FTP to wunderground?

[davidanddiesel]

I want to use FTP to transfer an image to WunderGround Weather using the camera module and python-picamera. I have installed vsftpd and ran it, however I do not know how to get it to save pictures not to my local ip, but rather to weather underground. I need very detailed non-technical instructions on this one! Any help would be appreciated! Cause it's driving me MAD !

[DougieLawson]

If you're trying to send from your Raspberry Pi up to Wunderground you DO NOT need vsftpd. That server means you can accept external FTP requests to send/receive data on your Raspberry Pi.

To save on your local Raspberry Pi you just need to write the file on the local filesystem.

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import picamera
from time import sleep

camera = picamera.PiCamera()
camera.capture('/home/pi/pictures/image.jpg')

You may need an ftp client to send to Wunderground.
sudo apt-get install ftp

Then the basics of an FTP send are:

cd /home/pi/pictures # or wherever you stored them
ftp ftp.wundergound.com
-->Please enter userid:
yourid
-->Please enter password (which won't echo):
yourpassword
cd /dir/subdirectory/place/you/store/files/
put image.jpg
quit