webcam for mycroft

take pictures with webcam, share image objects with other processes, send image file path in messagebus

you should make this a priority skill, it is meant to be used by other skills

• "take a picture"

if you want to get a file path for the latest picture you can use the messagebus to get a file path

def initialize(self):
    self.add_event("webcam.picture", self.get_the_feed)
    self.emitter.emit(Message("webcam.request"))


def get_the_feed(self, message):
    file_path = message.data.get("path")

you can also get the latest webcam frame as a numpy array by using the Camera class, ensure webcam is a priority skill!

from shared_camera import Camera

c = Camera()
frame = c.get()

there is an option to send taken pictures by mail in addition to storing them

your emails can be read by Mycroft Home, for privacy reasons this is not used and you need to edit your configuration file

    ~/.mycroft/mycroft.conf

if it does not exist create it, this file must be valid json, add the following to it

    "email": {
        "email": "send_from@gmail.com",
        "password": "SECRET",
        "destinatary": "send_to@gmail.com"
    }

email will now be sent from here, the destinatary is the same email if not provided

skill settings were not used or your email and password would be stored in mycroft home backend

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