About

Welcome! Herein lies the code you need to stream your webcam over the internet. Work in progress ...

First Time Instructions

Install Dependencies

1. Setup directories and create a python virtual environment:

    $ mkdir -p ~/python_ws/webcam-server
    $ cd ~/python_ws/webcam-server
    $ python3 -m venv env
    $ source ./env/bin/activate
   

2. Install Python requirements:

    $ cd /path/to/personal-webcam-server
    $ pip install -r requirements.txt
   

Usage

Local Development

1. Open a new terminal, and execute:

    $ cd /path/to/personal-webcam-server
    $ ./app.py
   

2. Open a browser and navigate to localhost:5000.

Remote Access

1. Open a new terminal, and execute:

    $ cd /path/to/personal-webcam-server
    $ gunicorn --threads 4 --workers 1 --bind 192.168.1.70:5000 app:app
   

2. Open a browser on any device and navigate to garcia.webhop.me:5000. The explanation for setting up the remote access is not covered in this README.

Credits

Most of the code credits to Miguel Grinberg, except for the small changes I made. Thanks!

Website links:

• Miguel Grinberg Blog
• GitHub Source Code