes: '/10'
   condition:
     - condition: state
       entity_id: binary_sensor.garage
       state: 'on'
     - condition: template
       value_template: '{{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.binary_sensor.garage.last_changed) | default(0)) | int) > 600 }}'
   action:
     - service: input_text.set_value
       entity_id: input_text.garage_photo
       data_template:
         value: "camera_images/garage_{{ as_timestamp(now()) | timestamp_custom('%Y%m%d_%H%M_%S') }}.jpg"
     - service: camera.snapshot
       data:
         entity_id: camera.rear_driveway_camera
         filename: "/config/www/{{ states('input_text.garage_photo') }}"
#         filename: "/config/www/camera_images/garage_20200824_1035_30.jpg"
     - service: notify.android_devices
       data:
         message: "Garage door has been open for {{ relative_time(states.binary_sensor.garage.last_changed) }}"
         data:
           tag: garage_msg
           image: "https://<external_domain_ip>/local/{{ states('input_text.garage_photo') }}"
#           image: "https://<external_domain_ip>/local/camera_images/garage_20200824_1035_30.jpg"
           ttl: 0
           priority: high
           clickAction: '/lovelace/cameras'
           sticky: 'true'
           actions:
             - action: "close_garage"
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You need to use data_template with the camera.snapshot service call.

You should probably use it with the notify.android_devices service call, too, but you’re “getting away” without using it because the notify service can render templates itself (which is uncommon as far as most services go.)

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Thanks that worked.