foscam.py

import sys
import inspect
import os.path
import urllib2
import ConfigParser

class FoscamCamera(object):

    def __init__(self, url='', user='', pwd=''):
        self._user = user
        self._pwd = pwd
        self._url = url

    def readconfig(self):
        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)

        sourcePath = os.path.dirname(inspect.getsourcefile(self.readconfig))
        foscamConfigFile = os.path.join(sourcePath,'foscamcamera.cfg')

        #Check if ConfigFile exists
        if not os.path.isfile(foscamConfigFile):
            configExists = False
            print '\nERROR: Missing Foscam configfile\n'
        else:
            configExists = True

        #Read Config
        if configExists:
            config.read(foscamConfigFile)

            try:
                self._host = config.get('Foscam', 'Host')
                self._port = config.get('Foscam', 'Port')
                self._user = config.get('Foscam', 'User')
                self._pwd  = config.get('Foscam', 'Password')
                self._url  = self._host + ':' + self._port
            except ConfigParser.NoOptionError, err:
                    print '\nERROR: Could not parse config file\n'

        if self._host and self._port and self._user and self._pwd:
            configRead = True
        else:
            configRead = False

        return configExists and configRead

    def setURL(self, url):
        self._url = url

    def url(self):
        return self._url

    def setUser(self, usr):
        self._user = usr

    def user(self):
        return self._user

    def setPassword(self, pwd):
        self._pwd = pwd

    def password(self):
        return self._pwd

    def sendCommand(self, cgi, parameterDict):
        url = 'http://%s/%s?user=%s&pwd=%s' % (self.url(),
                                               cgi,
                                               self.user(),
                                               self.password())
        for param in parameterDict:
            url = url + '&%s=%s' % (param, parameterDict[param])

        return urllib2.urlopen(url)

    def snapshot(self):
        f = self.sendCommand('snapshot.cgi', {})
        return f.read()

    def snapshotToFile(self, filename):
        data = self.snapshot()
        open(filename, 'wb').write(data)

if __name__ == '__main__':

    print
    print 'testing the Foscam camera code'
    print

    foscam = FoscamCamera()

    foscam.readconfig()

    foscam.snapshotToFile('snapshotnew.jpg')

    print 'wrote snapshot'