making this function work for time interval
April 4, 2024, 17:31
So here the thing, this code only works only once after I run the program, how can i make this thing work again for like 3 minutes or so. anyways here is the code
py
#If someone in your dataset is identified, print their name on the screen
if currentname != name:
currentname = name
print(currentname)
#Take a picture to send in the email
img_name = "image.jpg"
cv2.imwrite(img_name, frame)
print('Taking a picture.')
#Now send me an email to let me know who is at the door
request = send_message(name)
print ('Status Code: '+format(request.status_code)) #200 status code means email sent successfully
You want to make it run several times automatically?
Will a for loop do?
only when a person activates it
its a face recognition thing
So why can't you just run python [script]? Or will you need a button?
i have this issue when the camera sees a registered person, it only sends an email once
not like i want it to spam the email
Oh okay. So do you have a specific amount of times you want it to run?
for example if the person enters the house and goes out again
maybe for like after an hour he enters again, it will no longer email
yea something like that
Or you want it to run continually but it only activates and sends a email if a button or something is pressed?
i want it to run continually
like this
that status code thing is the email indication
Ah ok
it only works once
So why not just use a while loop?
i dont know exactly how to do it
Okay
that door lock indicates that i am no longer in the camera
I'm on mobile so I can't use your code easily but simply make this change:
py
while True:
try:
[Put code here]
except:
print("code raised an error. Most likely timed out for whatever reason.")
pass
and after i show my face again after 5 mins or so, status code 200 wont work anymore
this thing?
i tried the time.sleep thing but it only pauses the camera live feed
Yes
That's the point of time.sleep(). It's purposefullly not asynchronous
yea i thought it kinda works like a loop as if the program is executed again from the start
can you explain what does
while true:do?
Yes
Once you code is over it just runs it again
oooh
And try: and except: just is a fail safe because I think your code is timing out at some point for whatever reason
Just some small code I could conjour up
Wait let me change it a third time
Their updated
alright il try it
Great
ok,, one issue though
it spams print
Can you show me?
Copy and paste the output
Oh yeah it would
the command line interface is jsut black
but i saw in a second that it spams
then it went black
Press ctrl + c
Should cancel and you can see output properly
so heres what i did
the print(door unlock) keeps spamming
Yes
That's because it's in a while loop ofc
One second
can i slow it down or something
Yes you can but I'm trying to get past that and only let it work once you are their and only work once for that time
This is only a snippet of the code tho isn't it
Can you show me the full code? Because right now it's only running the first bit once and then running the last bit over and over which is useless
yea
i can show you the entire code if you want
Yes
That'd be preferable from the start
can you see it?
After a glance over it. You should just put the whole thing apart form the importing of the modules in a while loop
sorry, i am kinda confused
Np
Do this but for all your code. It's a bad practice and I will improve it once I'm on desktop but for now it works
so here i show my face in the camera for like 3 seconds
and now im gone and looking back at it
it no longer says
taking a picture status code: 200
One sec
Yeah this is exactly what I expected to happen
yeayea
so i tried this entire thing, and it wont run
1. You missed it out try:
2. Your supposed to put the entire code in that
Otherwise it won't work like expected
which code
Put all this where I put [code here]
so i put the while true at the very top?
Yes
And you need to set the entire code one indent in
doesnt it affect other feature like my lock thing?
like this you say?
Should be
and where should i put the exept and pass
it doesnt work
That's because you haven't indented probably
Highlight all of your code and press tab twice
is it not possible just for this block?
py
#If someone in your dataset is identified, print their name on the screen
if currentname != name:
currentname = name
print(currentname)
#Take a picture to send in the email
img_name = "image.jpg"
cv2.imwrite(img_name, frame)
print('Taking a picture.')
#Now send me an email to let me know who is at the door
request = send_message(name)
print ('Status Code: '+format(request.status_code)) #200 status code means email sent successfully
py
while True:
try:
#If someone in your dataset is identified, print their name on the screen
if currentname != name:
currentname = name
print(currentname)
#Take a picture to send in the email
img_name = "image.jpg"
cv2.imwrite(img_name, frame)
print('Taking a picture.')
#Now send me an email to let me know who is at the door
request = send_message(name)
print ('Status Code: '+format(request.status_code)) #200 status code means email sent successfully
i am turning off my raspberry pi since its been operating for hours now.. thanks for your help :))
Sorry for late reply
No because then itd see your face and just spam open even when your gone
i see...
its fine bro.. i really appreciate your help, i understand a lot
so if i apply
while trueto the entire code, will it also do the same thing?
im kinda scared to try it cause it already causes lag a lot when i tried this
Yeah that makes sense. But with the whole code it will be slower
And we can work out a cooldown
can a while loop be slowed down?
what does except and pass exactly do?
They are just fail safes catching your code incase it does fail
The way I did it is technically a bad practice but ignore that
Then we'd use time.sleep()