Hi everyone! I’ve been working on integrating a 360° webcam into my Home Assistant setup to keep an eye on the weather conditions outside. The webcam updates every 10 minutes, and I’ve managed to set it up using a still_image_url in my camera.yaml file. Here’s how I did it:
yaml
name: Weather
platform: generic
still_image_url: >
{% set current_date = now().year ~ ‘-’ ~ now().strftime(‘%m’) ~ ‘-’ ~ now().strftime(‘%d’) %}
{% set assembled_date = current_date ~ ‘/’ ~ now().hour ~ ‘-00-00/’ ~ current_date ~ ‘-’ ~ now().hour ~ ‘-00-00’ %}
{% set webcamlink = ‘link_to_webcam_without_date’ ~ assembled_date ~ ‘_medium.jpg’ %}
{{ webcamlink }}
limit_refetch_to_url_change: true
This setup successfully fetches the image, but I’d love to add panning functionality to view different angles of the 360° view. I’ve tried using the Picture Elements card with some CSS transforms, but the resolution becomes too low when scaling the image. Has anyone found a way to achieve smooth panning within the card? Alternatively, using the Website card gives me the panning controls, but it also includes unwanted elements like ads. I’m wondering if there’s a way to extract just the camera feed from the website. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 