How to save all camera snapshots?

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Hello,

i have a script that snaps pictures of my camera when motion is detected, then gives it to google ai to comment on it, and sends it to my phone as a notification.
The way it is now is that every picture is called doorbell_1.jpg and gets overwritten by the next snapshot. This needs to be changed somehow that all pictures get saved and not overwritten. From a previous unrelated blueprint it time stamped them so that way they all are named different, but im not sure how to do it.

And the next step would be, how would i tell google ai to use the latest jpg when motion is detected in stead of an old one?

the script is as followed:

alias: Camera Doorbell - Snapshot, AI & Notification
sequence:
  - metadata: {}
    data:
      filename: /config/www/tmp/doorbell_1.jpg
    target:
      entity_id: camera.doorbell_main
    action: camera.snapshot
  - metadata: {}
    data:
      prompt: >
        Motion has been detected, very briefly describe what you see in this
        image from my doorbell camera. What do you think caused the motion
        alarm? If a person is present, describe them in detail. Don't describe
        stationary objects or buildings. Your message needs to be short enough
        to fit in a phone notification.
      image_filename: /config/www/tmp/doorbell_1.jpg
    response_variable: generated_content
    action: google_generative_ai_conversation.generate_content
  - metadata: {}
    data:
      title: Doorbell Motion Detected
      message: "\"{{ generated_content['text'] }}\""
      data:
        image: /local/tmp/doorbell_1.jpg
        entity_id: camera.doorbell_main
        actions:
          - action: URI
            title: Vieuw Picture
            uri: https://xxxx/local/tmp/doorbell_1.jpg
    action: notify.mobile_app_pixel_7_pro
  - metadata: {}
    data:
      title: Doorbell Motion Detected
      message: "\"{{ generated_content['text'] }}\""
      data:
        image: /local/tmp/doorbell_1.jpg
        entity_id: camera.doorbell_main
        actions:
          - action: URI
            title: Vieuw Picture
            uri: https://xxxx/local/tmp/doorbell_1.jpg
    action: notify.mobile_app_phone_brigitte
mode: single
description: ""
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The uri: field In those specify where to save the snap. All you jed to do is provide a unique filename each time it’s called. Most people use a variant of now() to build some kind of datetime based string

Thats said. If you do this exclude your media folder (or wherever you’re saving these) from backup else watch your backup grow exponentially.

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i found a way, might be a bit of a round about way to go:
i used this blueprint:

now the automation triggers this automation, which then triggers the script.

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