Get recording snapshot URL for HA companion app notification (via blueprint)

[lcwsoft]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to get the snapshot Ring generated for a motion event and use it as part of a notification to the HA companion app on my phone. I'm modifying the blueprint found at https://community.home-assistant.io/t/generative-ai-camera-snapshot-notification/776296 as the image it sends in the notification is stale it seems. Basically I am trying to get that resolved (by using the snapshot being created by the recording process?)

In the variables, it has:
camera_device: !input camera_device

where camera device is the Snapshot sensor for the camera that the blueprint is being used with as part of an automation. For example, my backyard camera snapshot sensor ends up being "camera.backyard_snapshot".

I tried the following variable (which is later used by the "data" section in the blueprint:

snapshot_access_file_path: '{{ state_attr(camera_device, ''still_image_url'') }}'

However when I trigger the automation, HA reports that snapshot_access_file_path is being set to null:

snapshot_access_file_path: null

Ideally I'd like it to either be an URL that I can access anywhere (such as via my nabu casa URL) or a local image (but then I need to figure out a way to receive the recording snapshot and save it as part of the blueprint).

I would really appreciate any advice on this!

Thanks!
Lawrence

[lcwsoft]

I have a Ring protect plan already and am just looking to get away from their awful motion alerts (cameras pick up headlights and such as motion, no matter what I try) with Generative AI providing the description of the motion and filtering out such nonsense (already got that part working) with the ring snapshot for only the motion events that I am using.

[tsightler]

You are quite a bit above my skill level with HA here, so I'm not sure how much I can help (this might be better asked on the HA forums), but one thing that jumps out to me is the attempt to use still_image_url in a template. I feel like you should just be trying to use "camera_picture" attribute of the snapshot camera and concatenate that path with the correct URL prefix for your HA instance.