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