Help with camera.snapshot and push notification snapshot attachment

Configuration
1

Here is my camera configuration. The stream works in my dashboard and I can view the snapshot url:

camera:
  - platform: generic
    name: garage
    still_image_url: 'http://192.168.1.XXX/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&amp;channel=0&amp;rs=wuuPhkmUCeI9WG7C&amp;user=<user>&amp;password=<password>'
    stream_source: 'rtsp://<user>:<pw>@192.168.1.XXX/h264Preview_01_main'

And my automation:

alias: Mailbox Opened
description: ''
trigger:
  - type: opened
    platform: device
    device_id: xxxxx
    entity_id: binary_sensor.mailbox_sensor
    domain: binary_sensor
condition: []
action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    target:
      entity_id: camera.garage
    data:
      filename: /config/tmp/snapshot1.jpg
  - delay: 5
  - device_id: xxxxxx
    domain: mobile_app
    type: notify
    message: Mailbox opened
    title: ''
    data:
      photo:
        - file: /config/tmp/snapshot1.jpg
          capture: Snapshot
  - device_id: xxxxx
    domain: mobile_app
    type: notify
    title: ''
    message: Mailbox opened
    data:
      photo:
        - file: /config/tmp/snapshot1.jpg
          capture: Snapshot
mode: single

I am able to trigger the sensor and get the push notification. The automation doesn’t create the snapshot or send it with the PN. Also I can’t get the push notification to send a random image either.

2

Try adding this to your configuration.yaml file:

homeassistant:
  allowlist_external_dirs:
    - /config/tmp