smarthome-presence-detect/camera/video_stream/zmq_video_client.py

from imutils.video import VideoStream
import imagezmq
import argparse
import socket
import time
 
# construct the argument parser and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-s", "--server-ip", required=True,
	help="ip address of the server to which the client will connect")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())
 
# initialize the ImageSender object with the socket address of the
# server
sender = imagezmq.ImageSender(connect_to="tcp://{}:5555".format(
	args["server_ip"]))
    
rpi_name = socket.gethostname() # send RPi hostname with each image
picam = VideoStream(usePiCamera=True).start()
time.sleep(2.0)  # allow camera sensor to warm up
while True:  # send images as stream until Ctrl-C
    image = picam.read()
    sender.send_image(rpi_name, image)