template "image" entity: cannot specify "/local/...." path for images

[ildar170975]

The problem

In all other places (at least which I dealt with) a path to an image may be defined both ways:

input_boolean:
  test_xxxxxxx:
  test_xxxxxxx_2:

homeassistant:
  customize:
    input_boolean.test_xxxxxxx:
      entity_picture: '/local/images/test/pink.jpg'
    input_boolean.test_xxxxxxx_2:
      entity_picture: 'https://design.home-assistant.io/images/logo.png'

i.e. by using /local/... path or a full url.

For the new image entity I cannot do it:

template:
  - image:

      - name: test_image
        url: '/local/images/test/pink.jpg'

      - name: test_image_2
        url: 'http://192.168.0.100:8123/local/images/test/pink.jpg'

Here the 1st image is not properly created, there is an error:

Error getting new image from /local/images/test/pink.jpg: Request URL is missing an 'http://' or 'https://' protocol.

I am 100% sure that users should have the same way to specify a path to images here - as they do in other places of HA.
This could be not a bug - but an example of inconsistency.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2023.7

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

Image

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/image/

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

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[snozzlebert]

Same for changing the local_file camera to the template image platform. This is possible with the camera platform:

platform: local_file
name: QR code
file_path: <path to image file>

However it doesn't work with an image template. It can only reference an URL.

[ColColonCleaner]

Would very much like to see this resolved. Thanks for creating the issue!

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[ildar170975]

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[Montreal666]

still an issue

[andorardo]

There is a community discussion about this here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/2023-7-image-entity-local-image/588753

I found the problem persists whether I'm on an HTTP or HTTPS connection.

[issue-triage-workflows]

There hasn't been any activity on this issue recently. Due to the high number of incoming GitHub notifications, we have to clean some of the old issues, as many of them have already been resolved with the latest updates.
Please make sure to update to the latest Home Assistant version and check if that solves the issue. Let us know if that works for you by adding a comment 👍
This issue has now been marked as stale and will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[ildar170975]

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