raspi-camera-nodejs

A simple example of how to add camera support to your Raspberry Pi using Node.js and AngularJS.

At first you need to enable camera support for your Pi.

Configuration

sudo raspi-config

6 Enable Camera -> Ok -> reboot

NPM packages

To install the nodejs dependencies for the server part. In the root directory of the Application run

npm install

Bower packages

Go into the client/ folder and run

bower install

To Use

Require the camera.js in your node application, define some configuration and then use the constructor to create a new camera object.

var cameraHandler = require('./camera.js');

var cameraConfig = {
  camera: {
    capture: {
      time: 100,
      rate: 800
    },
    streaming: {
      active: false,
      interval: null
    },
    image: {
      width: 360,
      height: 240,
      encoding: 'jpg',
      file: {
        path: './stream',
        name: 'stream_image',
      }
    }
  }
};

var cameraStream = new cameraHandler(cameraConfig);

// to start the stream
cameraStream.start();

// reacting to the taken pictures
cameraStream.on('liveStream', function(){
  // do stuff here
});

// and stop the stream
cameraStream.stop();

Node.JS, Socket.io, AngularJS

To give you a quick jump right into node.js and socket.io connection with an AngularJS App, the demo application should speak for it's own. It is straight forward and easy to understand. - Sourcecode tells more than a thousand words. -

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