A command line utility that takes a picture when your SSID changes. This project is blatantly inspired by, ripped off from, and sort of a port of the amazing Wifi Diary project.
This project only works on Mac currently.
Make sure Homebrew and Node are installed.
- Install imagesnap:
brew install imagesnap - (optional for location data) Install CoreLocationCLI:
brew tap caskroom/cask && brew cask install corelocationcli- Authorize and test:
CoreLocationCLI -once -json - Note that location data is only added to
.jpgfiles. - Note that the
CoreLocationCLIutility randomly fails, but the image will still be saved.
- Authorize and test:
npm install picture-id -g- (optional, but kind of pointless without) Add a line to your crontab:
(crontab -l ; echo '*/10 * * * * PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH && picture-id') | crontab -
Provides the picture-id command line utility.
Usage: picture-id [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-b, --db <file> Where to save the file that keeps track of the SSID. The
default is "~/.picture-id.db".
-d, --directory <directory> Where to save the images. The default is "~/Pictures/picture-id".
-n, --filename <filename> The name of the file to create with values
{{YYYY}}, {{MM}}, {{DD}}, {{HH}}, {{II}}, {{SS}}, {{SSID}}.
Valid image types are JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP. The
default is "picture-id-{{YYYY}}{{MM}}{{DD}}-{{SSID}}.jpg".
-w, --warmup <n> The number of seconds to warmup the camera; the default camera
needs a couple seconds otherwise the picture will be very
dark. The default is "3".
-f, --force Forces picture to be taken regardless of a change of SSID.
-L, --no-location Do not attempt to add location to image. Location information
is only added to .jpg files.
There's not much reason to use this module directly in code, but if desired, the module provides a function that takes the same options as the command line utility.
var pictureID = require('picture-id');
pictureID({
filename: 'from-code-picture.jpg'
});