gordonbrander/pi_image_server

Misc script utilities for serving images taking with webcam over HTTP

Raspberry Pi USB Cam Server Scripts

Scripts for serving images captures with Raspberry Pi cam.

Install

The install script will take care of installing nginx.

./install.sh

From there, you'll need to add capture.sh to crontab.

crontab -e

Then add the following cron routine:

* * * * * ~/pi_image_server/capture.sh

pi_image_server's Issues

Suggestion: capture to ramdisk and symlink from /var/www/html/

I think you could save some SD card wear by doing this as part of the setup:

# Convert /tmp into a ramdisk
sudo sed -i '$ a tmpfs /tmp  tmpfs defaults,noatime 0 0' /etc/fstab
sudo reboot
# Make a symlink to the location where the image will get saved
sudo ln -s /tmp/img.jpg /var/www/html/img.jpg

Then doing this in the cron job:

sudo fswebcam --no-banner -d /dev/video0 -r 1280x1024 /tmp/img.jpg

There could easily be reasons I don't know about why this isn't a good idea, but it seems like it has potential.