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layout: page
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title: "Generic IP Camera"
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description: "Instructions how to integrate IP cameras within Home Assistant."
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date: 2015-07-11 0:36
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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ha_category: Camera
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logo: camcorder.png
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ha_release: pre 0.7
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---
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The `generic` camera platform allows you to integrate any IP camera into Home Assistant. It supports fetching images from a url with optional HTTP authentication.
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Home Assistant will serve the images via its server, making it possible to view your IP camera's while outside of your network. The endpoint is `/api/camera_proxy/camera.[name]?time=[timestamp]`.
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To enable this camery in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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camera:
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platform: generic
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still_image_url: http://194.218.96.92/jpg/image.jpg
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name: my sample camera
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username: USERNAME
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password: PASSWORD
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```
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Configuration variables:
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- **still_image_url** *Required*: The URL your camera serves the image on, eg. http://192.168.1.21:2112/
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- **name** *Optional*: This parameter allows you to override the name of your camera.
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- **username** *Optional*: The username for accessing your camera.
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- **password** *Optional*: The password for accessing your camera.
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