HTTP 500 Errors with camera

Third party integrations AppDaemon
1

Hi

I have a problem with adding a camera. For simplicity my dashboards configs are in the same directory as the HA configs

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Dashboard Structure

I have tried adding a camera but whenever attempting to display the dashboard I get a 500 error.

I can’t seem to find a log file for appdaemon anywhere, I have tried running it in foreground with the -D DEBUG option but no error is displayed.

The code for the dashboard is as follows

##
## Main arguments, all optional
##
title: Lounge
widget_dimensions: [120, 120]
widget_margins: [5, 5]
columns: 9

lights_label:
    widget_type: label
    text: Lights

switches_label:
    widget_type: label
    text: Switches

environment_label:
    widget_type: label
    text: Conditions

security_label:
    widget_type: label
    text: Security

lounge_temp:
    widget_type: gauge
    title: Temp
    min: 0
    max: 50
    units: "°C"
    entity: sensor.netatmo_indoor_temperature

lounge_humidity:
    widget_type: gauge
    title: Humidity
    min: 0
    max: 100
    units: "%"
    entity: sensor.netatmo_indoor_humidity

lounge_noise:
    widget_type: gauge
    title: Noise
    min: 0
    max: 100
    units: "dB"
    entity: sensor.netatmo_indoor_noise

lounge_co2:
    widget_type: gauge
    title: Co2
    min: 0
    max: 2000
    units: "ppm"
    entity: sensor.netatmo_indoor_co2

living_room:
    widget_type: camera
    title: Living Room
    #refresh: 1
    entity_picture: !secret lounge_cam_url

layout:
  - include: header
  - lights_label(2x1), light.lounge
  - switches_label(2x1), switch.alex, switch.becs
  - environment_label(2x1), lounge_temp, lounge_humidity, lounge_co2, lounge_noise
  - security_label(2x1), sensor.lounge_motion, sensor.back_door

The relevant section of the secrets file, url, password and token have been redacted. The url is the external domain for the HA installation not a local IP.

Doing a local curl of the url does provide a still image as expected so the url is okand the camera is working fine in HA.

I have not added the camera to the dashboard, the error is thrown with just the definition.

# Cameras
lounge_cam_url: https://<redacted>/api/camera_proxy/camera.lounge?token=<redacted>&api_password=<redacted>

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Alex

2

i would try it without the token, but i suspect that the problem is httpS
you probably have setup encryption for HA which can be a problem.

if your setup is correct and if HA and AD are on the same device there should not be a problem to reach HA without encryption like:

http://ip:8123/api/camera_proxy/camera.lounge?api_password=

if you get a picture when you try that in a browser then i should use that.

and to be sure just first add it in your dash and not in secret.

3

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have tried that but still get the same 500 error. I have …

  1. Removed all SSL from HA and Appdaemon
  2. Tried the IP camera url in a browser (works fine). This was without the token
  3. Add it to the dash in the dash file

Still getting a 500 error :frowning:

Cheers

Alex

4

did you clear cache in between trying?
did you clear the compiled dir in between trying?

did you try just this:

title: Lounge
widget_dimensions: [120, 120]
widget_margins: [5, 5]
columns: 9

living_roomcam:
    widget_type: camera
    title: Living Room
    entity_picture: http://<redacted>/api/camera_proxy/camera.lounge?api_password=<redacted>

layout:
  - living_roomcam
5

Hi

Again thanks for the reply

I didn’t clear the cache but did force a recompile from the browser. I did try just adding the url to the dash rather than using secrets.

Thanks

Alex

6

make sure you deleted the compiled files after an errorpage, to be sure that it is recompiled.
from the browser you cant force that.

and try to make a new dashboard like i showed, to make sure its working.

7

Perfect thanks.

Clearing the compiled directories has removed the 500 error but only if the camera url is in the dash file. If I put the camera url in the secrets file its not working but I will dig into that a bit more

Cheers

Alex

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8

you could try to make it quoted with single or double quote (remember to clear before you retry)
its probably a YAML error that triggers the 500 error page.

9

I tried using double quotes and clearing the cache but still no luck, not getting the 500 error just no image

I’ll start digging through the code as I suspect it cannot find the secret, the src attribute in the iFrame is null which leads me to think it cannot find the value

Cheers

Alex