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Camera
0.43 Configurable

The mqtt camera platform allows you to integrate the content of an image file sent through MQTT into Home Assistant as a camera. Every time a message under the topic in the configuration is received, the image displayed in Home Assistant will also be updated.

This can be used with an application or a service capable of sending images through MQTT, for example Zanzito.

Configuration

To enable this camera in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
camera:
  - platform: mqtt
    topic: zanzito/shared_locations/my-device

{% configuration %} topic: description: The MQTT topic to subscribe to. required: true type: string name: description: The name of the camera. required: false type: string unique_id: description: An ID that uniquely identifies this camera. If two cameras have the same unique ID Home Assistant will raise an exception. required: false type: string device: description: "Information about the device this camera is a part of to tie it into the device registry. Only works through MQTT discovery and when unique_id is set." required: false type: map keys: identifiers: description: 'A list of IDs that uniquely identify the device. For example a serial number.' required: false type: list, string connections: description: 'A list of connections of the device to the outside world as a list of tuples [connection_type, connection_identifier]. For example the MAC address of a network interface: "connections": ["mac", "02:5b:26:a8:dc:12"].' required: false type: list manufacturer: description: The manufacturer of the device. required: false type: string model: description: The model of the device. required: false type: string name: description: The name of the device. required: false type: string sw_version: description: The firmware version of the device. required: false type: string {% endconfiguration %}