How to download Ring recorded videos using NodeRED?

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Recently I started to move all my automation to NodeRED and most of them work fine. Yesterday I decided to finish up my Ring Doorbell setup and have the recorded video downloaded to a local folder. I have been following the docs but …

using: binary_sensor.front_doorbell_ding the flow shown below never worked and I noticed in the Developer Tools that the state never changed to on even if I was in front of the doorbell and the camera recorded a video (I can say this because I am able to see the video in my Ring dashboard since I have a Protect plan).

Then I thought to use the binary_sensor.front_door_last_ding and check on attributes like new_state.attributes.recording_status but that did not work either.

What could I be missing here? :thinking:

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        "id": "3eac4fdbfb24c5eb",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "StoreRingVideos",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": "",
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        ],
        "entityid": "sensor.front_door_last_ding",
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        "entityId": [],
        "data": "{\"url\":\"{{ state_attr('camera.front_door', 'video_url') }}\",\"subdir\":\"{{ state_attr('camera.front_door', 'friendly_name') }}/{{ now().strftime('%Y.%m') }}\",\"filename\":\"{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-at-%H-%M-%S') }}.mp4\"}",
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There is an open issue with the ding state not changing. Last_ding should work but it typically is delayed.

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