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A script used by wz_mini_hacks to upload motion-detected video recordings taken from a Wyze Cam to Google Drive

Wyze Cam-to-Google Drive

A script used by wz_mini_hacks on a Wyze Cam to upload motion-detected recordings to Google Drive.

Why?

Wyze Cams offer the ability to upload video recordings to cloud, but only via paid subscription. This script is used alongside wz_mini_hacks on a compatible Wyze Cam to instead upload to a Google Drive account at no additional cost.

Requirements

• Wyze Cam with wz_mini_hacks installed. I use a Wyze Cam Pan v2
• Google Drive account with API access enabled
• Motion-detection enabled

Setup instructions

1. Get wz_mini_hacks up-and-running on a compatible Wyze Cam
2. Enable API access to your Google Drive account, making note of the client ID, client secret and refresh token. For reference:
   • Google Drive File Upload Using The Terminal
   • Curl with google drive
3. Download this repository's script and update the following variables, values enclosed in quotes:
   • CLIENTID
   • CLIENTSECRET
   • REFRESHTOKEN
   • RECORDINGDIR
4. Copy the updated script to wz_mini/etc/rc.local.d on the Wyze Cam's microSD card
5. Boot, and new motion-detected recordings will be uploaded to the root of your Google Drive in the naming-convention of YYYYMMDD-HHMM.mp4

Disclaimer

Use at your own risk. It's bad practise to hard-code credentials in a script, though the light-weight BusyBox Linux environment used by wz_mini_hacks made implementation of service accounts challenging. Thus, a Google account dedicated for use by this script is preferred.