picamCaptureDropboxUpload

Capture photos using Raspberry Pi Camera and upload to dropbox. Delete local file once photos are uploaded.

Run

Note: These instructions are based on running on the Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian Jessie Lite OS

Capture with Pi camera

1. Insert Pi camera
2. Enable camera in raspi-config
3. Make sure you have the following installed:
   • python (sudo apt-get install python3)
   • picamera (sudo apt-get install python3-picamera)
4. Specify photo format

Dropbox Upload

1. Sign up for Dropbox account at dropbox.com
2. Navigate to Dropbox Developers
3. Select 'Create your app'
4. Select the following:
   • Dropbox API
   • App folder or Full Dropbox (Depends on purpose)
   • Enter a name for your app
   • Create app
   • Generate code and copy to clipboard
5. Make sure you have the following installed:
   • python (sudo apt-get install python3)
   • pip (sudo apt-get install python3-pip)
   • dropbox for python (sudo pip install dropbox)
6. Use a text editor e.g. nano, to edit the file and fill in:
   • TOKEN - the dropbox app code you generated
   • uploadPath - folder on dropbox you want photo uploaded to (Not required)

Run

$ python3 picamCaptureDropboxUpload.py

Relevant Documentation

• Picamera Documentation
• Dropbox for Python Documentation
• backup-and-restore.py

Tested

Raspberry Pi 3 with:

• Raspberry Pi Camera v2.1