📸 PiCamera Web Interface

A web interface to control a Raspberry Pi camera using Python Flask and picamera2.

✨ Features

• 🎥 Live video streaming
• 📷 Photo capture with adjustable settings
• ⏱️ Automatic capture sequences
• 🖼️ Photo gallery management
• 🎛️ Camera settings control (exposure, gain, brightness, etc.)

📋 Prerequisites

🤖 Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

📷 Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3, or

📷 Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

🏠 Case (3D print)

• 💾 Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit)
• 🐍 Python 3.x
• 🌐 Web browser

🛠️ Installation

1. 💽 Flash Raspberry Pi OS with Raspberry Pi Imager

   • Enable SSH during configuration

2. 🔄 Update the system and expand the filesystem

ssh pi@raspberry_pi_ip_address
sudo raspi-config # Go to Advanced Options and choose Expand Filesystem
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install python3-picamera2 python3-flask git -y

3. 📥 Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Guiss-Guiss/picamera.git
cd picamera

🚀 Auto-start Configuration

1. ⚙️ Create the systemd service file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/picamera.service

2. 📝 Add the following content:

[Unit]
Description=PiCamera
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=pi
WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/picamera
Environment=PYTHONPATH=/home/pi/picamera
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/picamera/app.py
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

3. ▶️ Enable and start the service:

sudo systemctl enable picamera.service
sudo systemctl start picamera.service

📖 Usage

1. 🌐 Access the interface at http://raspberry-pi-ip:5001
2. 🎮 Use the controls to:
   • 📸 Capture photos
   • ⏱️ Configure automatic capture sequences
   • 🎛️ Adjust camera settings
   • 🖼️ View and manage captured photos

🤝 Contributing

1. 🔀 Fork the repository
2. 🌿 Create a branch for your feature
3. ✅ Commit your changes
4. ⬆️ Push to the branch
5. 📩 Create a Pull Request

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.