Take Photo

You can use Raspberry Pi to take a photo and store it in /home/pi/Pictures/vilib/photos.

Run the Code

cd /home/pi/vilib/examples
sudo python3 take_photo.py

After the program runs: 1. You can enter http://<Your Raspberry Pi IP>:9000/mjpg in the browser (such as chrome) to view the viewfinder screen. 2. Type q in Terminal and press Enter to take a photo.

Code

import time
from vilib import Vilib

def main():
    Vilib.camera_start(vflip=False,hflip=False)
    Vilib.display(local=True,web=True)

    path = "/home/pi/Pictures/vilib/photos"

    while True:
        if input() == 'q':
            _time = time.strftime("%y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S", time.localtime())
            Vilib.take_photo(str(_time),path)
            print("The photo save as:%s/%s.jpg"%(path, _time))
            time.sleep(0.1)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

How it works?

What you need to focus on is the following:

Vilib.take_photo(photo_name=str(_time),path=path)

As the name suggests, this function takes pictures. The first parameter is the name of the generated image file, and the second parameter is the path where the file is located. They can all be customized.