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---
layout: page
title: "Raspberry Pi Camera"
description: "Instructions how to integrate Raspberry Pi within Home Assistant."
date: 2016-04-08 10:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
logo: raspberry-pi.png
ha_category: Camera
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
ha_release: 0.17
---
The `rpi_camera` platform allows you to integrate the Raspberry Pi camera into Home Assistant. This component uses the application [`raspistill`](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/camera/raspicam/raspistill.md) to store the image from camera.
To enable this camera in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
camera:
- platform: rpi_camera
```
{% configuration %}
image_width:
description: Set the image width.
required: false
default: 640
type: int
name:
description: Name of the camera.
required: false
default: Raspberry Pi Camera
type: string
image_height:
description: Set the image height.
required: false
default: 480
type: int
image_quality:
description: Set the image quality (from 0 to 100).
required: false
default: 7
type: int
image_rotation:
description: Set image rotation (0-359).
required: false
default: 0
type: int
horizontal_flip:
description: Set horizontal flip (0 to disable, 1 to enable).
required: false
default: 0
type: int
vertical_flip:
description: Set vertical flip (0 to disable, 1 to enable).
required: false
default: 0
type: int
timelapse:
description: Takes a picture every millisecond.
required: false
default: 1000
type: int
file_path:
description: Save the picture in a custom file path.
required: false
default: The camera components folder.
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
The given **file_path** must be an existing file because the camera platform setup make a writeable check on it.