OpenALPR Cloud

The OpenALPR integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] for Home Assistant allows you to process license plates from a camera. This allows you to open a garage door or trigger any other automation based on a license plate.

For using the result inside an automation rule, take a look at the integration page.

Configuration

To enable the OPENALPR integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more], add it to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
image_processing:
 - platform: openalpr_cloud
   api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
   region: eu
   source:
    - entity_id: CAMERA.GARAGE

Configuration Variables

region string Required

Country or region. List of supported values.

api_key string Required

You need an API key from OpenALPR Cloud.

confidence integer (Optional, default: 80)

The minimum of confidence in percent to process with Home Assistant.

source list Required

List of image sources.

entity_id string Required

A camera entity id to get picture from.

name string (Optional)

This parameter allows you to override the name of your OpenALPR entity.