ioBroker adapter for MotionEye

What this adapter does

Connect MotionEye cameras to ioBroker for motion detection, snapshots, and live streams. Control detection modes (off / still / sharp) from ioBroker or VIS and provide streamUrl HTML for any HTML-capable widget — no simple-api required for webhooks.

Status: Phase 2 — snapshot, stream, streamPulse, and streamUrl HTML for dashboards. Phase 1 covers modes, webhooks, and MotionEye sync.

Features

• User-defined camera names in ioBroker (independent of MotionEye labels)
• Dynamic channels under motioneye.0.<name>.* (lowercase folder names)
• Built-in webhook server — no simple-api dependency
• MotionEye Config API sync for modes and webhook URLs
• _info.connection — instance shows when MotionEye is unreachable
• Stream sibling relink after VIS re-render (multi-camera dashboards)

Data Points

Per camera (motioneye.0.<name>.*)

Channel folder names are lowercase (e.g. innenhof_ii, auffahrt).

| State | Type | Read | Write | Description | |-------|------|------|-------|-------------| | mode | value | yes | yes | off / still / sharp | | motion | indicator | yes | yes | Motion detected (auto-reset) | | snapshot | button | no | yes | Trigger snapshot | | stream | switch | yes | yes | Live MJPEG stream on/off | | streamPulse | button | no | yes | Stream on briefly (auto-off) | | streamUrl | text | yes | no | HTML <img> for html widget | | status | text | yes | no | Last sync status | | lastAction | text | yes | no | Last API action | | webhookUrl | url | yes | no | URL written to MotionEye | | motionEyeId | value | yes | no | MotionEye camera ID | | motionEyeName | text | yes | no | Original name in MotionEye |

Instance (motioneye.0._info.*)

| State | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | _info.connection | boolean | MotionEye reachable | | _info.camerasOnline | number | Enabled cameras found in MotionEye | | _info.lastSync | text | Last status poll timestamp | | _info.motionEyeVersion | text | MotionEye server version | | _info.motionVersion | text | Motion daemon version |

Installation

1. Install the adapter from the ioBroker admin interface (or clone this repo and use the dev-server)
2. Create a new instance
3. Configure Settings: MotionEye host, ports, credentials (optional), webhook host
4. Add cameras on the Cameras tab (display name, MotionEye ID, optional media folder)
5. Save and restart the instance — datapoints are created and webhook URLs are written to MotionEye

Camera modes

| Mode | Motion detection | Video recording | Webhook | |------|------------------|-----------------|---------| | off | no | no | no | | still | yes | no | yes | | sharp | yes | motion-triggered MP4 | yes |

Configuration

| Option | Default | Description | |--------|---------|-------------| | motionHost | (empty) | MotionEye server hostname or IP (required) | | motionPort | 7999 | Motion HTTP API (snapshots) | | motionEyePort | 8765 | MotionEye config API | | motionEyeUser | admin | MotionEye login user | | motionEyePassword | (empty) | MotionEye password (plain text, stored encrypted) | | webhookHost | (required) | ioBroker host IP or hostname reachable from MotionEye (used in webhook URLs) | | webhookPort | 8090 | Built-in webhook listener port | | motionResetMs | 15000 | Auto-reset for .motion after webhook | | statusPollIntervalSec | 300 | MotionEye status poll interval | | useMotionEyeConfig | true | Write mode, webhook URLs, and stream on/off to MotionEye (leave enabled for normal use) |

Per camera (Cameras tab): optional Media folder name under /var/lib/motioneye (e.g. Bambu instead of default Camera8). Applied on adapter start when config sync is enabled. Does not rename existing folders on disk.

Support

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Changelog

0.3.2 (2026-06-22)

• (skvarel) Modified config/help

0.3.1 (2026-06-22)

• (skvarel) Changed repo icon

0.3.0 (2026-06-22)

• (skvarel) Camera channel folders are now lowercase (e.g. innenhof_ii instead of Innenhof_II) — aligned with other ioBroker adapters
• (skvarel) Info states moved from 0_info to _info
• (skvarel) Existing datapoint values are migrated automatically on adapter start — please check VIS, scripts, and automations that use fixed state paths

0.2.1 (2026-06-22)

• (skvarel) Fixed adapter checker errors and warnings

0.2.0 (2026-06-22)

• (skvarel) Added optional per-camera media folder name under /var/lib/motioneye (written to MotionEye on adapter start)
• (skvarel) Added camera load from MotionEye (merges /config/list into camera table)
• (skvarel) Added Help-Tab with setup guide, modes, datapoints, and stream/inventwo notes

Older changes

• CHANGELOG_OLD.md

License

MIT License

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