Mail and Packages: Custom component for UPS, FEDEX, and USPS

bschatzow · February 24, 2021, 11:04pm

I did another empty cache and now the image is back. Sorry. It is there. Maybe I need to empty cache daily? Hope not, but maybe this is my issue.

MisterTFM · February 25, 2021, 2:01pm

Trying to figure out why my Mail card doesn’t display “no mail”… I have two automations, one runs on “startup” and the other runs everytime “sensor.mail_updated” is triggered.

alias: Update USPS Mail Camera
description: ‘’
trigger:

platform: state
entity_id: sensor.mail_updated
condition: []
action:
service: local_file.update_file_path
data_template:
entity_id: camera.mail_usps
file_path: >
{% if state_attr(‘sensor.mail_usps_mail’,‘image’) == None %}
/config/custom_components/mail_and_packages/mail_none.gif {% else %}
/config/www/mail_and_packages/{{
state_attr(‘sensor.mail_usps_mail’,‘image’) }} {% endif %}
mode: single

I can see the mail_none.gif in the correct folder, IE: /config/custom_components/mail_and_packages/
currently there isn’t any image stored at /config/www/mail_and_packages/, since I have not received any email from USPS today.

I have this entry in my config.yaml camera:

platform: local_file
file_path: /config/images/mail_and_packages/mail_today.gif
name: mail_usps

This is my mail card:

aspect_ratio: 50%
camera_view: live
entity: camera.mail_usps
name: Mail
type: picture-entity
show_name: false
show_state: false

and it’s blank display:

Tried clearing cache and rebooting several times.
Release 0.3.1 Also tried updating the repository.

Using Developers Tools, and looking at camera.mail_usps, I can see: file_path: /config/www/mail_and_packages/b22e8653-8bbf-4fd4-9f4e-0db1cc1d8dff.gif

But there is no file in that directory by that name.

I’m seeing this info in the logs:

bschatzow · February 26, 2021, 2:52pm

My new image of the mail card does not show in the custom card unless I empty cache and hard reset. Is there a setting that I can change that loads the new image daily? I went back to the PC and the image had changed back to no mail image. Reset cache and back to the proper image.

firstof9 · February 26, 2021, 5:15pm

The wiki has been updated to assist with getting the camera working with the latest verison.

firstof9 · February 26, 2021, 5:15pm

Which web browser are you using? Almost sounds like Safari.

bschatzow · February 26, 2021, 8:28pm

Chrome. On 2 pcs, 2 tablets and chrome OS.

firstof9 · February 26, 2021, 8:58pm

Have you tried just hitting F5?

bschatzow · February 26, 2021, 10:29pm

I know I have it the refresh button on the PC and tablet. I don’t remember if I hit F5. If it doesn’t show tomorrow I’ll try it and answer back.

TermiNader · February 27, 2021, 1:03am

I have been using this great set of features for a few months. Recently, it all stopped working and all the sensors have an ‘unavailable’ state. I have reinstalled, reconfigured, checked all the wiki pages and cannot correct the issue. Was there something that fundamentally changed to result in what I am experiencing?

The custom_components.mail_and_packages: debug doesn’t work as logger.set_level isn’t recognized.

jaaem · February 27, 2021, 1:37am

I had the same happen to me this morning too. I did a hard reboot of the host system and it seemed to fix it. Also check if your sensors changed. Sometimes I get _2 sensors.

TermiNader · February 27, 2021, 3:57am

Hard boot didn’t help. All sensors still unavailable.

bschatzow · February 27, 2021, 11:35am

Maybe the answer is to go back to using the custom camera? Using the setup for the image just seems so much easier to use. What do you think?

jaaem · February 27, 2021, 2:14pm

@moralmunky Have you thought of adding tracking number support? I use ljmerza/ha-email-sensor: Email Sensor for collecting tracking numbers from over 25 providers. (github.com), but then I have two integrations hitting my mail. I noticed on your integration, you scrape amazon order numbers. then, using a little markdown you can display links to the order. Be awesome to add UPS, USPS, etc since you already scrape:

type: markdown
content: >-
  {% for item in states.sensor.mail_amazon_packages.attributes.order %} 

  {{item}} <a
  href='https://www.amazon.com/progress-tracker/package/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_track_package_o0?_encoding=UTF8&itemId=jllnttlrtiqoqo&orderId={{item}}&vt='>Amazon</a>

  {% endfor %}

bschatzow · February 27, 2021, 2:29pm

And this morning it worked again. I updated to the beta channel for HA. Maybe something changed on the front that fixed my issue? I’ll try to not change anything on the card and integration for a while and let you know the status when I receive a new email from USPS .

firstof9 · February 27, 2021, 2:31pm

You can give it a try, the image not refreshing is really a frontend/browser issue that we have no control over.

firstof9 · February 27, 2021, 2:33pm

Tracking numbers are already in. They show as attributes for sensor.mail_<shipper>_delivering sensors.

firstof9 · February 27, 2021, 2:34pm

This looks like the integration isn’t loading due to an error.

Do you see anything in your Home Assistant log?

The wiki tells you all the steps to enable debugging/logging.

jaaem · February 27, 2021, 2:39pm

Thanks. Never noticed that. That seems to be only for delivering today sensors. I’ll just use the other solution.

moralmunky · February 27, 2021, 6:06pm

When do the tracking numbers leave the sensor that you mentioned?

jaaem · February 27, 2021, 6:23pm

I think they stay until you delete or read the email, depending on how it is setup. Not very hands off.