Ring MQTT help

Configuration
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Looking for some help setting up a snapshot forward to android tv notification.

I am using a ring doorbell via ring mqtt.

the main error I seem to be having is that any snapshot that is saved when accessed displays 401 unauthorised.


alias: Notify Motion Front Doorbell
description: ""
triggers:
  - type: motion
    device_id: d5bb243d9a1c25ec23d678ca979d49c8
    entity_id: 3762aad0fc276265fe0301a0129fb09c
    domain: binary_sensor
    trigger: device
conditions: []
actions:
  - wait_template: >-
      as_timestamp((state_attr("automation.notify_motion_front_doorbell",
      "last_triggered"))) - (state_attr("camera.front_snapshot", "timestamp" ))
      < 3 and
      as_timestamp((state_attr("automation.notify_motion_front_doorbell",
      "last_triggered"))) - (state_attr("camera.front_snapshot", "timestamp" ))
      > -15
    timeout: "00:00:15"
    continue_on_timeout: true
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ not wait.completed }}"
        sequence:
          - data:
              data:
                color: black
                duration: 5
                fontsize: large
                interrupt: 0
                position: top-right
                transparency: 50%
              title: Home Assistant
              message: Motion detected at the front doorbell camera.
            action: notify.nvidia_shield_tv
    default:
      - entity_id: button.front_door_take_snapshot
        data:
          filename: >-
            /config/tmp/{{
            as_local((state_attr("automation.notify_motion_front_doorbell",
            "last_triggered"))).strftime("%Y%m%d-%H.%M.%S")
            }}_front_doorbell.jpg
        action: camera.snapshot
      - data:
          data:
            color: black
            duration: 5
            fontsize: large
            interrupt: 0
            position: bottom-right
            transparency: 50%
            file:
              path: >-
                /config/tmp/{{
                as_local((state_attr("automation.notify_motion_front_doorbell",
                "last_triggered"))).strftime("%Y%m%d-%H.%M.%S")
                }}_front_doorbell.jpg
          title: Home Assistant
          message: Motion detected at the front doorbell camera.
        action: notify.nvidia_shield_tv
mode: single
2

Hi Peter, have you added allowlist_external_dirs to you config?
You might have to search in that direction…

3

Hi Nick, Yes i have added the

allowlist_external_dirs:
-“/Config/tmp”