📸 Notification with camera snapshot with blocking condition and clickaction

StanG · August 26, 2021, 10:23pm

Please share your revised blueprint with the community, so all can benefit.
Thanks

FaN · October 30, 2021, 4:59pm

Hi,
I would like to have this blueprint to activate by a contact sensor, instead of a motion sensor.
Is there an easy way to do so?
Is there a blueprint with this modification?
Thanks.

StanG · November 2, 2021, 8:40pm

I think it’s as easy as removing the domain class.
Try with the modified blueprint at the URL below.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/Stan-Gobien/1d78d3ef13ebb91a93b699d5569235e4

CriticalCollapseOptionNotHomeSensorCameraSnapshotWithClickAction.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Send a notification with camera snapshot when sensor triggers, with blocking state and URL (or lovelace view) on click, critical or not, collapse or not.
  description: >
    This automation blueprint creates a camera snapshot if motion is detected 
    and sends a notification to your phone with the picture. 
    Optionally you can define a binary sensor that will block the automation from running when state is ON.
    For Example do not run when somebody is home (you can use the people_home template example).
    Furthermore you have the option to make the notification critical or high priority and to collapse/overwrite or not.

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FaN · November 4, 2021, 7:52pm

Thank you very much.

Psnlk · December 16, 2022, 7:36am

this is without blueprint

redlingg · December 20, 2022, 3:16pm

Hello
Finally I found this
I have 3 places geocoded in HA. I dont want to receive notification if I am home but I do want to receive notification if I am at the other locations. What should I do? Do I need to remove those? Not really need them…

StanG · December 21, 2022, 11:02am

The standard blueprint does just that.
You use the blocking entity to stop the notifications when you are home.

Blocking entity

As blocking entity you just create a helper template entity (binary template sensor) that has the status ON when you are home and the status OFF when you’re not. In the below template example I optionally change the icon as well to graphically show when people are home or not, because I also use this sensor in my dashboards.

With 1 person:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      stang_home:
        value_template: >-
          {{ is_state('person.stan_g', 'home') }}
        icon_template: >-
          {% if is_state("binary_sensor.stang_home", "on") %}
            mdi:home-account
          {% else %}
            mdi:home
          {% endif %}

With 2 persons, with the OR operator:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      people_home:
        value_template: >-
          {{ is_state('person.stan_g', 'home') 
          or is_state('person.xxyyy', 'home') }}
        icon_template: >-
          {% if is_state("binary_sensor.people_home", "on") %}
            mdi:home-account
          {% else %}
            mdi:home
          {% endif %}

In my example I have a geocoded location named “Home” and the template sensor looks for this location in the attributes of the person. If you home location is called differently i.e. thuis, house, etc … just replace the “home” in the above template sensor with your named location. Go to settings - ares & zones to look at your configured zones and the name.

The other geocoded locations don’t have any impact. You don’t need to do anything with them.

Thij5 · January 22, 2023, 5:38am

I have this blueprint working now where it can send notifications to multiple devices (both Android and iOS)

Please note that I am what one would call an “idiot”, so I might’ve done something dumb here, but it does work.

Go to your file editor and open /blueprints/automation/Stan-Gobien/CriticalCollapseOptionNotHomeMotionCameraSnapshotWithClickAction.yaml

Note the section that says:

    notify_device:
      name: Device to notify
      description: Device that runs the official Home Assistant app to receive notifications.
      selector:
        device:
          integration: mobile_app
          multiple: false

Duplicate this section and rename the “notify_device” for each into something unique. I did “notify_device1” and “notify_device2” because I am a simple man. See below for what that looks like:

    notify_device1:
      name: Device to notify
      description: Device that runs the official Home Assistant app to receive notifications.
      selector:
        device:
          integration: mobile_app
          multiple: false
    notify_device2:
      name: Device to notify
      description: Device that runs the official Home Assistant app to receive notifications.
      selector:
        device:
          integration: mobile_app
          multiple: false

Now scroll down to the ‘variables’ section and find:

  notify_device1: !input notify_device

Duplicate this line and rename it to what you renamed the devices earlier. In my case:

  notify_device1: !input notify_device1
  notify_device1: !input notify_device2

Now scroll down to the ‘actions’ section and find:

- 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: "{% if is_ios %}\n  {% if is_critical %}\n    {% set platform_data = { \"channel\":
    \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},
    \ \"push\": { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"critical\":
    1, \"volume\": 1.0 } } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path,
    group_name) %}\n  {% else %}\n    {% if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set platform_data
    = { \"channel\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"apns_headers\": { \"apns-collapse-id\":
    \"%s\" }, \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},  \"push\":
    { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"volume\": 1.0 }
    } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, group_name, snapshot_access_file_path,
    group_name) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = { \"channel\": \"%s\",
    \"url\": \"%s\", \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},
    \ \"push\": { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"volume\":
    1.0 } } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path, group_name)
    %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% endif %}\n{% else %}\n  {% if is_critical %}\n    {%
    if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set platform_data = { \"tag\": \"%s\", \"channel\":
    \"%s\", \"group\": \"%s\", \"ttl\": 0, \"priority\": \"high\", \"clickAction\":
    \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(group_name, channel_name, group_name, clickAction,
    snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = {
    \"channel\": \"%s\", \"ttl\": 0, \"priority\": \"high\", \"clickAction\": \"%s\",
    \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path)
    %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% else %}\n    {% if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set
    platform_data = { \"tag\": \"%s\", \"channel\": \"%s\", \"group\": \"%s\", \"clickAction\":
    \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(group_name, channel_name, group_name, clickAction,
    snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = {
    \"channel\": \"%s\", \"clickAction\": \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(channel_name,
    clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% endif %}\n{%
    endif %} {{ platform_data }}\n"

Duplicate this section entirely and rename !input notify_device to what you called your devices earlier.

In my case this section now looks like this:

action:
- delay: '{{ delay }}'
- service: camera.snapshot
  entity_id: !input camera
  data:
    filename: '{{ snapshot_create_file_path }}'
- device_id: !input notify_device1
  domain: mobile_app
  type: notify
  title: '{{ notification_title }}'
  message: '{{ notification_message }}'
  data: "{% if is_ios %}\n  {% if is_critical %}\n    {% set platform_data = { \"channel\":
    \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},
    \ \"push\": { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"critical\":
    1, \"volume\": 1.0 } } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path,
    group_name) %}\n  {% else %}\n    {% if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set platform_data
    = { \"channel\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"apns_headers\": { \"apns-collapse-id\":
    \"%s\" }, \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},  \"push\":
    { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"volume\": 1.0 }
    } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, group_name, snapshot_access_file_path,
    group_name) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = { \"channel\": \"%s\",
    \"url\": \"%s\", \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},
    \ \"push\": { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"volume\":
    1.0 } } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path, group_name)
    %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% endif %}\n{% else %}\n  {% if is_critical %}\n    {%
    if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set platform_data = { \"tag\": \"%s\", \"channel\":
    \"%s\", \"group\": \"%s\", \"ttl\": 0, \"priority\": \"high\", \"clickAction\":
    \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(group_name, channel_name, group_name, clickAction,
    snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = {
    \"channel\": \"%s\", \"ttl\": 0, \"priority\": \"high\", \"clickAction\": \"%s\",
    \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path)
    %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% else %}\n    {% if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set
    platform_data = { \"tag\": \"%s\", \"channel\": \"%s\", \"group\": \"%s\", \"clickAction\":
    \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(group_name, channel_name, group_name, clickAction,
    snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = {
    \"channel\": \"%s\", \"clickAction\": \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(channel_name,
    clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% endif %}\n{%
    endif %} {{ platform_data }}\n"

- delay: '{{ delay }}'
- service: camera.snapshot
  entity_id: !input camera
  data:
    filename: '{{ snapshot_create_file_path }}'
- device_id: !input notify_device2
  domain: mobile_app
  type: notify
  title: '{{ notification_title }}'
  message: '{{ notification_message }}'
  data: "{% if is_ios %}\n  {% if is_critical %}\n    {% set platform_data = { \"channel\":
    \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},
    \ \"push\": { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"critical\":
    1, \"volume\": 1.0 } } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path,
    group_name) %}\n  {% else %}\n    {% if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set platform_data
    = { \"channel\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"apns_headers\": { \"apns-collapse-id\":
    \"%s\" }, \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},  \"push\":
    { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"volume\": 1.0 }
    } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, group_name, snapshot_access_file_path,
    group_name) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = { \"channel\": \"%s\",
    \"url\": \"%s\", \"attachment\": {\"url\": \"%s\", \"content_type\": \"JPEG\"},
    \ \"push\": { \"category\": \"%s\", \"sound\": { \"name\": \"default\", \"volume\":
    1.0 } } } | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path, group_name)
    %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% endif %}\n{% else %}\n  {% if is_critical %}\n    {%
    if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set platform_data = { \"tag\": \"%s\", \"channel\":
    \"%s\", \"group\": \"%s\", \"ttl\": 0, \"priority\": \"high\", \"clickAction\":
    \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(group_name, channel_name, group_name, clickAction,
    snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = {
    \"channel\": \"%s\", \"ttl\": 0, \"priority\": \"high\", \"clickAction\": \"%s\",
    \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(channel_name, clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path)
    %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% else %}\n    {% if overwrite_similar %}\n      {% set
    platform_data = { \"tag\": \"%s\", \"channel\": \"%s\", \"group\": \"%s\", \"clickAction\":
    \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(group_name, channel_name, group_name, clickAction,
    snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% else %}\n      {% set platform_data = {
    \"channel\": \"%s\", \"clickAction\": \"%s\", \"image\": \"%s\"} | format(channel_name,
    clickAction, snapshot_access_file_path) %}\n    {% endif %}\n  {% endif %}\n{%
    endif %} {{ platform_data }}\n"

Restart Home Assistant and now when you use the blueprint, it’ll give you two notification devices to select.

Please note

You could probably duplicate the line again if you wanted to add another device to notify, but I have not tested that
Your existing automations that use the old version of the blueprint will not show up anymore if you make changes to the original blueprint. To update those, go to your automations.yaml file and duplicate and update your “notify_device” names to those used in your blueprint.
I’m not sure if this causes any issues with the iOS specific toggle under “overwrite similar” in the blueprint. I would imagine it does.
I’m not adding the file as it’s pretty simple stuff and as mentioned before, I’m an idiot. So please try this at your own risk.
I found that you can duplicate the blueprint and rename it for example to “cameranotifies1” and “cameranotifies2” you can keep both.

Hope this helps at all!

redlingg · January 28, 2023, 12:44pm

I cannot get it to work…
The sensor gives me the answer “True” not “on” is it a problem?

platform: template
sensors:
gabor_otthon:
value_template: >-
True
icon_template: >-
```
      mdi:home
```

and this is in the config:

platform: template
sensors:
gabor_otthon:
value_template: >-
{{ is_state(‘person.admin’, ‘home’) }}
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state(“binary_sensor.gabor_otthon”, “True”) %}
mdi:otthon-account
{% else %}
mdi:home
{% endif %}

when I put sensor.gabor_otthon as blocking, I dont get any notification…

StanG · January 28, 2023, 3:27pm

StanG:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      stang_home:
        value_template: >-
          {{ is_state('person.stan_g', 'home') }}
        icon_template: >-
          {% if is_state("binary_sensor.stang_home", "on") %}
            mdi:home-account
          {% else %}
            mdi:home
          {% endif %}

See above for the correct spacing.
Check the status of the person.stan_g and sensor.stang_home in the developer tools both when home and away to troubleshoot.

redlingg · February 4, 2023, 1:28pm

I think my problem is that I dont have the
binary_sensor.gabor_otthon

StanG · February 4, 2023, 4:26pm

The little piece of code 2 posts above is for creating the binary_sensor

andreasc · March 29, 2023, 2:00pm

hi @StanG and thanks for the blueprint, it’s one of the best. I’ve been thinking that i need to have a storage of those snapshots. anyway we can keep them stored in a specific folder on ha?

StanG · March 30, 2023, 6:05pm

  snapshot_create_file_path: "/config/www/tmp/snapshot_{{ states[camera].object_id }}.jpg"

Above is where the path is set for saving the snapshot photo file.
You can change the sub-directory to one your create yourself.
If you want to keep every file you’ll have to add a date-time-stamp in the name of the file so the next one doesn’t overwrite the previous one.

j2chulo · April 3, 2023, 4:21am

The notification is working fine but it is not sending the snapshot. I went into my www/tmp directory and I see the snapshot image there. and every time I run a test it create the image but on my phone instead of the snapshot I get this: Failed to Load attachment Response status code was unacceptable:404

j2chulo · April 3, 2023, 4:26am

how you got this? without blueprint

StanG · April 3, 2023, 9:33pm

If you go in to trace mode you can see the full code the blueprint produces.
You can use that full code to make your own manual automation.

About your problem.
I guess maybe you a configuration error with your external and/or internal link setting.

andreasc · May 10, 2023, 9:40am

Hi @StanG is it easy top modify it to capture like 4-10 seconds of video instead of snapshot?

StanG · May 10, 2023, 4:58pm

Sorry, not easy to change picture to video.

sirkelsalot · July 23, 2023, 8:21pm

Did anyone find a solution with this blueprint sending old images in the notification (on android)? I don’t see any explicit solutions posted above, just folks that created their own automations instead (which is my next step).

I saw this post above about the different directories, but making them the same has no impact. I don’t even understand where the cached images are coming from as the snapshot on the server appears overwritten every time.

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