Pi camera with pir sensor to web server

[wallace95]

Hi guys,

I have my camera working displaying an image captured on my web server. I have writen code to detect motion using a pir sensor and sounding a buzzer and lighting and led. I don't know how to implement this code so that it will store the image on my web server rather than on the desktop?

[pcmanbob]

Hi.

With the little information supplied, you need to change the line that is doing the image saving to reflect were you want it saving.
you really need to tell us if the web server is running on the same Pi or on some other machine.
and you need to post what ever python code you have that does the picture taking.

The more information you supply the better change of getting a meaningful answer.

[mawallace]

Yes the web server is running off the PI's IP address

this is the code I have...
from gpiozero import MotionSensor
from gpiozero import Buzzer
from picamera import PiCamera
from datetime import datetime
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from time import sleep
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
buzzer_pin = 21
led_pin = 12
GPIO.setup(21, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup(12, GPIO.OUT)
camera = PiCamera()
pir = MotionSensor(4)

while True:
pir.wait_for_motion()
filename = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S.h264")
camera.start_recording(filename)
GPIO.output(buzzer_pin, True)
GPIO.output(led_pin, True)
sleep(1)
GPIO.output(buzzer_pin, False)
pir.wait_for_no_motion()
GPIO.output(led_pin, False)
GPIO.output(buzzer_pin, True)
sleep(1)
GPIO.output(buzzer_pin, False)
camera.stop_recording()

[pcmanbob]

To change were the file is saved you need to specify a directory in your file name.
also you filename line is incorrect there is no "now" or "strftime" attribute for datetime, and you should be using "time.strftime"

so to save the file in the /home/pi directory you would do it like this.

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filename = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S.h264")
filename = "/home/pi/" + filename

which would give you a file name

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/home/pi/2017-04-22_09.24.19.h264

to use a different directory just change the "/home/pi/" bit.