Hi !
Still learning with the ESP32 CAM board.
In today’s post the scenario is simple:
- Create a client Python app to view remote photos from the ESP32 Cam Arduino device
This is a super lower quality photo, but hey, still good enough !

This is a super simple Python and OpenCV app.
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# Author : Bruno Capuano | |
# Create Time : 2022 March | |
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# – Open a remote image from a webserver on a ESPCam32 arduino board | |
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import cv2 | |
import numpy as np | |
import requests | |
url = "http://192.168.137.64/photo" | |
resp = requests.get(url, stream=True).raw | |
image = np.asarray(bytearray(resp.read()), dtype="uint8") | |
image = cv2.imdecode(image, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR) | |
# for testing | |
cv2.imshow('El Bruno – Remote ESP32 Cam image',image) | |
cv2.waitKey(0) | |
cv2.destroyAllWindows() |
Full code available in my ESP32 Cam Demo repository.
Happy coding!
Greetings
El Bruno
More posts in my blog ElBruno.com.
More info in https://beacons.ai/elbruno
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