How to access phone camera using python script

Question

I made a simple motion detector program in using python 3.7 and opencv, is there a way to access my phone's camera using python and stream the video to my laptop using bluetooth or mobile hotspot so I can process the data on my laptop? I'm basically just using my phone as a detachable camera.

Answer 1

Use IP Webcam android application. url is given by ip webcam and at the end I have added video for video streaming or you can url = 'http://192.168.137.138:8080/shot.jpg' inside for loop before cap.read()

This works for me flawlessly with 1280 x 720 resolution NOTE your url ip will change but add video in the last

import cv2 
import numpy as np`
url = 'http://192.168.137.138:8080/video'
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(url)
while(True):
    ret, frame = cap.read()
    if frame is not None:
        cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
    q = cv2.waitKey(1)
    if q == ord("q"):
        break
cv2.destroyAllWindows()