Extend map api to return the image directly

First of all, thanks for working on this. From all the possible ways to access the map your approach seems to be the nicest one!

It would be nice to have an ability to request the generated image data directly without fetching the mapsrc-contained URL. A new parameter return_image=true could be added to return the PNG data (and proper HTTP content-type) as a response, which would allow direct integration to, e.g., homeassistant via https://www.home-assistant.io/components/camera.generic/

[rytilahti]

@Bennedetto yeah, I can see that it’s returning a path to it, what I’d like to have is to allow returning the image data directly (as then there’s no need on the 3rd party software to parse any JSON and handle it separately). So http://vacuum.local/api/remote/map?drawRobot=true&drawCharger=true&scale=5&border=3&doCropping=true&drawPath=true&returnImage=true would return a mime-type header (Content-Type: image/png) followed by the raw, generated image data. This could then be directly used to get the image (without parsing any JSON).

[wills106]

@rytilahti If you are using Home Assistant have you seen my post about how I integrate Valetudo into my setup? https://community.home-assistant.io/t/valetudo-xiaomi-vacuum-dustcloud-alternative-live-maps/66277 I am wills106