About Slackshot

The purpose of this app is to record pool shots into a video and send them tho Slack chat.

This python app records a video using picamera. If a button is pressed, the last video is sent to Slack into configured channel(s).

To run

• Install pip: sudo apt-get install pip
• Install pi camera: sudo apt-get install python-picamera
• Install slacker: sudo pip install slacker
• Configure api key in: slackshot.cfg and other config keys as you please
• python slackshot.py

Configuration

• slack.api-key - The api key for a bot
• slack.channels - Comma separated list of channels to send the videos to
• slack.message - Message to post before uploading video
• camera.width - Width of the video, e.g. 1920
• camera.height - Height of the video, e.g. 1080
• camera.brightness - Brightness setting for camera
• camera.contrast - Contrast setting for camera
• camera.frame-rate - Frame rate for video
• gpio.button = GPIO pin for the button (that sends video)
• gpio.pir = GPIO pin for the PIR sensor (optional)