Trigger camera.record, send recording when finished

@prankousky wrote:

Hi everybody,

I have multiple cameras that I mainly include in notifications (if front gate opens, send telegram message with snapshot from camera x). I want to create an automation to trigger camera.record, then send that recording (instead of a picture). Is there a way to determine when the file has actually been written?

In other words: let’s say I want to record 120 seconds, then send this recording. How can I make sure that this file is sent, not a previous recording? I thought of delay: "00:02:00", but there must be a better way.

My incomplete package looks like this:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: tod
    name: Nachtmodus
    after: "20:45"
    before: 07:45"

automation:
  trigger: 
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.draussen_gartentor_contact
      to: "on"
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.nachtmodus
    state: "on"
  action:
    - service: camera.record
      entity_id: camera.cam_einfahrt
      filename: /config/downloads/cams/einfahrt.mp4

What do I need to add so that I will always get the most recent recording (instead of a previous recording, or an incomplete file)? At first I thought I could use something like filename: '/tmp/{{ entity_id }}_{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.mp4', but the strftime value will be different for the file to what I could use in my service: notify.all part of the code, as those wouldn’t be executed at the very same second.

I thought of creating a second automation to observe when camera.cam_einfahrt's status changes from recording to idle; however, for some reason, even when I call the service to record a file (via developer tools), the camera will be set to idle, which is weird. I checked after the set period of time: the file will be recorded, so syntax etc. was correct, but the camera entity did not report that it was actually recording.

Thank you for your ideas

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