MMM-Selfieshot

Taking a Selfie with USB web cam or Raspberry Pi camera module on MagicMirror.

Screenshot

New Updates

[1.0.4] - 2022-08=10

• Added: Feature to rotate the countdown and image preview for landscape magic mirrors.

[1.0.3] - 2020-06-02

• Added: Feature to put a touch-enabled icon to take a selfie.

[1.0.2] - 2020-03-23

• Added: Feature for showing last taken selfie.
  • TelegramBot command /lastselfie
    • Notification: SELFIE_LAST
• Added: Notification for shooting result. SELFIE_RESULT with payload {uri, path}

[1.0.1] - 2020-03-23

• Added: Can upload photo to specific google photos via MMM-GooglePhotos(> v2.0.0)

Installation

Dependencies

1. For Raspbian / Linux

sudo apt-get install fswebcam

2. For Mac OSX

brew install imagesnap

Install

cd <YOUR_MAGIC_MIRROR_DIRECTORY>/modules
git clone https://github.com/eouia/MMM-Selfieshot
cd MMM-Selfieshot
npm install

Configuration

Simple

This module doesn't need position of module unless you're using the touch button.

{
	disabled: false,
	module: "MMM-Selfieshot",
	config: {}
}

Touch-Enabled

To place a button on the mirror that you can click or touch, you will have to include a position and the name of the Font Awesome icon.

{
  disabled: false,
  module: "MMM-Selfieshot",
  position: "bottom_left",
  config: {
    displayButton: "portrait"
  }
}

Configuration Options

These values are set as default, you don't need to copy all of these. Just pick what you need only and add it into your config:{}

Parameter	Default	Description
debug	false	You can get a more detailed log for troubleshooting
storePath	"./photos"	You most likely won't need to modify this
width	1280	Width of captured image (may not be respected by camera)
height	720	Height of captured image (may not be respected by camera)
quality	100
device	null	Leave as null for the default camera. "USB Camera" or "/video/video11" for other device. See backend log to get your installed camera name.
shootMessage	"Smile!"	The message to display during the countdown.
shootCountdown	5	How many seconds in the countdown before the image is taken.
displayCountdown	true
displayResult	true	If you set this to false, the module will not display what it saw.
rotateCountdown	"none"	Rotates the countdown & "shoot message". Designed for landscape Magic Mirrors. Valid options: "left", "right", "invert"
rotatePreview	"none"	Rotates the result image. Designed for landscape Magic Mirrors. Valid options: "left", "right", "invert"
playShutter	true	Play the sound of the camera shutter.
shutterSound	"shutter.mp3"	The sound to play for the shutter. Located in the module main directory.
useWebEndpoint	"selfie"	This will activate 'http://YOUR_MM_IP_OR_DOMAIN:PORT/selfie [POST]' as web API endpoint.
resultDuration	1000 * 5	How long to display the image (in milliseconds)
sendTelegramBot	true
sendMail	null	You can provide the configuration for NodeMailer (https://nodemailer.com/about/)

Note

• width & height : In some environment, resolution would be fixed so these value won't affect output.

sendMail

If you want to send a photo taken through mail, set for your environment like this example.

sendMail: {
  transport: {
    host: 'smtp.gmail.com', // If required.
    port: 465, // If required.
    secure: true, // If required.
    auth: {
      user: "[email protected]",
      pass: "your gmail password"
    }
  },
  message: {
    from: "[email protected]",
    to: "[email protected]",
    subject: "Selfie",
    text: "New selfie.",
  }
}

• For details; read https://nodemailer.com/about/
• Your firewall could block mail. Check your network status.
• Use alternative than gmail. Above is just an example.
• Or any PR will be welcome to make this things simple.

How to use

1. by notification SELFIE_SHOOT Your other module can make an order to take a picture (Button, Voice Commander, Sensors,...)

this.sendNotification("SELFIE_SHOOT")
//or
this.sendNotification("SELFIE_SHOOT", {
  option: {
    shootCountdown: 1,
    displayResult: false,
    playShutter: false,
    displayCountdown: false,
    // only these 4 properties are available.
  }
})
//or
this.sendNotification("SELFIE_SHOOT", {
  option: { ... },
  callback: (result) => {
    console.log(result) // It will have result.path and result.uri
    this.doSomething(result)
  }
})

• SELFIE_EMPTY_STORE : You can remove all photos in store directory.
• SELFIE_LAST : You can display last photo taken on screen.

2. by MMM-TelegramBot

• /selfie or /selfie 5 : Take a photo (with countdown)
• /emptyselfie : Remove all photos
• /lastselfie : Display last the last photo taken on screen and telegram.

3. by HTTP Request

• This will activate 'http://YOUR_MM_IP_OR_DOMAIN:PORT/selfie [POST]' as web API endpoint.
• If you don't need this, set it to null.

CURL example;

curl -d '{"shootCountdown":7}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:8080/selfie

You can use this feature for IFTTT or other program out of MagicMirror.

4. Photos will be stored in /photos directory. You can use rsync or any tools to share/send/sync with other storage. (Ask to your network/system admin.)

5. by MMM-GooglePhotos

• Photos will be uploaded to Google Photos album automatically.