Trying to access camera metadata with Templates

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Hi all,

I’m using s python script that is sending me a pushbullet notification when a movement is detected. In this notification I want to include an image from a cam I have in that area.

The Python script is working, it receives 2 parameters: Camera Name and Access Token (to access the cam image).

Checking my cams in the Dev Tools I see that both elements are available as part of it’s properties so I’d like to use that to call the script.

When I try to access to those properties in the template tool looks like I can’t (while I can access the state of each cam):

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Now, when I try to access the access_token property using templates by using this:

{%- camera.gamezone.access_token -%}

I receive this error:

`Error rendering template: TemplateSyntaxError: Encountered unknown tag 'camera'.`

Any idea on how can I access to this so I can send this to my script as parameters?

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I resolved this by myself … Jinja is killing me …

the way to access to this is this:

states.camera.living_room.attributes.access_token
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Hi @davedan,

Have you managed to make your notification work?
Your post helped me a little bit, but still cannot understand templates to make to work this
Maybe you could share your experience or thought how to get and attach images from ffmpeg camera?
Thanks.

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sure! let me share what I have for my cams and see if I can help on the other thread.