Modify blueprint to include a delay

Configuration Blueprints
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I’m using a blueprint from vorion that takes a camera snapshot upon detecting motion. I want to pause notifications after a motion detection to prevent spamming. If I add an action to wait, HA moves it to the top in yaml so that the pause is the first action, not the last. How do I overcome this?

Here’s the code:

alias: Send a camera snapshot when motion is detected
description: Sends snapshot to Raymond’s iPhone
use_blueprint:
path: vorion/send-camera-snapshot-notification-on-motion.yaml
input:
motion_sensor: binary_sensor.doorbell_motion
camera: camera.doorbell
notify_device: bb90e12a8c255c270fab66930f8e0f2c
is_ios: true
delay: 1
notification_message: "{{ motion_sensor_name }} "
mode: single

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Hello Raymond,

First could you post the whole blueprint and use the </> notation offered in the text editor here so that the spacing shows up correctly?

A link to it if it is already somewhere is fine as well.

Spacing and intents are everything, and I have no context with that text formatted block above to know what is going on.

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alias: Send a camera snapshot when motion is detected
description: Sends snapshot to Raymond's iPhone
use_blueprint:
  path: vorion/send-camera-snapshot-notification-on-motion.yaml
  input:
    motion_sensor: binary_sensor.doorbell_motion
    camera: camera.doorbell
    notify_device: bb90e12a8c255c270fab66930f8e0f2c
    is_ios: true
    delay: 0
    notification_message: "{{ motion_sensor_name }} "

This is the blueprint:

blueprint:
  name: Send a camera snapshot when motion is detected
  description: >
    This automation blueprint creates a camera snapshot if motion is detected 
    and sends a notification to your phone with the picture.
  domain: automation
  input:
    motion_sensor:
      name: Motion sensor
      description: The sensor wich triggers the snapshot creation
      selector:
          entity:
            domain: binary_sensor
            device_class: motion

    camera:
      name: Camera
      description: The camera which creates the snapshot
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: camera

    notify_device:
      name: Device to notify
      description: Device needs to run the official Home Assistant app to receive notifications
      selector:
        device:
          integration: mobile_app

    is_ios:
      name: Is it an iOS device?
      description: Toggle if your selected device runs iOS, default is Android
      selector:
        boolean:
      default: false

    notification_title:
      name: Notification title (Optional)
      description: 'Default: "Motion detected!"'
      default: "Motion detected!"

    notification_message:
      name: Notification message (Optional)
      description: 'Default: "{{ motion_sensor_name }} detected movement!"'
      default: "{{ motion_sensor_name }} detected movement!"
      
    delay:
      name: Delay (Optional)
      description: Wait before creating camera snapshot
      default: ""
      selector:
        number:
            min: 0
            max: 60
            unit_of_measurement: seconds
            mode: slider

trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_sensor
  from: "off"
  to: "on"

variables:
  motion_sensor: !input motion_sensor
  motion_sensor_name: "{{ states[motion_sensor].name }}"
  camera: !input camera
  notify_device: !input notify_device
  is_ios: !input is_ios
  notification_title: !input notification_title
  notification_message: !input notification_message
  delay: !input delay
  snapshot_create_file_path: "/config/www/tmp/snapshot_{{ states[camera].object_id }}.jpg"
  snapshot_access_file_path: "{{ snapshot_create_file_path | replace('/config/www','/local') }}"

action:
  - delay: "{{ delay }}"

  - service: camera.snapshot
    entity_id: !input camera
    data:
      filename: "{{ snapshot_create_file_path }}"

  - device_id: !input notify_device
    domain: mobile_app
    type: notify
    title: "{{ notification_title }}"
    message: "{{ notification_message }}"
    data: >
      {% set android_data = {"image": "%s"} | format(snapshot_access_file_path) %}
      {% set ios_data = {"attachment": {"url": "%s", "content_type": "JPEG"}} | format(snapshot_access_file_path) %}
      {{ ios_data if is_ios else android_data }}

Thanks for responding. I hope this is what you asked for.

4

Thanks for the code.

Well the first thing all automations do is trigger. This one triggers on the motion. The next thing it does is delay.

Your calling automation for the blueprint sets the delay to 0, so it will not pause.
Setting a time for this might do what you want?

Perhaps you can help me what exactly do you want to happen if that is not it?

5

I want there to be a 2-minute pause/delay/wait after a notification before another notification fires.

Thanks again.

6

What happens when you put 120 (seconds) into the delay field in the blueprint automation screen?

7

there is a 120-second delay before any notification.

8

And the next notification can be no sooner than 120 seconds after that.

Look if you want to edit the blueprint to notify then wait, change to:

action:
  - service: camera.snapshot
    entity_id: !input camera
    data:
      filename: "{{ snapshot_create_file_path }}"

  - device_id: !input notify_device
    domain: mobile_app
    type: notify
    title: "{{ notification_title }}"
    message: "{{ notification_message }}"
    data: >
      {% set android_data = {"image": "%s"} | format(snapshot_access_file_path) %}
      {% set ios_data = {"attachment": {"url": "%s", "content_type": "JPEG"}} | format(snapshot_access_file_path) %}
      {{ ios_data if is_ios else android_data }}

  - delay: "{{ delay }}"
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Sorry for being such a noob, but I don’t know what to do with this.