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Dermot Duffy e2cceb55c8 feat: Updated screensaver image mode fetches random images (#2430)
BREAKING CHANGE: The `screensaver` image mode now shows a random image
from [picsum.photos](picsum.photos) instead of the embedded default
image. If you previously set `image.mode: screensaver`, change it to
`image.mode: default` to restore the previous behavior.
2026-06-30 17:45:12 -07:00

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image

Configure the image view.

image:
  # [...]
Option Default Description
actions Actions to use for the image view.
entity The entity to use when mode is set to entity. This entity is expected to have an entity_picture attribute that specifies the image URL.
entity_parameters Optional URL parameters to add to the URL generated for entity-based modes (i.e. when mode is camera or entity).
mode auto Value must be one of url (to fetch an arbitrary image URL), camera (to show a still of the currently selected camera entity using either camera_entity or webrtc_card.entity in that order of precedence), entity (to show an image associated with a named entity, see the entity parameter below), default (to show the default embedded image), or screensaver (to show a random image from picsum.photos, refreshing every 60s by default). If auto, the mode is chosen automatically based on whether url or entity parameters have been specified.
proxy Proxy configuration for url mode images. See proxy below.
refresh_seconds auto The image will be refreshed at least every refresh_seconds (it may refresh more frequently, e.g. whenever Home Assistant updates its camera security token). 0 implies no refreshing. When set to auto, uses 1 for all modes except screensaver which uses 60.
url A static image URL to be used when the mode is set to url or when a temporary image is required (e.g. may appear momentarily prior to load of a camera snapshot in the camera mode). Note that a _t=[timestamp] cache-busting value will be added automatically.

Note

When mode is set to camera this is effectively providing the same image as the image live provider would show in the live camera carousel.

proxy

Configures whether and how the image URL is proxied via hass-web-proxy-integration (this must be installed separately). This is useful when the image URL uses HTTP but Home Assistant is served over HTTPS, which would otherwise be blocked by the browser as mixed content.

image:
  proxy:
    # [...]

Option Default Description
enabled false Whether or not to proxy image URLs when in url mode. true to proxy (will show an error if the proxy integration is unavailable), false to not proxy.
dynamic true Whether to dynamically (at the time) request proxying of the required URL, or rely on statically user-configured pre-existing proxying. See the hass-web-proxy-integration documentation.
ssl_verification auto Whether to verify the validity of SSL certificates. If true always verifies, if false never verifies and if auto defaults to true.
ssl_ciphers auto Whether to use default, intermediate, insecure or modern SSL ciphers. See the Home Assistant code for the precise list of SSL ciphers each implies. If auto defaults to default.

Fully expanded reference

image:
  mode: auto
  refresh_seconds: auto
  url: 'https://path/to/image.png'
  entity: image.office_person
  entity_parameters: 'width=400&height=200'
  proxy:
    enabled: false
    dynamic: true
    ssl_verification: auto
    ssl_ciphers: auto
  actions:
    entity: light.office_main_lights
    tap_action:
      action: none
    hold_action:
      action: none
    double_tap_action:
      action: none
    start_tap_action:
      action: none
    end_tap_action:
      action: none