Raspberry pi camera library for node.js

A simple and lightweight library to control the Raspberry Pi Camera with Node (JS/TS).

Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Installation
• Features
• Technicals
• License
• Contact us

Introduction

rpicam-apps-lite is a linux package rpi-cam npm library dependent to it and used for controlling Raspberry Pi Camera series connects via CSI-2 socket and other ports.

Warning: This library only test on these Linux distros and not recommended to use windows or other OS not supported for rpicam-apps-lite package, also is not fast as a C/C++ custom drivers and use shell tools!

• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Raspbian

Installation

First you need to setup dependent packages, so run this command to check already installed or not:

apt list --installed rpicam-apps-lite  # for Debian based distros.
# or
yum list --installed rpicam-apps-lite  # for REHL based distros (not recommended).

Note: if already downloaded, skip downloading, else continue.

then download package by this command:

sudo apt install rpicam-apps-lite  # for Debian based distros.
# or
sudo yum install rpicam-apps-lite  # for REHL based distros (not recommended).

at last, install library on your node.js project:

npm install rpi-cam-lib

Features

Is lightweight, user friendly and professionals also can use this as a advanced library access them to every options like zooming or adding effects and capturing method and mores supported in rpicam-apps-lite.

Some advatage of using this library:

• its user-friendly and has advanced tools for professionals.
• its lightweight.
• all tools in rpicam-apps-lite is usable on this library.
• can wait and reserve camera to avoid race-condition bugs.
• also can do advanced method of capturing videos and photos like burst shots, capturing last 30 minutes or live streaming and others...

Technicals

Technical things documentioned in docs/technichals.md.

License

MIT License

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SOFTWARE.

Contact Us

You can help us, report bugs and recommend features to us via email, [email protected].

by @ABPD2001 in github -> @abpd2001 in npm.

thanks @fmohtadi99 for helps. Check Github Page