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PHP Raspistill API

Remote RASPISTILL-API

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Take remotes pictures with your RaspberryCam

1. Setup

You need to buy:

• RaspberryCam

You need to install:

• Apache Server with PHP:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon apache2 php5

• Enable camera kernel module:

sudo raspi-config

Navigate to “camera” and select “enable”.

Camera device need 777 priviladge ( WARNING: this is dangerous )

sudo chmod 777 /dev/vchiq

• Copy the PHP code in his own special folder

Go to apache folder and link to the raspistillAPI/ folder to copy the PHP code that is going to take and deliver the photo

cd /var/www
sudo ln -s /[your_dir_path]/raspistillAPI raspistillAPI

The folder where is store the images needs all (777) privileges ( WARNING: this is dangerous )

sudo chown www-data /[your_dir_path]/raspistillAPI/
sudo chgrp www-data /[your_dir_path]/raspistillAPI/

After this copy the index.php in that folder.

2. Use

Go to a navigator and type:

http://raspberrypi.local/raspistillAPI/?width=640&height=480

You should see a photo. If that's the case try compiling the OF project and be ready to ask for images on demand using raspistill API

width	: Set image width <size>

height	: Set image height <size>

quality	: Set jpeg quality <0 to 100>

sharpness	: Set image sharpness (-100 to 100)

contrast	: Set image contrast (-100 to 100)

brightness	: Set image brightness (0 to 100)

saturation	: Set image saturation (-100 to 100)

ISO	: Set capture ISO

ev	: Set EV compensation

exposure	: Set exposure mode: off, auto, night, nightpreview, backlight, spotlight, sports, snow,beach,	verylong,	fixedfps,	antishake,	fireworks

awb	: Set AWB mode: off, auto, sun, cloud, shade, tungsten, fluorescent, incandescent, flash, horizon

imxfx	: Set image effect: none, negative, solarise, sketch, denoise, emboss, oilpaint, hatch, gpen, pastel, watercolour, film, blur, saturation, colourswap, washedout, posterise, colourpoint, colourbalance, cartoon

colfx	: Set colour effect (U:V)

metering	: Set metering mode: average, spot, backlit, matrix

rotation	: Set image rotation (0-359)

hflip	: Set horizontal flip

vflip	: Set vertical flip