Timelapse experiment with cheap hardware (efikamx and benq old (web)camera)

timelapse.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import flickrapi
import datetime
import os
import shutil
import subprocess

api_key = 'SETME!!!'
api_secret = 'SETME!!!'

def upload_webcam_pic(src):
        '''
        Uploads the webcam picture from a path "src"
        '''
        f = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key,
                                api_secret,
                                store_token=True)
        try:
            f.auth_checkToken()
        except flickrapi.FlickrError:
            print "Ooops"

        fname = _now()+".png"
        shutil.copy(os.path.join(src, "00000001.png"),
                    os.path.join(src, fname))

        f.upload(os.path.join(src,fname), tags='''timelapse''', is_public=0)

       	_purge_pic(os.path.join(src,fname))

def get_webcam_pic(dst):
        '''
        Gets a single frame from the webcam
        '''
        subprocess.check_call(["mplayer", "-nosound", "-vo", "png:outdir="+dst, "-frames", "1", "tv://"])

def _purge_pic(target):
	os.remove(target)

def _now():
        timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
        return str(timestamp)+'Z'

if __name__ == "__main__":
        get_webcam_pic("/tmp")
        upload_webcam_pic("/tmp")