A simple security camera written in Python which starts recording when a face is detected and warns the user by e-mail using the Python library OpenCV.
Install requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt(Windows)pip3 install -r requirements.txt(Linux/macOS)
Configure settings:
- Set
EMAIL_USERandEMAIL_PASSWORDas system variables - Substitute
sender@email.com,recipient@email.comandsmtp.email.comin thepy-security-camera.pyfile with your sender and destinatary e-mails and your e-mail provider. Make sure to use SMTPS (secured SMTP).
Run the program with:
python py-security-camera.py(Windows)python3 py-security-camera.py(Linux/macOS)
When the program is running, the webcam is turned on and cannot be used by other applications. It starts recording whenever a face is detected by the camera and sends an e-mail warning to the preconfigured e-mail setting.
It stops recording 5 seconds after no face is being detected on screen. This 5 seconds setting can be modified by altering the variable SECONDS_TO_RECORD_AFTER_DETECTION.
The application can be exited by pressing q.