Raspberry Pi Camera
The rpi_camera
integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to integrate the Raspberry Pi camera into Home Assistant. This integration uses the application raspistill
This integration is only available on Home Assistant Core installation types. Unfortunately, it cannot be used with Home Assistant OS, Supervised or Container.
Configuration
To enable this camera in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
The 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.yaml
The 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. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
rpi_camera:
The whole set of configuration variables is documented here Raspberry Pi Camera Module - Raspberry Pi Documentation
rpi_camera
platform.
Configuration Variables
Takes a picture every this many milliseconds (thousands of a second) - the default means one picture a second.
Adds some text and/or metadata onto the picture. Check the --annotate
Helper to add date/time onto the picture. Format as used by strftime
The given file_path must be an existing file because the camera platform setup performs a writeable check on it. Also, keep in mind that the path should be whitelisted.