v2.0

big thanks to @hibetterheyj for contributing to this release :)

Features

• add -w argument, to specify which webcam (wildspitz, rigi)
• add -q argument, with quality selection (full, default, half, quarter, eight)
• use threads to fetch images concurrently
• use hh-mm format, when specifying start or end time.
  python main.py -b 09-50 -e 12-00

Fixes

• minor and major bugs

v1.0

Wildspitz Webcam Scraper

Easily scrape high resolution images from the online webcam.

Features

• scrape only the latest image, by simply calling python main.py
• add -b argument with datetime formatted as YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm to scrape images from that point on forwards to now
• with the -e select the last image to be scraped. Use this with the -b argument.
• the default timeinterval is 10 minutes. With -i, you are able to enter a number, which will be multiplied by 10, to set your interval (-i 3 -> 30 minutes)

Examples

• python main.py -b 2021-11-05_00-00
  scrape from midnight of 5th november until now in 10 minute intervals
• python main.py -b 2021-10-05_19-00 -e 2021-10-05_22-00
  scrape from 7pm to 10pm, because you went there that day, but did not take your cellphone with you
• python main.py -b 2021-10-15_00-00 -e 2021-10-16_24-00 -i 6
  scrape two full days, each hour, which will result in 48 images saved