Hi all,
can anybody tell me if it is possible to turn on / off the motion detection in motioneye from outside (i.e. Home Assistant)?
I intend to call a webhook and then create actions in HA / Node-RED when a motion is detected. But recording will of course still hapen in motioneye and I only want to record when the HA alarm is active. So I would need a way to enable / disable the motion detection or recording in motioneye from HA.
Thanks for any ideas!
After a more intensive Google search, I found somebody doing exactly this in domotics using motioneyes HTTP REST API.
https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22436
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionHttpAPI
I think this will do the job. Just wanted to let everybody know who might want to achieve the same.
You could use a switch in HASS to toggle the motion sensor in motion (and not in motioneye):
- platform: command_line
switches:
camera_44:
command_on: 'curl -k "http://192.168.2.204:7999/2/detection/start"'
command_off: 'curl -k "http://192.168.2.204:7999/2/detection/pause"'
command_state: 'curl -s "http://192.168.2.204:7999/2/detection/status"'
value_template: '{{ "ACTIVE" in value }}'
friendly_name: Motion Sensor Camera 44
Explained here!
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Cool, thank you. Will definitely try that.
I know this threads old and answered, but where should this go in HA please?
A couple of monutes after asking, I got it working. ![:person_facepalming: :person_facepalming:](https://community.home-assistant.io/images/emoji/twitter/person_facepalming.png?v=12)
switch:
- platform: command_line
switches:
camera_44:
command_on: 'curl -k "http://192.168.5.5:7999/2/detection/start"'
command_off: 'curl -k "http://192.168.5.5:7999/2/detection/pause"'
command_state: 'curl -s "http://192.168.5.5:7999/2/detection/status"'
value_template: '{{ "ACTIVE" in value }}'
friendly_name: Motion sensor garden camera
…in configuration.yaml
and then I find it’s already got a switch under the cameras configuration ![:smile: :smile:](https://community.home-assistant.io/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=12)