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Add a note for using http-only cameras (#8483)

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* Add a note for using http-only cameras

This tripped me up for about 3 days 😬

* Update camera.generic.markdown

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Bob Clough 2019-02-12 12:44:34 +00:00 committed by Franck Nijhof
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@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ limit_refetch_to_url_change:
default: false
type: boolean
content_type:
description: Set the content type for the IP camera if it is not a jpg file. Use `image/svg+xml` to add a dynamic svg file.
description: Set the content type for the IP camera if it is not a jpg file. Use `image/svg+xml` to add a dynamic SVG file.
required: false
default: image/jpeg
type: string
framerate:
description: The number of frames-per-second (FPS) of the stream. Can cause heavy traffic on the network and/or heavy load on the camera.
description: The number of frames-per-second (FPS) of the stream. Can cause heavy traffic on the network and/or heavy load on the camera.
required: false
type: integer
verify_ssl:
description: Enable or disable SSL certificate verification.
description: Enable or disable SSL certificate verification. Set to false to use an http-only camera, or you have a self-signed SSL certificate and haven't installed the CA certificate to enable verification.
required: false
default: true
type: boolean
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ verify_ssl:
## {% linkable_title Examples %}
In this section you find some real-life examples of how to use this camera platform.
In this section, you find some real-life examples of how to use this camera platform.
### {% linkable_title Weather graph from yr.no %}
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ camera:
### {% linkable_title Sharing a camera feed from one Home Assistant instance to another %}
If you are running more than one Home Assistant instance (let's call them the 'host' and 'receiver' instances) you may wish to display the camera feed from the host instance on the receiver instance. You can use the [REST API](/developers/rest_api/#get-apicamera_proxycameraltentity_id) to access the camera feed on the host (IP address 127.0.0.5) and display it on the receiver instance by configuring the receiver with the the following:
If you are running more than one Home Assistant instance (let's call them the 'host' and 'receiver' instances) you may wish to display the camera feed from the host instance on the receiver instance. You can use the [REST API](/developers/rest_api/#get-apicamera_proxycameraltentity_id) to access the camera feed on the host (IP address 127.0.0.5) and display it on the receiver instance by configuring the receiver with the following:
```yaml
camera:
@ -114,3 +114,14 @@ camera:
name: Host instance camera feed
still_image_url: https://127.0.0.5:8123/api/camera_proxy/camera.live_view
```
### {% linkable_title Image from HTTP only camera %}
To access a camera which is only available via HTTP, you must turn off SSL verification.
```yaml
camera:
- platform: generic
name: Some Image
still_image_url: http://example.org/your_image.png
verify_ssl: false
```