MQTT Camera

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.

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 Variables

topic

(string)(Required)

The MQTT topic to subscribe to.

name

(string)(Optional)

The name of the camera.

unique_id

(string)(Optional)

An ID that uniquely identifies this camera. If two cameras have the same unique ID Home Assistant will raise an exception.

device

(map)(Optional)

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.

identifiers

(list | string)(Optional)

A list of IDs that uniquely identify the device. For example a serial number.

connections

(list)(Optional)

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"].

manufacturer

(string)(Optional)

The manufacturer of the device.

model

(string)(Optional)

The model of the device.

name

(string)(Optional)

The name of the device.

sw_version

(string)(Optional)

The firmware version of the device.