https://github.com/conorfennell/pi-camera-bot

Simple bot for taking and sending photos from a raspberry pi to telegram
https://github.com/conorfennell/pi-camera-bot

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Simple bot for taking and sending photos from a raspberry pi to telegram

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/conorfennell/pi-camera-bot
• Owner: conorfennell
• Created: 2016-01-28T19:21:43.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-01-28T19:31:58.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-19T17:45:27.661Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 1.95 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# pi-camera-bot

Camera used:http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E1GGE40?ref_=pe_385721_51767431_TE_dp_4

Install node on your raspberry pi:

For Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

1. wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.6/node-v4.2.6-linux-armv7l.tar.gz

2. tar -xvf node-v4.2.6-linux-armv7l.tar.gz

3. cd node-v4.2.6-linux-armv7l

4. sudo cp -R * /usr/local/

5. node -v //sanity check

For Raspberry Pi model A+ or B+

1. wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.6/node-v4.2.6-linux-armv6l.tar.gz

2. tar -xvf node-v4.2.6-linux-armv6l.tar.gz

3. cd node-v4.2.6-linux-armv6l

4. sudo cp -R * /usr/local/

5. node -v //sanity check

To run pi-camera-bot:

1. clone down pi-camera-bot to /home/pi/

2. cd ./pi-camera-bot

3. npm install // Run from the command line to install any node modules referenced in the package.json

4. Put your own bot token in the bot.js file "var BOT_TOKEN = 'your-bot-token-provided-by-botfather';"

5. node bot.js // starts the bot; send '/photo' message from Telegram to take a pic.