Simple wrapper for taking photos using Raspberry Pi raspistill app.

Module is written in typescript and provides type definitions out-of-the-box.

Tested with Raspberry Pi 2 B (Raspbian OS), and Raspberry Camera Module v2.

npm install node-raspistill

const Raspistill = require('node-raspistill').Raspistill;
const camera = new Raspistill();

camera.takePhoto().then((photo) => {
    ...
});

Or (if you use imports):

import {Raspistill} from 'node-raspistill';
const camera = new Raspistill();

camera.takePhoto().then((photo) => {
    ...
});

You can also pass some options to constructor method:

const camera = new Raspistill({
    verticalFlip: true,
    width: 800,
    height: 600
});

See full options list in the docs below.

You can also find some usage examples here: https://github.com/dlukanin/node-raspistill/tree/master/examples

Added raspistill stop method.

Timelapse mode. Something like beta version, can be unstable in some cases. Feel free to submit issue if you think that mode doesn't work well in your project.

Added noFileSave option. If you don't want to save photos on your raspberry pi - use this option.

Some bug fixes and new examples.

Fixed some issues with width/height options. Added setDefaultOptions method. Updated some dependencies.

Added noPreview option.

Creates new Raspistill instance.

Options - object, that can contain:

const camera = new Raspistill({
    verticalFlip: true,
    fileName: 'foo'
});

Takes new photo. Returns Promise, resolving with Buffer object.

camera.takePhoto('testPhotoName').then((photo) => {
    ...
});

Runs camera in timelapse mode. Passes taken image picture as Buffer object to the callback. Raspistill options (passed into constructor or into setOptions method) are also applicable in this mode.

Remember that raspberry camera has it's own limits of taking photos speed even in timelapse mode.

Check out official raspistill docs (https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/applications/camera.md) for file naming rules and interval/total exec time params usage.

camera.timelapse(500, 3000, (image) => {
    // got image from camera, do something
}).then(() => {
    // timelapse ended
}).catch((err) => {
    // something bad happened
});

or

camera.timelapse('image%04d', 500, 3000, (image) => {
    // got image from camera, do something
}).then(() => {
    // timelapse ended
}).catch((err) => {
    // something bad happened
});

Tries to stop current raspistill running action. Note that pending raspistill promises will be rejected with RaspistillInterruptError if stop was completed.

const RaspistillInterruptError = require('node-raspistill').RaspistillInterruptError;

raspistill.timelapse(1000, 30000, (image) => {
    console.log('got photo, trying to stop raspistill');
    raspistill.stop();
})
    .then(() => {
        console.log('timelapse ended')
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err instanceof RaspistillInterruptError) // true, raspistill was interrupted;
    });

Sets new options for current Raspistill instance.

camera.setOptions({
    horizontalFlip: true,
    noPreview: false
});

Reverts all option values of current Raspistill instance to default. Default values are presented in the options table.

Gets current raspistill options.

Gets current raspistill option by key.