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# weirdtangent/amcrest2mqtt
Forked from dchesterton/amcrest2mqtt
A simple app to expose all events generated by Amcrest devices to MQTT using the
[`python-amcrest`](https://github.com/tchellomello/python-amcrest) library.
It supports the following environment variables:
- `AMCREST_HOSTS` (required, 1+ space-separated list of hostnames/ips)
- `DEVICE_NAMES` (required, 1+ space-separated list of device names - must match count of AMCREST_HOSTS)
- `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)
- `MQTT_TLS_ENABLED` (required if using TLS) - set to `true` to enable
- `MQTT_TLS_CA_CERT` (required if using TLS) - path to the ca certs
- `MQTT_TLS_CERT` (required if using TLS) - path to the private cert
- `MQTT_TLS_KEY` (required if using TLS) - path to the private key
- `HOME_ASSISTANT` (optional, default = false)
- `HOME_ASSISTANT_PREFIX` (optional, default = 'homeassistant')
- `STORAGE_POLL_INTERVAL` (optional, default = 3600) - how often to fetch storage data (in seconds) (set to 0 to disable functionality)
It exposes events to the following topics:
- `amcrest2mqtt/broker` - broker config
- `amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/event` - all events
- `amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/doorbell` - doorbell status (if AD110 or AD410)
- `amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/human` - human detection (if AD410)
- `amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/motion` - motion events (if supported)
- `amcrest2mqtt/[SERIAL_NUMBER]/config` - device configuration information
## Device Support
The app supports events for any Amcrest device supported by [`python-amcrest`](https://github.com/tchellomello/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.
```yaml
version: "3"
services:
amcrest2mqtt:
container_name: amcrest2mqtt
image: weirdtangent/amcrest2mqtt:latest
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
AMCREST_HOSTS: 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 camera.local
DEVICE_NAMES: sensor.doorbell camera.garage camera.backyard
AMCREST_PASSWORD: password
MQTT_HOST: 192.168.0.2
MQTT_USERNAME: admin
MQTT_PASSWORD: password
HOME_ASSISTANT: "true"
```
## Out of Scope
### 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.
## Buy Me A Coffee
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 🙂
<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/weirdtangent">Buy Me A Coffee</a>