This script is designed to work with an HooToo IPCamera you can for example buy at http://goo.gl/V3H2W - It will take one picture every n seconds and store them named by current time in one folder so you later on can assemble them into a timelapse video.

fetch_timelapse_hootoo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# This script is designed to work with an HooToo IPCamera you can for example
# buy at http://goo.gl/V3H2W - It will take one picture every n seconds and
# store them named by current time in one folder so you later on can assemble
# them into a timelapse video.
#
# Copyright (C) 2013 Knut Ahlers <[email protected]>
#
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import urllib, sys, os, time
from datetime import datetime

if len(sys.argv) != 6:
  print 'Usage: %s <ip / hostname of the camera> <username> <password> <seconds between shots> <output directory>' % sys.argv[0]
  sys.exit(1)

if not os.path.exists(sys.argv[5]):
  print 'Please create target directory'
  sys.exit(2)

imageurl = 'http://%s/snapshot.cgi?resolution=64&user=%s&pwd=%s' % (sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
print 'Starting to fetch from "%s"' % imageurl

try:
  while True:
    imagedata = urllib.urlopen(imageurl).read()
    imagename = '%s.jpg' % datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
    filename = os.path.join(sys.argv[5], imagename)

    open(filename, 'w').write(imagedata)

    print 'Saved "%s"...' % filename

    time.sleep(int(sys.argv[4]))
except KeyboardInterrupt:
  sys.exit(0)