OpenGoPro/demos/python/sdk_wireless_camera_control/README.md

Open GoPro Python SDK

This is a Python package that provides an interface for the user to exercise the Open GoPro Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi / USB HTTP API's as well as install command line interfaces to take photos, videos, and view video streams.

• Free software: MIT license
• Documentation: View on Open GoPro
• View on Github

Documentation

Note! This README is only an overview of the package.

Complete documentation can be found on Open GoPro

Features

• Top-level GoPro class interface to use BLE, WiFi, and / or USB
• Cross-platform (tested on MacOS Big Sur, Windows 10, and Ubuntu 20.04)
  • BLE implemented using bleak
  • Wi-Fi controller provided in the Open GoPro package (loosely based on the Wireless Library
• Supports all commands, settings, and statuses from the Open GoPro API
• Asyncio based
• Automatically handles connection maintenance:
  • manage camera ready / encoding
  • periodically sends keep alive signals
• Includes detailed logging for each module
• Includes demo scripts installed as command-line applications to show BLE, WiFi, and USB functionality such as:
  • Take a photo
  • Take a video
  • Configure and view a GoPro webcam stream
  • GUI to send all commands and view the live / preview stream
  • Log the battery

Installation

Note! This package requires Python >= 3.11 and < 3.14 and only supports GoPros that implement the OGP API

The minimal install to use the Open GoPro library and the CLI demos is:

$ pip install open-gopro

To also install the extra dependencies to run the GUI demos, do:

$ pip install open-gopro[gui]

Usage

To automatically connect to GoPro device via BLE and WiFI, set the preset, set video parameters, take a video, and download all files:

import asyncio
from open_gopro import WirelessGoPro, Params

async def main():
    async with WirelessGoPro() as gopro:
        await gopro.ble_setting.video_resolution.set(constants.settings.VideoResolution.NUM_4K)
        await gopro.ble_setting.video_lens.set(constants.settings.VideoLens.LINEAR)
        await gopro.ble_command.set_shutter(shutter=constants.Toggle.ENABLE)
        await asyncio.sleep(2)  # Record for 2 seconds
        await gopro.ble_command.set_shutter(shutter=constants.Toggle.DISABLE)

        # Download all of the files from the camera
        media_list = (await gopro.http_command.get_media_list()).data.files
        for item in media_list:
            await gopro.http_command.download_file(camera_file=item.filename)

asyncio.run(main())

And much more!

Demos

Note! These demos can be found on Github

Demos can be found in the installed package in the "demos" folder. They are installed as a CLI entrypoint and can be run as shown below.

Command Line Interface (CLI) Demos

All of these demos are CLI only and can thus be run with the minimal (non-GUI) install.

Capture a photo and download it to your computer:

$ gopro-photo

Capture a video and download it to your computer:

$ gopro-video

Connect to the GoPro and log battery consumption in to a .csv:

$ gopro-log-battery

Connect to the GoPro's Wi-Fi AP and maintain the connection:

$ gopro-wifi

For more information on each, try running with help as such:

$ gopro-photo --help

usage: gopro-photo [-h] [-i IDENTIFIER] [-l LOG] [-o OUTPUT] [-w WIFI_INTERFACE]

Connect to a GoPro camera, take a photo, then download it.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i IDENTIFIER, --identifier IDENTIFIER
                        Last 4 digits of GoPro serial number, which is the last 4 digits of the default camera SSID. If not used, first
                        discovered GoPro will be connected to
  -l LOG, --log LOG     Location to store detailed log
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Where to write the photo to. If not set, write to 'photo.jpg'
  -w WIFI_INTERFACE, --wifi_interface WIFI_INTERFACE
                        System Wifi Interface. If not set, first discovered interface will be used.

GUI Demos

These demos require the additional GUI installation.

Start the preview stream and view it:

$ gopro-preview-stream

Start the live stream and view it:

$ gopro-live-stream