PyCam

PyCam is a Python script to be deployed on a Raspberry Pi for reading a Raspberry Pi camera and stream a image to a URL. The image is embedded into a html website or can be viewed directly. The image stream can be read for example by FritzBox Fon integrated into a door bell system.

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How to deploy

Prepare the Raspberry Pi for accessing picam from Docker. sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-camera.rules and insert the following content SUBSYSTEM=="vchiq",MODE="0666".

Activate the camera interface:

sudo raspi-config
-> 3 Interface Options Configure connections to peripherals
-> I1 Legacy Camera Enable/disable legacy camera support
-> yes

Clone the repository to you Raspberry Pi:

git clone https://codeberg.org/mat/pycam.git

sudo apt install python3-virtualenv
virtualenv ./venv_pycam
source venv_pycam/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd pycam
python3 pyapp.py

Navigate to the devices IP address and the port 5000, e.g. http://192.168.178.10:5000/, to open the welcome site and open http://192.168.178.10:5000/image to receive an image.

Install Docker and Docker-compose (not working for now on Raspberry Pi)

curl -fsSL https://get.Docker.com -o get-Docker.sh sudo sh get-Docker.sh

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER newgrp docker

sudo apt install docker-compose

Clone the repository to you Raspberry Pi:
git clone https://codeberg.org/mat/pycam.git

Build the Dockerfile with:
docker build -t pycam .

Start the application from your directory:
docker-compose up