work log, scripts, and assorted files for a raspberry pi timelapse box.
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telescopium/take_a_still.py

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#!/bin/python3
import os
import shutil
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
index_filename = "/var/www/html/index.html"
# If the index is not present in /var/www/html, then we should restore it from the copy we've got.
if not os.path.exists(index_filename):
shutil.copy("index.html", index_filename)
print("The index was lost, so we've restored it.")
# take a picture into the stills folder
filename = "/stills/" + os.popen("date +%+4Y-%m-%d-%Hh%Mm.jpg").read().strip()
os.system("libcamera-jpeg -o /var/www/html" + filename)
#make sure that the index shows the latest one
soup = None
with open(index_filename, "r") as the_file:
soup = BeautifulSoup(the_file, features="html.parser")
latest_image = soup.find(id="latest")
latest_image['src'] = filename
with open(index_filename, "w") as the_file:
the_file.write(str(soup))