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Created August 4, 2021 20:15
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Raspberry PI camera V2 snap a photo python script
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from sys import argv
from picamera import PiCamera
from datetime import datetime
def resolve_file_name(arguments):
if len(arguments) == 2:
return arguments[1]
else:
current_date = datetime.now()
return current_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') + '.jpg'
if len(argv) > 2:
exit("Too many arguments. Halting")
start_date = datetime.strptime('2021-04-25 00:00:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
camera = PiCamera()
camera.resolution = (3280, 2464)
camera.awb_mode='incandescent'
camera.capture(resolve_file_name(argv))
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