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# Frigate SMTP Notifications
Sends email notifications when Frigate NVR detects an object.
`pip install paho-mqtt smtplib requests`
## Setup
This guide assumes you have Home Assistant and Frigate already set up. If you don't, you can follow this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWNquH3tNxc (not my video).
This guide also assumes you have access to your Home Assistant integration from outside your local network.
### Setup Gmail SMTP server:
1. Go to https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
2. Create a new password with a memorable name like "python" or "smtp"
3. Copy and paste your password into config.json - `"password": "app password goes here",`
4. Change `your-email@gmail.com` in config.json to your email.
### Snapshots:
Modify config.json:
`"frigate_url": "https://your.homeassistantdomain.com",`
### Setup MQTT:
Modify config.json:
Change the IP, username, and password to match the user you have made for Home Assistant (or you can make a separate user for this script)
### Configure the script to run on startup (DEBIAN/LINUX ONLY)
1. Install tmux
3. Create a script that starts the tmux session and runs python:
/home/user/startup.sh:
```
#!/bin/bash
# Start a new tmux session named 'emails'
tmux new-session -d -s emails
# Send commands to the 'emails' session
tmux send-keys -t emails 'cd /home/user/Frigate-SMTP' C-m
tmux send-keys -t emails 'python3 main.py' C-m
```
sudo chmod +x /home/user/startup.sh
3. Create a systemctl service:
/etc/systemd/system/frigate-smtp.service:
```
[Unit]
Description=Frigate SMTP Service
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/home/user/startup.sh
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/Frigate-SMTP
Restart=on-failure
User=root
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
`sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable frigate-smtp.service
sudo systemctl start frigate-smtp.service`
4. Verify it works:
`sudo systemctl status frigate-smtp.service`
OR
`tmux attach -t emails` (remember to exit safely by pressing CTRL+B then D)