https://github.com/jo-m/telcambot

Telegram bot which sends pictures from a webcam upon request.
https://github.com/jo-m/telcambot

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Telegram bot which sends pictures from a webcam upon request.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jo-m/telcambot
• Owner: jo-m
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-06-06T20:01:30.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-16T09:26:34.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-16T11:16:33.170Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: bot, telegram, telegram-bot, webcam
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 43 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Telegram Webcam Bot

Telegram bot which sends pictures from a webcam upon request.

A single command is supported: `/pic`.

Uses [libcamera-jpeg](https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software.html#libcamera-jpeg) and is tested only

on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.

Written in Go, thanks go out to .

## Usage

1. Set up a Telegram bot: 

2. Set up the bot with the commands description `pic - request a picture` (via BotFather)

3. Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and add your bot token.

```

$ go run ./ --help

Usage: telecambot [--log-pretty] [--log-level LEVEL] --bot-api-token TOK [--bot-debug] [--bot-users IDS,] [--pic-cache-dur DUR] [--libcamera-camera-ix N] [--libcamera-w W] [--libcamera-h H]

Options:

  --log-pretty           log pretty [default: true, env: LOG_PRETTY]

  --log-level LEVEL      log level [default: info, env: LOG_LEVEL]

  --bot-api-token TOK    get it from https://t.me/Botfather [env: BOT_API_TOKEN]

  --bot-debug            run telegram bot in debug mode [default: false, env: BOT_DEBUG]

  --bot-users IDS,       whitelist of Telegram user ids allowed to use the bot [env: BOT_USERS]

  --pic-cache-dur DUR    for how long to cache pictures [default: 10s, env: PIC_CACHE_DUR]

  --libcamera-camera-ix N

                         libcamera camera number, see 'libcamera-jpeg --list-cameras' [default: 0, env: LIBCAMERA_CAMERA_IX]

  --libcamera-w W        width [default: 1920, env: LIBCAMERA_W]

  --libcamera-h H        height [default: 1080, env: LIBCAMERA_H]

  --help, -h             display this help and exit

```