traffic-cameras v1.0.2
traffic-cameras
Easily batch download images from Minnesota (and Iowa) traffic cameras
easy to use
powerful command line options
option to save metadata
adjustable concurrent requests
How do I install this?
to install via NPM type the following into terminal:
npm i -g traffic-cameras
this will install the module globally, meaning you can use traffic-cameras in terminal to run it
Examples
download all MN traffic cameras to the current directory
traffic-camerasdownload all MN traffic cameras to a folder called 'images'
traffic-cameras --directory imagesdownload all MN traffic cameras into their own folder (if you want to do timelapses) *This option changes how files are titled so you can run this command on a timer and generate a timelapse
traffic-cameras --folders
- download all Iowa traffic camera images to the current directory
traffic-cameras --json https://tr.511ia.org/tgcameras/api/cameras
Command line options
| long_argument | short | input type | description | default | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| --timeout | -t | integer | specifies the timeout (in ms) for downloading individual images | 4000 | |
| --retries | -r | integer | number of times to attempt retrying the download of a broken image | 3 | |
| --concurrency | -c | integer | number of concurrent downloads supported | 10 | |
| --verbose | -v | n/a (flag) | enables more detailed terminal logging | disabled | |
| --quiet | -q | n/a (flag) | disables ALL console output | disabled | |
| --log | -l | n/a (flag) | saves verbose output to log.log | disabled | |
| --directory | -d | file path | directory/path to save images to | current directory | |
| --json | -j | url | URL of camera api JSON file to fetch cameras from | *see below | y |
| --folders | -f | n/a (flag) | separates each camera to its own folder. useful for creating timelapses | disabled | |
| --no-metadata | -m | n/a (flag) | disables saving of metadata JSON files | enabled (ie metadata is saved) |
* the default value for --json is https://tr.511mn.org/tgcameras/api/cameras