MQTT
These are the MQTT messages generated by Frigate. The default topic_prefix is frigate
, but can be changed in the config file.
General Frigate Topics
frigate/available
Designed to be used as an availability topic with Home Assistant. Possible message are: "online": published when Frigate is running (on startup) "offline": published right before Frigate stops
frigate/restart
Causes Frigate to exit. Docker should be configured to automatically restart the container on exit.
frigate/events
Message published for each changed event. The first message is published when the tracked object is no longer marked as a false_positive. When Frigate finds a better snapshot of the tracked object or when a zone change occurs, it will publish a message with the same id. When the event ends, a final message is published with end_time
set.
{
"type": "update", // new, update, end
"before": {
"id": "1607123955.475377-mxklsc",
"camera": "front_door",
"frame_time": 1607123961.837752,
"snapshot_time": 1607123961.837752,
"label": "person",
"sub_label": null,
"top_score": 0.958984375,
"false_positive": false,
"start_time": 1607123955.475377,
"end_time": null,
"score": 0.7890625,
"box": [424, 500, 536, 712],
"area": 23744,
"ratio": 2.113207,
"region": [264, 450, 667, 853],
"current_zones": ["driveway"],
"entered_zones": ["yard", "driveway"],
"thumbnail": null,
"has_snapshot": false,
"has_clip": false,
"stationary": false, // whether or not the object is considered stationary
"motionless_count": 0, // number of frames the object has been motionless
"position_changes": 2, // number of times the object has moved from a stationary position
"attributes": {
"face": 0.64
}, // attributes with top score that have been identified on the object at any point
"current_attributes": [] // detailed data about the current attributes in this frame
},
"after": {
"id": "1607123955.475377-mxklsc",
"camera": "front_door",
"frame_time": 1607123962.082975,
"snapshot_time": 1607123961.837752,
"label": "person",
"sub_label": ["John Smith", 0.79],
"top_score": 0.958984375,
"false_positive": false,
"start_time": 1607123955.475377,
"end_time": null,
"score": 0.87890625,
"box": [432, 496, 544, 854],
"area": 40096,
"ratio": 1.251397,
"region": [218, 440, 693, 915],
"current_zones": ["yard", "driveway"],
"entered_zones": ["yard", "driveway"],
"thumbnail": null,
"has_snapshot": false,
"has_clip": false,
"stationary": false, // whether or not the object is considered stationary
"motionless_count": 0, // number of frames the object has been motionless
"position_changes": 2, // number of times the object has changed position
"attributes": {
"face": 0.86
}, // attributes with top score that have been identified on the object at any point
"current_attributes": [
// detailed data about the current attributes in this frame
{
"label": "face",
"box": [442, 506, 534, 524],
"score": 0.86
}
]
}
}
frigate/stats
Same data available at /api/stats
published at a configurable interval.
Frigate Camera Topics
frigate/<camera_name>/<object_name>
Publishes the count of objects for the camera for use as a sensor in Home Assistant.
all
can be used as the object_name for the count of all objects for the camera.
frigate/<zone_name>/<object_name>
Publishes the count of objects for the zone for use as a sensor in Home Assistant.
all
can be used as the object_name for the count of all objects for the zone.
frigate/<camera_name>/<object_name>/snapshot
Publishes a jpeg encoded frame of the detected object type. When the object is no longer detected, the highest confidence image is published or the original image is published again.
The height and crop of snapshots can be configured in the config.
frigate/<camera_name>/audio/<audio_type>
Publishes "ON" when a type of audio is detected and "OFF" when it is not for the camera for use as a sensor in Home Assistant.
frigate/<camera_name>/audio/dBFS
Publishes the dBFS value for audio detected on this camera.
NOTE: Requires audio detection to be enabled
frigate/<camera_name>/audio/rms
Publishes the rms value for audio detected on this camera.
NOTE: Requires audio detection to be enabled
frigate/<camera_name>/detect/set
Topic to turn object detection for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/detect/state
Topic with current state of object detection for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/audio/set
Topic to turn audio detection for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/audio/state
Topic with current state of audio detection for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/recordings/set
Topic to turn recordings for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/recordings/state
Topic with current state of recordings for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/snapshots/set
Topic to turn snapshots for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/snapshots/state
Topic with current state of snapshots for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/motion/set
Topic to turn motion detection for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
NOTE: Turning off motion detection will fail if detection is not disabled.
frigate/<camera_name>/motion
Whether camera_name is currently detecting motion. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
NOTE: After motion is initially detected, ON
will be set until no motion has
been detected for mqtt_off_delay
seconds (30 by default).
frigate/<camera_name>/motion/state
Topic with current state of motion detection for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/improve_contrast/set
Topic to turn improve_contrast for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/improve_contrast/state
Topic with current state of improve_contrast for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/motion_threshold/set
Topic to adjust motion threshold for a camera. Expected value is an integer.
frigate/<camera_name>/motion_threshold/state
Topic with current motion threshold for a camera. Published value is an integer.
frigate/<camera_name>/motion_contour_area/set
Topic to adjust motion contour area for a camera. Expected value is an integer.
frigate/<camera_name>/motion_contour_area/state
Topic with current motion contour area for a camera. Published value is an integer.
frigate/<camera_name>/ptz
Topic to send PTZ commands to camera.
Command | Description |
---|---|
preset_<preset_name> | send command to move to preset with name <preset_name> |
MOVE_<dir> | send command to continuously move in <dir> , possible values are [UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT] |
ZOOM_<dir> | send command to continuously zoom <dir> , possible values are [IN, OUT] |
STOP | send command to stop moving |
frigate/<camera_name>/ptz_autotracker/set
Topic to turn the PTZ autotracker for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/ptz_autotracker/state
Topic with current state of the PTZ autotracker for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/ptz_autotracker/active
Topic to determine if PTZ autotracker is actively tracking an object. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/birdseye/set
Topic to turn Birdseye for a camera on and off. Expected values are ON
and OFF
. Birdseye mode
must be enabled in the configuration.
frigate/<camera_name>/birdseye/state
Topic with current state of Birdseye for a camera. Published values are ON
and OFF
.
frigate/<camera_name>/birdseye_mode/set
Topic to set Birdseye mode for a camera. Birdseye offers different modes to customize under which circumstances the camera is shown.
Note: Changing the value from CONTINUOUS
-> MOTION | OBJECTS
will take up to 30 seconds for
the camera to be removed from the view.
Command | Description |
---|---|
CONTINUOUS | Always included |
MOTION | Show when detected motion within the last 30 seconds are included |
OBJECTS | Shown if an active object tracked within the last 30 seconds |
frigate/<camera_name>/birdseye_mode/state
Topic with current state of the Birdseye mode for a camera. Published values are CONTINUOUS
, MOTION
, OBJECTS
.