Frigate - Telegram Notification

frigate_telegram_notification.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Frigate - Telegram Notification
  description: Create automations to receive Snapshots and Clips from Frigate
  domain: automation
  input:
    camera:
      name: Frigate Camera
      description: The name of the camera as defined in your frigate configuration (/conf.yml).
    target_chat:
      name: Target
      description: 'The chat_id to be used by the Telegram bot. 
                !secret chat_id is not allowed on Blueprint, you will need the chat_id code.

        '
    notification:
      name: Notification
      description: 'Select "true" to disable notification, lave "false" to receive
        notification.
        '
      selector:
        select:
          options:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
      default: 'false'
    base_url:
      name: (Optional) Base URL
      description: The external url for your Home Assistant instance. This will default
        to a relative URL and will open the clips in the app instead of the browser,
        which may cause issues on some devices.
      default: ''
    zone_filter:
      name: (Optional) Zone Filter
      description: Only notify if object has entered a defined zone.
      default: false
      selector:
        boolean: {}
    zones:
      name: (Optional) Trigger Zones
      description: A list (-) of zones you wish to recieve notifications for.
      default: []
      selector:
        object: {}
    labels:
      name: (Optional) Trigger Objects
      description: A list (-) of objects you wish to recieve notifications for.
      default: []
      selector:
        object: {}
    presence_filter:
      name: (Optional) Presence Filter
      description: Only notify if selected presence entity is not "home".
      default: ''
      selector:
        entity: {}
  source_url: https://gist.github.com/NdR91/5486a1e55101e062c48545395b7dd9a3
mode: single
max_exceeded: silent
trigger:
  platform: mqtt
  topic: frigate/events
  payload: !input 'camera'
  value_template: '{{ value_json[''after''][''camera''] }}'
variables:
  id: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''id''] }}'
  camera: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''camera''] }}'
  camera_name: '{{ camera | replace(''_'', '' '') | title }}'
  target_chat: !input 'target_chat'
  object: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''label''] }}'
  label: '{{ object | title }}'
  entered_zones: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''entered_zones''] }}'
  type: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''type''] }}'
  base_url: !input 'base_url'
  zone_only: !input 'zone_filter'
  input_zones: !input 'zones'
  zones: '{{ input_zones | list }}'
  input_labels: !input 'labels'
  labels: '{{ input_labels | list }}'
  presence_entity: !input 'presence_filter'
  notification: !input 'notification'
condition:
- '{{ type != ''end'' }}'
- '{{ not zone_only or entered_zones|length > 0 }}'
- '{{ not zones|length or zones|select(''in'', entered_zones)|list|length > 0 }}'
- '{{ not labels|length or object in labels }}'
- '{{ not presence_entity or not is_state(presence_entity, ''home'') }}'
action:
- service: telegram_bot.send_photo
  data:
    target: '{{ target_chat }}'
    disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
    caption: |
      Movimento rilevato. Telecamera: {{ camera_name }} (ID: {{ id }})
    url: >-
      {{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/snapshot.jpg
- repeat:
    sequence:
    - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: mqtt
        topic: frigate/events
        payload: '{{ id }}'
        value_template: '{{ value_json[''after''][''id''] }}'
      timeout:
        minutes: 2
      continue_on_timeout: false
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.payload_json[''type''] == ''end'' }}'
    - service: telegram_bot.send_video
      data:
        target: '{{ target_chat }}'
        disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
        caption: 'Movimento rilevato. Telecamera: {{ camera_name }}'
        url: >-
          {{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/{{camera}}/clip.mp4
    until: '{{ wait.trigger.payload_json[''type''] == ''end'' }}'

i see it is not working because i defined some zones.
I removed the zones and it works.
In the field for zones, i tried (zone_name), zone_name and -zone_name. I don't know how we should enter the zones. But as soon as filtering is on and i define the zone, it stops working. tried on two camera's, both stop working then for telegram notifications. But when i disable zone filtering, it works immediately.
would love some assistance there.

So it was adding lines/minus characters to get it fixed.

• zone_0
• zone_1

Now working good, except that sometimes i do not get videos send. Photos are always being send, videos only sometimes. Could the video file be too big? Or too short after another? How can i debug? In frigate the events can be played without a problem.

@borgqueenx I had the same issue too. The only thing that seemed to help is adding timeout: 1000 like this.

- service: telegram_bot.send_video
      data:
        target: '{{ target_chat }}'
        disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
        caption: 'Movimento rilevato. Telecamera: {{ camera_name }}'
        timeout: 1000
        url: >-
          {{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/{{camera}}/clip.mp4

It changes the send_video timeout to 1000 seconds instead of the default. Videos might arrive 10 mins+ after the event but it can't be helped.

Last time I tried to troubleshoot, I noticed the automation hanging in the send_video section, even though the source video is already playable locally.

10mb files shouldn't take so long to upload on my internet speed so I really believe it's Telegram themselves limiting video upload speeds. 🫤

I am getting the following error message

2024-01-14 13:18:51.917 ERROR (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.components.telegram_bot] Can't load data into ByteIO: Invalid URL '/api/frigate/notifications/1705234731.428055-zw79cd/snapshot.jpg': No scheme supplied. Perhaps you meant https:///api/frigate/notifications/1705234731.428055-zw79cd/snapshot.jpg? 2024-01-14 13:18:51.918 ERROR (SyncWorker_2) [homeassistant.components.telegram_bot] Can't send file with kwargs: {'disable_notification': False, 'caption': 'Movimento rilevato. Telecamera: Garage (ID: 1705234731.428055-zw79cd)', 'url': '/api/frigate/notifications/1705234731.428055-zw79cd/snapshot.jpg'} 2024-01-14 13:19:13.164 ERROR (SyncWorker_8) [homeassistant.components.telegram_bot] Can't load data into ByteIO: Invalid URL '/api/frigate/notifications/1705234731.428055-zw79cd/garage/clip.mp4': No scheme supplied. Perhaps you meant https:///api/frigate/notifications/1705234731.428055-zw79cd/garage/clip.mp4? 2024-01-14 13:19:13.164 ERROR (SyncWorker_8) [homeassistant.components.telegram_bot] Can't send file with kwargs: {'disable_notification': False, 'caption': 'Movimento rilevato. Telecamera: Garage', 'url': '/api/frigate/notifications/1705234731.428055-zw79cd/garage/clip.mp4'}

Is it possible to send the snapshot to telegram with the motion box detected by Frigate ?

Works like a charm, thanks a lot!

Could you consider the possibility that we can modify the Italian texts for custom ones?

Just added blueprint, activate and tested telegram bot. I ran the automation from automation page, it just does not run! it shows 'This node was not executed and so no further trace information is available.' . see screenshot below. What I am doing wrong?
- thanks

I have also included mqtt message data from Frigate.

If anyone is interested, I created a fork that incorporates Gemini AI generative comments.

(https://gist.github.com/jakesOneFourSeven/cc8fab1e8712a34dbd596ebd355d76ea)

Has anyone managed to send a video via telegram?

Has anyone managed to send a video via telegram?

Yes, I receive a screenshot and then a video shortly after that.

Has anyone managed to send a video via telegram?

Yes, I receive a screenshot and then a video shortly after that.

But HOW?

Not work...

alias: Snapshot to TG by moving
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: mqtt
    topic: frigate/events
    value_template: "{{ value_json['after']['camera'] }}"
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: alarm_control_panel.aqara_hub_alarm
    state: armed_away
action:
  - service: notify.me
    data:
      title: A title
      message: A message
      data:
        inline_keyboard:
          - >-
            Disable Camera Alerts - 30m:/disable_cam_30, Disable Camera Alerts -
            1h:/disable_cam_60
          - >-
            Disable Camera Alerts Forever:/disable_cam_forever, Sound Panic
            Alarm:/sound_alarm
        photo:
          - url: >-
              http://192.168.1.169:5000/api/frigate/notifications/{{trigger.payload_json["after"]["id"]}}/snapshot.jpg
mode: single

Error rendering data template: UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'payload_json'

@kornalexandr2
This is from the blueprint:

• service: telegram_bot.send_video
  data:
  target: '{{ target_chat }}'
  disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
  caption: ' {{ generated_content.text }} '
  url: '{{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/{{camera}}/clip.mp4'

• service: telegram_bot.send_photo
  data:
  target: '{{ target_chat }}'
  disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
  caption: ' {{ generated_content.text }} '
  url: '{{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/snapshot.jpg'

Can I also enable notificationa for the audio detectors of frigate? E.g. der audio detector for fire alarm I would Like to get These notifications

This seems to work, BUT it's sending a notification every "interval" for stationary objects.
that means a big cluttering of notifications for parked cars, for example

If you need notification of offline devices via app and telegram, check my project.
https://github.com/guikof97/Automation_Home_Assistant_Telegram_Notify_and_Check_Offline_Cameras_Frigate

This is great. Thank you so much for creating this. Is there anyway a "Message thread id" can be added so we can specify a topic to send the message to? This is done in other Telegram bot actions but i cant seem to figure out how to add it on my own to this blueprint