From 86b5b9079b1c2da6a8842a11fe181ebaf017f415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: poulti <5324564+poulti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:10:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update camera.markdown (#37147)

For actions Record and Snapshot, rename the user defined variable `entity_id` to a different name (suggested my_camera_id) to avoid the confusion between the data attribute `entity_id` and the user defined variable `entity_id`
---
 source/_integrations/camera.markdown | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/camera.markdown b/source/_integrations/camera.markdown
index 85caa1c4dc2..90d3ef5626c 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/camera.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/camera.markdown
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ For example, the following action in an automation would take a recording from "
 ```yaml
 actions:
   - variables:
-      entity_id: camera.yourcamera  # Store the camera entity_id in a variable for reuse
+      my_camera_id: camera.yourcamera  # Store the camera entity_id in a variable for reuse
   - action: camera.record
     target:
-      entity_id: '{{ entity_id }}'
+      entity_id: '{{ my_camera_id }}'
     data:
-      filename: '/tmp/{{ entity_id }}_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.mp4'
+      filename: '/tmp/{{ my_camera_id }}_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.mp4'
 ```
 
 {% endraw %}
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ For example, the following action in an automation would take a snapshot from "y
 ```yaml
 actions:
   - variables:
-      entity_id: camera.yourcamera  # Store the camera entity_id in a variable for reuse
+      my_camera_id: camera.yourcamera  # Store the camera entity_id in a variable for reuse
   - action: camera.snapshot
     target:
-      entity_id: '{{ entity_id }}'
+      entity_id: '{{ my_camera_id }}'
     data:
-      filename: '/tmp/{{ entity_id }}_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg'
+      filename: '/tmp/{{ my_camera_id }}_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg'
 ```
 
 {% endraw %}