IFMA

IFMA (Images from Mail Attachments) is a Node-Red Flow that allows you to get images from mail attachments from cheap IP cameras and make those usable for Home Automation or anything else.

Usecases

1. Forward all your cameras default notifications to your Telegram Bot.
2. Save all the images produced from your camera motion sensor into a directory without the need to have an SD-card fisically mounted on the camera itself.
3. Create a "Last Motion" tab in your Home automation software like Homeassistant.
4. Create a .GIF from a bounch of images
5. Anything else you can imagine.

Setup - How to get the Images

Your camera should allows you tu send a image via mail attachment when motion is detected.

You have to enable and configure this option.

Make sure to have Node-Red installed.

Make sure to have the "Mail" node (you should have it by default under the Social tab)

Copy or import the flow configuration from here:

[
    {
        "id": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Flow 1",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "b7274475.b95da8",
        "type": "e-mail in",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "Check new mail",
        "protocol": "IMAP",
        "server": "imap.gmail.com",
        "useSSL": true,
        "port": "993",
        "box": "INBOX",
        "disposition": "Read",
        "criteria": "UNSEEN",
        "repeat": "30",
        "fetch": "auto",
        "inputs": 0,
        "x": 120,
        "y": 60,
        "wires": [
            [
                "467a9891.294018"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "467a9891.294018",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "payload",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "attachments",
                "tot": "msg"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 320,
        "y": 60,
        "wires": [
            [
                "8cdc3efb.7659"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "8cdc3efb.7659",
        "type": "split",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "",
        "splt": "\\n",
        "spltType": "str",
        "arraySplt": 1,
        "arraySpltType": "len",
        "stream": false,
        "addname": "",
        "x": 510,
        "y": 60,
        "wires": [
            [
                "33d0c5f3.b83d0a"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "33d0c5f3.b83d0a",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "filename",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "$join([\"/config/www/\", payload.fileName])",
                "tot": "jsonata"
            },
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "payload",
                "pt": "msg",
                "to": "payload.content",
                "tot": "msg"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 680,
        "y": 60,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ecec80a7.d35bc",
                "cbad2429.567088"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "ecec80a7.d35bc",
        "type": "image",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "",
        "width": 160,
        "x": 680,
        "y": 100,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "cbad2429.567088",
        "type": "file",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "",
        "filename": "/config/www/image.jpg",
        "appendNewline": true,
        "createDir": false,
        "overwriteFile": "true",
        "encoding": "none",
        "x": 910,
        "y": 60,
        "wires": [
            [
                "f3c3e51.ebd6518"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "f3c3e51.ebd6518",
        "type": "image",
        "z": "b96a06b7.5821c8",
        "name": "",
        "width": 160,
        "x": 940,
        "y": 100,
        "wires": []
    }
]

Configure the Mail input node

Configure your directory in the "Change" Node and in the "File Output" Node