Smart Camera Backup

Unlimited backup for your security camera footage! SCB downloads footage from your Arlo security camera and uploads them to Google Photos instantly, in real time!

Features

• Looks for new footage in real time
• Asynchronous uploading/downloading of new video
• OAuth2 support with auto-refreshing tokens for Google

Upcoming features

• Automatically clean video folder when uploads are done
• Integration with other security cameras (i.e. Nest)

What you'll need

1. Google Cloud Platform Account
2. Python 3.7

Installation

Step 1: Cloning

git clone https://github.com/mog3n/SmartCameraBackup
cd SmartCameraBackup

Step 2: Activating a virtual python environment

python3 -m venv $PWD/venv
source $PWD/venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 3: Setting up your Google Photos API.

You'll need this to access your Google Photos account.

Go to: https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/get-started and click on "Enable the Google Photos API". Follow the instructions to create a Google Cloud account and enable the Photos API.

You will be calling from a web server and using the redirect url http://localhost:42069/auth

At the end, you'll be prompted with a client id and client secret.

Once you have everything setup, you'll want to write down the client id and client secret.

Step 4: Configurating the app

Under the file credentials_example.py, you'll want to fill in the CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET variables with the one you were given in Step 3.

Fill in your Arlo's account info: ARLO_USERNAME and ARLO_PASSWORD.

Then rename the file to credentials.py

Step 5: Starting Backup

python main.py

It should open your browser allowing you to sign in to your Google account. And that's it! Let the script run 24/7 or have it open whenever you need a backup.