description

A small python script with a node server to run your own raspberry pi photo booth.

needed python packages

• sudo pip RPi.GPIO
• sudo pip picamera
• sudo pip requests
• sudo pip colorama
• sudo pip phue
• https://github.com/adafruit/Python-Thermal-Printer

start

install nodejs (https://nodejs.org/en/)

set secrets in photobooth.py (LINE 24) and /server/config/config.json (LINE 5 and 10) start photobooth python -> python photobooth.py

got to ./server` folder

• npm install (yarn install)

  • install all dependencies

• npm start (yarn run start)

  • start dev server on port 3000

• npm run prod (yarn run prod)

  • start production mode

• npm run forever (yarn run forever)

  • run script in production mode as service on port 80 ($ [sudo] npm install forever -g)

• npm run start-win (yarn run start-win)

  • run server on windows

• npm run clean (yarn run clean)

  • remove images and database

configs

• all camera python configs in photobooth.py
• server config -> ./server/config/config.json

rsync

• rsync -av --exclude-from=./photobooth/exclude_rsync --delete ./photobooth your_ssh_entry:`

needed devices

• Raspberry PI (~35 €)
• Mini Thermal Printer RS232 / TTL (~30 €)
• Kamera Modul für Raspberry Pi (2.0 or 1.3) (~30 €)
• Physical switch/push button
• power supplies for the raspberry PI (smartphone charger) and the thermal printer (5V 2A)