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How do you handle image hosting? (feddit.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I would like to start using floorplans/maps with various device actions on them. This means I need locally stored images, that can be seen over the network.
I managed to upload images to HA, but as they need to be accessed with a token, I either need to refresh the token every day (no), or have an image with a long-lived token (also not a good idea).

How have other people done things?
Is it worth spinning up an http image host?
Or maybe throwing files into an nginx folder inside HA?

Thoughts on a postcard :)

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

HA has a "www" folder that by default that is accessible to the network. Anything in /config/www appears at http://yourhassaddress:8123/local, so your images will be at http://homeassistant.local:8123/local/image.jpg

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Aha, that was what I was after, big thanks!

    So, after a bit of meddling:

    The location I was placing things in was media>my media (from the HA UI).
    Assets there are stored in /media, and served in 8123/media/local, but require an autoSig.
    Changing permissions doesn't affect the availability, no sig is a 401 error.

    However, if the file is copied from /media to /config/www/ , it's then served (as you said) under 8123/local.

    Brill, not too painful a process for a few static images (or indeed if I'm feeling brave, I could just symlink the folders).

    Maybe one day there will be a way to upload background images for picture elements cards from the UI :)

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