Magic Snapshot blueprint. V2.02
Hello community, here one of the blueprint i use for few month now to get some “animated” snapshot of my camera
The blueprint let you choose
The triggering entity ( binary)
The Camera / video stream
Animated Or fixed image.
The delay to capture it.
The Id of the telegram you want to send it to.
The content of your message.
Edit 22.03.2026
Added a conditional switch
Replaced a deprecated “target” by “chat_id” for the telegram integration.
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First you need to add some line to your
configuration.yaml
shell_command:
process_alert_video: "ffmpeg -y -i /config/www/snapshots/temp_raw.mp4 -vf 'fps=2' -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -an /config/www/snapshots/alert_final.mp4"
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Then , Magic thing recommended by Forum Sir 
Do now forget to reboot your Home assistant after that. (Completely, not only the yaml file reload. You lazy little thing…
For the purist, here’s the code:
blueprint:
name: "Snapshot avec Délai, Script et Condition (Vidéo/Snapshot)"
description: "Capture une séquence/image, notifie, exécute un script et évalue un interrupteur global optionnel."
domain: automation
input:
condition_switch:
name: "Interrupteur d'activation (Optionnel)"
description: "Entité input_boolean. Si définie et sur 'off', annule l'exécution de l'alerte. Laissez vide pour ignorer."
default: ""
selector:
entity:
domain: input_boolean
target_script:
name: "Script (Optionnel)"
description: "Sélectionnez un script à exécuter au déclenchement. Laissez vide pour l'ignorer."
default: ""
selector:
entity:
domain: script
delay_capture:
name: "DĂ©lai avant capture"
description: "Temps d'attente (en secondes) avant de déclencher l'enregistrement ou le snapshot."
default: 0
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 15
step: 0.5
mode: slider
capture_mode:
name: "Mode de capture"
description: "Format du média à capturer et envoyer."
default: "video"
selector:
select:
options:
- label: "Séquence animée"
value: "video"
- label: "Snapshot (Image fixe)"
value: "snapshot"
motion_sensor:
name: "Capteur"
description: "L'entité binaire qui déclenche l'alerte."
selector:
entity:
domain: binary_sensor
camera_entity:
name: "Caméra"
description: "La caméra source."
selector:
entity:
domain: camera
record_duration:
name: "Durée (séquence uniquement)"
description: "Temps d'enregistrement en secondes."
default: 3
selector:
number:
min: 2
max: 8
step: 1
mode: slider
telegram_chat_id:
name: "ID Chat Telegram"
description: "L'identifiant numérique de la discussion."
selector:
text: {}
notify_title:
name: "Titre de la notification"
description: "En-tĂŞte du message Telegram (sera mis en gras)."
default: "Alerte"
selector:
text: {}
notify_text:
name: "Texte de la notification"
description: "Texte d'accompagnement sous le titre."
default: "Ă {{ now().strftime('%H:%M') }}, le {{ now().strftime('%d.%m.%Y') }}."
selector:
text:
multiline: true
variables:
mode: !input capture_mode
var_title: !input notify_title
var_text: !input notify_text
var_script: !input target_script
var_condition: !input condition_switch
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: !input motion_sensor
to: "on"
action:
# 0. Évaluation de la condition maître (Bloquante si 'off')
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ var_condition | length == 0 or is_state(var_condition, 'on') }}"
# 1. Exécution du script optionnel (Immédiat)
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ var_script | length > 0 }}"
then:
- action: script.turn_on
target:
entity_id: "{{ var_script }}"
# 2. Temporisation avant l'action de capture
- delay:
seconds: !input delay_capture
# 3. Routage vers le mode sélectionné
- choose:
# Branche 1 : Mode Vidéo
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mode == 'video' }}"
sequence:
- action: camera.record
target:
entity_id: !input camera_entity
data:
filename: "/config/www/snapshots/temp_raw.mp4"
duration: !input record_duration
lookback: 0
- action: shell_command.process_alert_video
- action: telegram_bot.send_video
data:
chat_id: !input telegram_chat_id
file: "/config/www/snapshots/alert_final.mp4"
caption: "<b>{{ var_title }}</b>\n{{ var_text }}"
parse_mode: "html"
# Branche 2 : Mode Snapshot
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mode == 'snapshot' }}"
sequence:
- action: camera.snapshot
target:
entity_id: !input camera_entity
data:
filename: "/config/www/snapshots/alert_snapshot.jpg"
- action: telegram_bot.send_photo
data:
chat_id: !input telegram_chat_id
file: "/config/www/snapshots/alert_snapshot.jpg"
caption: "<b>{{ var_title }}</b>\n{{ var_text }}"
parse_mode: "html"
Currently only compatible with Telegram because of the video sequence, but could be adapted to another service.