amcrest2mqtt

A simple app to expose all events generated by an Amcrest device to MQTT using the python-amcrest library.

It supports the following environment variables:

• AMCREST_HOST (required)
• AMCREST_PORT (optional, default = 80)
• AMCREST_USERNAME (optional, default = admin)
• AMCREST_PASSWORD (required)
• MQTT_USERNAME (required)
• MQTT_PASSWORD (optional, default = empty password)
• MQTT_HOST (optional, default = 'localhost')
• MQTT_QOS (optional, default = 0)
• MQTT_PORT (optional, default = 1883)
• HOME_ASSISTANT (optional, default = false)
• HOME_ASSISTANT_PREFIX (optional, default = 'homeassistant')

It exposes events to the amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/event MQTT topic. If the device is an AD110 or AD410 doorbell it will expose the doorbell status to amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/doorbell. If the device supports motion events it will expose motion events to amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/motion.

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A few people have kindly requested a way to donate a small amount of money. If you feel so inclined I've set up a "Buy Me A Coffee" page where you can donate a small sum. Please do not feel obligated to donate in any way - I work on the app because it's useful to myself and others, not for any financial gain - but any token of appreciation is much appreciated 🙂

Device Support

The app supports events for any Amcrest device supported by python-amcrest.

Home Assistant

The app has built-in support for Home Assistant discovery. Set the HOME_ASSISTANT environment variable to true to enable support. If you are using a different MQTT prefix to the default, you will need to set the HOME_ASSISTANT_PREFIX environment variable.

Running the app

The easiest way to run the app is via Docker Compose, e.g.

version: "3"
services:
  amcrest2mqtt:
    container_name: amcrest2mqtt
    image: dchesterton/amcrest2mqtt:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      AMCREST_HOST: 192.168.0.1
      AMCREST_PASSWORD: password
      MQTT_HOST: 192.168.0.2
      MQTT_USERNAME: admin
      MQTT_PASSWORD: password
      HOME_ASSISTANT: "true"

Out of Scope

Multiple Devices

The app will not support multiple devices. You can run multiple instances of the app if you need to expose events for multiple devies.

Non-Docker Environments

Docker is the only supported way of deploying the application. The app should run directly via Python but this is not supported.