Include camera JPEG into E-mail

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Hi!

I want to get a picture (jpeg) from a security camera and put it into an email with node red. I realized that with pushover in node red. Sending email also works fine. But I have no idea how to include an jpeg into the email i send with node red (no attachment, it should be included into the mail).

Thanks a lot for your help!

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Welcome to the forums @sammie76-2

I dont use the email Node.
But assuming this is a HTML Body?

You could use an inline blob?

<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,<Base64>"/>
  1. convert the image to base 64
  2. In a Template Node, use something like below
<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,{{{msg.imageB64}}}"/>

See: How to display Base64 images in HTML - Stack Overflow

Most emails clients also support including the image in body (that is attached) - but I think its more work.

Others may have tricks here (or correct ways :smile:), but its what first popped into my head.
you can convert the buffer of an image to base64 in Node RED very easily.

I include images this way often in other systems

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If you use the email node:

If the payload is a binary buffer then it will be converted to an attachment. The filename should be set using msg.filename . Optionally msg.description can be added for the body text.