Actions27
- Set Detect
- Set Recordings
- Set Snapshots
- Set Audio Detection
- Set Motion Detection
- Set Improve Contrast
- Set Camera Enabled
- Set Motion Threshold
- Set Motion Contour Area
- Set Birdseye (Camera)
- Set Birdseye Mode
- PTZ Command
- Set PTZ Autotracker
- Set Global Notifications
- Set Per-Camera Notifications
- Suspend Per-Camera Notifications
- Set Audio Transcription
- Set Review Alerts
- Set Review Detections
- Set Object Descriptions
- Set Review Descriptions
- Set Motion Mask
- Set Object Mask
- Set Zone
- Restart
- Publish to Custom Topic
- Wait for Next Topic Value
Publish to Custom Topic
AI-generatedSummary
Publishes a custom topic and payload envelope to Frigate over its WebSocket API. Use the bare topic without the frigate/ prefix; Frigate does not echo /set command topics.
Inputs
- Topic (required) — The topic to publish, without the
frigate/prefix (for example,front_door/detect/set). - Payload — Payload to publish; defaults to an empty string. JSON-formatted strings are normalized as JSON values, while scalar strings and numbers are sent bare.
Output shape
One output item per input item, containing a single JSON record.
The record includes
operation,topic, the normalizedpayload, andpublished: true. The WebSocket session is closed after processing.