adafruit-io-camera
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A Node.js Adafruit IO CLI that allows you to send live images to Adafruit IO, with the option to send images when motion is detected.
Make sure you have Node.js v4.0.0 or higher installed on your Raspberry Pi.
$ node -v
v4.0.0
Install forever, forever-service, and adafruit-io-camera on your Raspberry Pi using npm.
$ npm install --global --no-optional forever forever-service adafruit-io-camera
The camera commands will always be prefixed with adafruit-io camera, and you can append help to any
command to get more info about that command.
$ adafruit-io camera config help
Usage: adafruit-io camera config [options]
Commands:
help Show help
Options:
-u, --username Adafruit IO Username [required]
-k, --key Adafruit IO Key [required]
You can then use your Adafruit IO username and key to authenticate yourself.
$ adafruit-io camera config --username testing_username --key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
$ adafruit-io camera help
Usage: adafruit-io camera <command> [options]
Commands:
config Configure Adafruit IO Auth
install Install camera service (linux only)
remove Remove camera service (linux only)
start Start camera daemon
restart Restart camera daemon
stop Stop camera daemon
help Show help
Options:
-f, --feed Adafruit IO Camera Feed Name [default: "picam"]
-m, --motion Motion Tracking [boolean] [default: "true"]
-t, --threshold Motion Threshold [default: "21"]
-c, --change Motion Minimum Change [default: "10"]
-s, --seconds Motion Minimum Seconds [default: "1"]
-r, --rate Timelapse Capture Rate (seconds) [default: "2"]
-h, --hflip Camera Horizontal Flip [boolean] [default: "false"]
-v, --vflip Camera Vertical Flip [boolean] [default: "false"]
Starting the Daemon:
$ adafruit-io camera start
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[info] starting camera...
[info] camera daemon started and is pushing images to Adafruit IO
Stopping the Daemon:
$ adafruit-io camera stop
[info] stopping camera...
Starting the Daemon with Options:
$ adafruit-io camera start --motion --vflip --rate 2
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[info] starting camera...
[info] camera daemon started and is pushing images to Adafruit IO
Installing the Service with Options: This will start the camera service on boot.
$ adafruit-io camera install --motion --hflip
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[info] installing service...
[info] camera service is now installed and pushing images to Adafruit IO
Copyright (c) 2015 Adafruit Industries. Licensed under the MIT license.
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FAQs
Push Raspberry Pi camera images to Adafruit IO
The npm package adafruit-io-camera receives a total of 8 weekly downloads. As such, adafruit-io-camera popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that adafruit-io-camera demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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