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photobooth/camera.py
2015-06-17 02:01:26 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Created by br@re-web.eu, 2015
import subprocess
class CameraException(Exception):
"""Custom exception class to handle camera class errors"""
pass
class Camera_gPhoto:
"""Camera class providing functionality to take pictures using gPhoto 2"""
#def __init__(self):
# Print the abilities of the connected camera
# print(self.call_gphoto("-a", "/dev/null"))
def call_gphoto(self, action, filename):
# Try to run the command
try:
cmd = "gphoto2 --force-overwrite --quiet " + action + " --filename " + filename
output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
if "ERROR" in output:
raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(returncode=0, cmd=cmd, output=output)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
if "Canon EOS Capture failed: 2019" in e.output:
raise CameraException("Can't focus! Move and try again!")
elif "No camera found" in e.output:
raise CameraException("No (supported) camera detected!")
else:
raise CameraException("Unknown error!\n" + '\n'.join(e.output.split('\n')[1:3]))
return output
def take_picture(self, filename="/tmp/picture.jpg"):
self.call_gphoto("--capture-image-and-download", filename)
return filename