No longer able to set up the blink camera component

[jwater7]

Home Assistant release with the issue:

0.85.1

Last working Home Assistant release (if known):

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):

Docker

Component/platform:

https://www.home-assistant.io/components/camera.blink/

Description of problem:
With no changes to version or configuration, HA is no longer able to set up the blink camera and an "invalid config" notification is displayed on the UI with the message:

The following components and platforms could not be set up:
blink
Please check your config.

I tried upgrading to version 0.85.1 with no fix for the issue. I have a hunch that the Blink API changed.

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant):

blink:
  username: !secret blink_username
  password: !secret blink_password

Traceback (if applicable):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/app/homeassistant/setup.py", line 148, in _async_setup_component
    component.setup, hass, processed_config)  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 56, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/src/app/homeassistant/components/blink/__init__.py", line 100, in setup
    hass.data[BLINK_DATA].start()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 83, in start
    sync_module.start()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/blinkpy/sync_module.py", line 99, in start
    self.videos = self.get_videos()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/blinkpy/sync_module.py", line 148, in get_videos
    camera_name = entry['camera_name']
TypeError: string indices must be integers

Additional information:

[daranto]

Hi, I have the same issue. Seems to be broken. Restart doesnt work.

[TazUk]

Same issue here - started seeing blink errors in my logs about 17:00 GMT 22 Jan 2019. On reboot the component failed to initialise.

Home Assistant release with the issue:
0.85.1

Last working Home Assistant release (if known):
0.85.1

Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.):
Ubuntu 18.04.1 Python 3.6 venv

Component/platform:
https://www.home-assistant.io/components/camera.blink/

Description of problem:
With no changes to version or configuration, HA is no longer able to set up the blink camera and an "invalid config" notification is displayed on the UI with the message:

The following components and platforms could not be set up:
blink
Please check your config.

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant):

blink:
  username: !secret blink_username
  password: !secret blink_password

Traceback (if applicable):
On reboot this morning

2019-01-23 05:59:35 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Error during setup of component blink
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/setup.py", line 148, in _async_setup_component
    component.setup, hass, processed_config)  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 56, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/blink/__init__.py", line 100, in setup
    hass.data[BLINK_DATA].start()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/blinkpy/blinkpy.py", line 83, in start
    sync_module.start()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/blinkpy/sync_module.py", line 99, in start
    self.videos = self.get_videos()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/blinkpy/sync_module.py", line 148, in get_videos
    camera_name = entry['camera_name']
TypeError: string indices must be integers
2019-01-23 07:45:11 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation] Error while executing automation automation.arm_blink_cameras. Service not found for call_service at pos 1: (ServiceNotFound(...), 'Service alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away not found')
2019-01-23 07:50:08 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation] Error while executing automation automation.disarm_blink_cameras. Service not found for call_service at pos 1: (ServiceNotFound(...), 'Service alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm not found')

[pablopezg]

Hi, Same problem here.

[dgomes]

@fronzbot can you have a look ?

[fronzbot]

I can confirm it's not working for me either. Stopped working around 12hrs ago for me, it seems. Blink probably changed something which may take a while to figure out. I'm going to open an issue upstream in the blinkpy library since this is see definitely an API issue, not a home assistant component issue.

EDIT- issue created fronzbot/blinkpy#139

[fronzbot]

So I found the problem. The video api endpoint changed. This means motion detection is going to be broken until the new endpoint is figured out (I lack that capability). BUT I have a fix that will allow the component to work normally (just sans motion detection, as I mentioned).

Here's my blinkpy PR to fix the problem in the library and I'll reference this issue when I add the home-assistant PR later today (hopefully soon). fronzbot/blinkpy#140