Capturing image using camera in Raspberry Pi

Capturing image using usb camera or webcam in Raspberry Pi

Code:

import pygame

import pygame.camera

import requests

import os

import sys

pygame.camera.init()

cam = pygame.camera.Camera("/dev/video0",(640,480))

cam.start()

img = cam.get_image()

pygame.image.save(img,"image.jpg")

Capturing and save image with current date and time using webcam or usb camera in raspberry pi:

Code:

import pygame

import pygame.camera

import requests

import os

import sys

import datetime

import time

pygame.camera.init()

cam = pygame.camera.Camera("/dev/video0",(640,480))

cam.start()

img = cam.get_image()

pygame.image.save(img,"image.jpg")

date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%m_%d_%Y_%H_%M_%S")

newname = 'newimagename'+date+'.jpg'

os.rename('image.jpg', newname)