[Config Support]: Automation is missing pictures/clips

[leonbrag]

Describe the problem you are having

I have following automation that sends email with the attached image:

alias: Front Camera Email
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: mqtt
    topic: frigate/events
    id: frigate-event
    payload: Front_Door
    value_template: "{{ value_json['after']['camera'] }}"
    variables:
      after_zones: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['entered_zones'] }}"
      before_zones: "{{ trigger.payload_json['before']['entered_zones'] }}"
      camera: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['camera'] }}"
      id: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['id'] }}"
      label: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['label'] }}"
      score: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['score'] }}"
      time_clip_start: "{{ trigger.payload_json['after']['start_time'] - 10.0 }}"

condition:
  # This condition is used to ensure that I am only notified of objects that are new or only just entered a zone. This is to avoid getting loads of updated notifications for the same dog in my backyard (as an example).
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.payload_json['type'] == 'new' }}"

action:
  - data:
      title: >-
        Camera {{trigger.payload_json['after']['camera']}}:
        {{trigger.payload_json['after']['label']}} detected
      message: ""
      data:
        images:
          - >-
            /media/clips/{{trigger.payload_json['after']['camera']}}-{{trigger.payload_json['after']['id']}}.jpg
        html: >
    action: notify.email_send
mode: parallel
max: 10

I noticed that while sometime it does indeed attach snapshot with bounding box, most of the time no image attached.

Version

.14

Frigate config file

objects:
  # Optional: list of objects to track from labelmap.txt (default: shown below)
  track:
    - person
    - car
    - cat
    - dog



Front_Door: # <--- this will be changed to your actual camera later
    enabled: true
    onvif:
      host: 192.168.10.13
      port: 80
      user: admin
      password: Camera123
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://xxx:[email protected]/Streaming/Channels/102
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
        - path: rtsp://xxx:[email protected]/Streaming/Channels/101
          roles:
            - record
    motion:
      mask: 0.045,0.035,0.636,0.038,0.637,0.086,0.042,0.089

    snapshots:
      required_zones:
        - frontYard

    review:
      alerts:
        required_zones: frontYard
      detections: {}
#    mqtt:
#      required_zones:
#        - frontYard

    zones:
      frontYard:
        coordinates: 
          0.519,0.065,0.625,0.078,0.625,0.163,0.626,0.182,0.69,0.186,0.741,0.363,0.835,0.698,0.888,0.91,0.907,0.981,0.337,0.994,0.015,0.981,0.012,0.032,0.395,0.022,0.4,0.471
        loitering_time: 0
        objects:
          - person
          - car
          - cat

Relevant Frigate log output

homeassistant  | 2024-08-23 17:14:08.743 WARNING (SyncWorker_42) [homeassistant.components.smtp.notify] Attachment /media/clips/Front_Door-1724458448.266207-a4vtgj.jpg not found. Skipping
homeassistant  | 2024-08-23 17:14:09.121 WARNING (SyncWorker_33) [homeassistant.components.smtp.notify] Attachment /media/clips/Front_Door-1724458448.266207-a4vtgj.jpg not found. Skipping
homeassistant  | 2024-08-23 17:14:09.122 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.template] Template variable warning: 'update' is undefined when rendering '{{ iif(update, 'none', sound) }}'
homeassistant  | 2024-08-23 17:14:09.123 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.template] Template variable warning: 'update' is undefined when rendering '{{ iif((update or sound == 'none'), 0, volume) }}'

Relevant go2rtc log output

na

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

Debian

Install method

Docker Compose

Object Detector

OpenVino

Screenshots of the Frigate UI's System metrics pages

No response

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[NickM-27]

The file will only exist in the file system when the event ends, this is why the api should be used

[leonbrag]

This does work!

Since I want to attach image to SMTP email as attachment. And while it works great for static files. Looks like I need to use REST in automation to load image from this URL.