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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.
{% linkable_title 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: MQTT topic to subscribe to. required: true type: string name: description: 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 {% endconfiguration %}