Ability to manually create events through the API

docs/docs/integrations/api.md

@@ -295,3 +295,41 @@ Get ffprobe output for camera feed paths.
 ### `GET /api/<camera_name>/ptz/info`
 
 Get PTZ info for the camera.
+
+### `POST /api/events/<camera_name>/<label>/create`
+
+Create a manual API with a given `label` (ex: doorbell press) to capture a specific event besides an object being detected.
+
+**Optional Body:**
+
+```json
+{
+  "subLabel": "some_string", // add sub label to event
+  "duration": 30, // predetermined length of event (default: 30 seconds) or can be to null for indeterminate length event
+  "include_recording": true, // whether the event should save recordings along with the snapshot that is taken
+  "draw": {
+    // optional annotations that will be drawn on the snapshot
+    "boxes": [
+      {
+        "box": [0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.25], // box consists of x, y, width, height which are on a scale between 0 - 1
+        "color": [255, 0, 0], // color of the box, default is red
+        "score": 100 // optional score associated with the box
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Success Response:**
+
+```json
+{
+  "event_id": "1682970645.13116-1ug7ns",
+  "message": "Successfully created event.",
+  "success": true
+}
+```
+
+### `PUT /api/events/<event_id>/end`
+
+End a specific manual event without a predetermined length.

frigate/app.py

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
     RECORD_DIR,
 )
 from frigate.object_detection import ObjectDetectProcess
-from frigate.events import EventCleanup, EventProcessor
+from frigate.events.cleanup import EventCleanup
+from frigate.events.external import ExternalEventProcessor
+from frigate.events.maintainer import EventProcessor
 from frigate.http import create_app
 from frigate.log import log_process, root_configurer
 from frigate.models import Event, Recordings, Timeline
@@ -204,6 +206,11 @@ def init_stats(self) -> None:
             self.config, self.camera_metrics, self.detectors, self.processes
         )
 
+    def init_external_event_processor(self) -> None:
+        self.external_event_processor = ExternalEventProcessor(
+            self.config, self.event_queue
+        )
+
     def init_web_server(self) -> None:
         self.flask_app = create_app(
             self.config,
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ def init_web_server(self) -> None:
             self.detected_frames_processor,
             self.storage_maintainer,
             self.onvif_controller,
+            self.external_event_processor,
             self.plus_api,
         )
 
@@ -436,6 +444,7 @@ def start(self) -> None:
         self.start_camera_capture_processes()
         self.start_storage_maintainer()
         self.init_stats()
+        self.init_external_event_processor()
         self.init_web_server()
         self.start_timeline_processor()
         self.start_event_processor()

frigate/events/cleanup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+"""Cleanup events based on configured retention."""
+
+import datetime
+import logging
+import os
+import threading
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from peewee import fn
+
+from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
+from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR
+from frigate.models import Event
+
+from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class EventCleanup(threading.Thread):
+    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, stop_event: MpEvent):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.name = "event_cleanup"
+        self.config = config
+        self.stop_event = stop_event
+        self.camera_keys = list(self.config.cameras.keys())
+
+    def expire(self, media_type: str) -> None:
+        # TODO: Refactor media_type to enum
+        ## Expire events from unlisted cameras based on the global config
+        if media_type == "clips":
+            retain_config = self.config.record.events.retain
+            file_extension = "mp4"
+            update_params = {"has_clip": False}
+        else:
+            retain_config = self.config.snapshots.retain
+            file_extension = "jpg"
+            update_params = {"has_snapshot": False}
+
+        distinct_labels = (
+            Event.select(Event.label)
+            .where(Event.camera.not_in(self.camera_keys))
+            .distinct()
+        )
+
+        # loop over object types in db
+        for l in distinct_labels:
+            # get expiration time for this label
+            expire_days = retain_config.objects.get(l.label, retain_config.default)
+            expire_after = (
+                datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=expire_days)
+            ).timestamp()
+            # grab all events after specific time
+            expired_events = Event.select().where(
+                Event.camera.not_in(self.camera_keys),
+                Event.start_time < expire_after,
+                Event.label == l.label,
+                Event.retain_indefinitely == False,
+            )
+            # delete the media from disk
+            for event in expired_events:
+                media_name = f"{event.camera}-{event.id}"
+                media_path = Path(
+                    f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}.{file_extension}"
+                )
+                media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                if file_extension == "jpg":
+                    media_path = Path(
+                        f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}-clean.png"
+                    )
+                    media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+            # update the clips attribute for the db entry
+            update_query = Event.update(update_params).where(
+                Event.camera.not_in(self.camera_keys),
+                Event.start_time < expire_after,
+                Event.label == l.label,
+                Event.retain_indefinitely == False,
+            )
+            update_query.execute()
+
+        ## Expire events from cameras based on the camera config
+        for name, camera in self.config.cameras.items():
+            if media_type == "clips":
+                retain_config = camera.record.events.retain
+            else:
+                retain_config = camera.snapshots.retain
+            # get distinct objects in database for this camera
+            distinct_labels = (
+                Event.select(Event.label).where(Event.camera == name).distinct()
+            )
+
+            # loop over object types in db
+            for l in distinct_labels:
+                # get expiration time for this label
+                expire_days = retain_config.objects.get(l.label, retain_config.default)
+                expire_after = (
+                    datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=expire_days)
+                ).timestamp()
+                # grab all events after specific time
+                expired_events = Event.select().where(
+                    Event.camera == name,
+                    Event.start_time < expire_after,
+                    Event.label == l.label,
+                    Event.retain_indefinitely == False,
+                )
+                # delete the grabbed clips from disk
+                for event in expired_events:
+                    media_name = f"{event.camera}-{event.id}"
+                    media_path = Path(
+                        f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}.{file_extension}"
+                    )
+                    media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                    if file_extension == "jpg":
+                        media_path = Path(
+                            f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}-clean.png"
+                        )
+                        media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                # update the clips attribute for the db entry
+                update_query = Event.update(update_params).where(
+                    Event.camera == name,
+                    Event.start_time < expire_after,
+                    Event.label == l.label,
+                    Event.retain_indefinitely == False,
+                )
+                update_query.execute()
+
+    def purge_duplicates(self) -> None:
+        duplicate_query = """with grouped_events as (
+          select id,
+            label,
+            camera,
+          	has_snapshot,
+          	has_clip,
+          	row_number() over (
+              partition by label, camera, round(start_time/5,0)*5
+              order by end_time-start_time desc
+            ) as copy_number
+          from event
+        )
+
+        select distinct id, camera, has_snapshot, has_clip from grouped_events
+        where copy_number > 1;"""
+
+        duplicate_events = Event.raw(duplicate_query)
+        for event in duplicate_events:
+            logger.debug(f"Removing duplicate: {event.id}")
+            media_name = f"{event.camera}-{event.id}"
+            media_path = Path(f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}.jpg")
+            media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            media_path = Path(f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}-clean.png")
+            media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            media_path = Path(f"{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, media_name)}.mp4")
+            media_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+        (
+            Event.delete()
+            .where(Event.id << [event.id for event in duplicate_events])
+            .execute()
+        )
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        # only expire events every 5 minutes
+        while not self.stop_event.wait(300):
+            self.expire("clips")
+            self.expire("snapshots")
+            self.purge_duplicates()
+
+            # drop events from db where has_clip and has_snapshot are false
+            delete_query = Event.delete().where(
+                Event.has_clip == False, Event.has_snapshot == False
+            )
+            delete_query.execute()
+
+        logger.info(f"Exiting event cleanup...")

frigate/events/external.py

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+"""Handle external events created by the user."""
+
+import base64
+import cv2
+import datetime
+import glob
+import logging
+import os
+import random
+import string
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+
+from frigate.config import CameraConfig, FrigateConfig
+from frigate.const import CLIPS_DIR
+from frigate.events.maintainer import EventTypeEnum
+from frigate.util import draw_box_with_label
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ExternalEventProcessor:
+    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, queue: Queue) -> None:
+        self.config = config
+        self.queue = queue
+        self.default_thumbnail = None
+
+    def create_manual_event(
+        self,
+        camera: str,
+        label: str,
+        sub_label: Optional[str],
+        duration: Optional[int],
+        include_recording: bool,
+        draw: dict[str, any],
+        snapshot_frame: any,
+    ) -> str:
+        now = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()
+        camera_config = self.config.cameras.get(camera)
+
+        # create event id and start frame time
+        rand_id = "".join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits, k=6))
+        event_id = f"{now}-{rand_id}"
+
+        thumbnail = self._write_images(
+            camera_config, label, event_id, draw, snapshot_frame
+        )
+
+        self.queue.put(
+            (
+                EventTypeEnum.api,
+                "new",
+                camera_config,
+                {
+                    "id": event_id,
+                    "label": label,
+                    "sub_label": sub_label,
+                    "camera": camera,
+                    "start_time": now,
+                    "end_time": now + duration if duration is not None else None,
+                    "thumbnail": thumbnail,
+                    "has_clip": camera_config.record.enabled and include_recording,
+                    "has_snapshot": True,
+                },
+            )
+        )
+
+        return event_id
+
+    def finish_manual_event(self, event_id: str) -> None:
+        """Finish external event with indeterminate duration."""
+        now = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()
+        self.queue.put(
+            (EventTypeEnum.api, "end", None, {"id": event_id, "end_time": now})
+        )
+
+    def _write_images(
+        self,
+        camera_config: CameraConfig,
+        label: str,
+        event_id: str,
+        draw: dict[str, any],
+        img_frame: any,
+    ) -> str:
+        # write clean snapshot if enabled
+        if camera_config.snapshots.clean_copy:
+            ret, png = cv2.imencode(".png", img_frame)
+
+            if ret:
+                with open(
+                    os.path.join(
+                        CLIPS_DIR,
+                        f"{camera_config.name}-{event_id}-clean.png",
+                    ),
+                    "wb",
+                ) as p:
+                    p.write(png.tobytes())
+
+        # write jpg snapshot with optional annotations
+        if draw.get("boxes") and isinstance(draw.get("boxes"), list):
+            for box in draw.get("boxes"):
+                x = box["box"][0] * camera_config.detect.width
+                y = box["box"][1] * camera_config.detect.height
+                width = box["box"][2] * camera_config.detect.width
+                height = box["box"][3] * camera_config.detect.height
+
+                draw_box_with_label(
+                    img_frame,
+                    x,
+                    y,
+                    x + width,
+                    y + height,
+                    label,
+                    f"{box.get('score', '-')}% {int(width * height)}",
+                    thickness=2,
+                    color=box.get("color", (255, 0, 0)),
+                )
+
+        ret, jpg = cv2.imencode(".jpg", img_frame)
+        with open(
+            os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, f"{camera_config.name}-{event_id}.jpg"),
+            "wb",
+        ) as j:
+            j.write(jpg.tobytes())
+
+        # create thumbnail with max height of 175 and save
+        width = int(175 * img_frame.shape[1] / img_frame.shape[0])
+        thumb = cv2.resize(img_frame, dsize=(width, 175), interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+        ret, jpg = cv2.imencode(".jpg", thumb)
+        return base64.b64encode(jpg.tobytes()).decode("utf-8")