Using API to trigger taking a photo...Python and API newbie needs help

[WalterCEden]

I need to trigger a Hero 9 (but I'm willing to buy a newer one if that makes it easier) to periodically take a photo in response to an external event. I am a newbie to Python and the GoPro API, but I program in C on BeagleBone Black systems running Debian, so I can learn!

To learn how to do this, I started on my Windows 11 workstation, installed Python 3.13.14, and downloaded the sample API program from GoPro's GitHub. It runs and finds the Hero9. But I have no idea how and what to do next. I really don't understand much of any of it.

I am willing to study, but searches haven't really provided anything that starts at the beginning, so if anyone can point me to a resource that does, I would appreciate it.

Ultimately, this will run on a BeagleBone Black running Debian Linux, and when the Beagle gets a digital input trigger, I want the program it is running to command the Hero 9 to take a photo. But I need to crawl first.

All help and advice is much appreciated.

WC