Selfie with Python

Opens the webcam in an OpenCV window; press Space to capture a selfie (saved as a JPG) and Escape to quit.

Example

Press Space-bar to click Selfie
Press Escape key to terminate the window

1. A window titled "Take selfie with python" opens showing the live webcam feed.
2. Press Space to capture a photo — Selfie_0.jpg is saved in the current directory and Selfie taken! is printed.
3. Press Space again to save Selfie_1.jpg, and so on.
4. Press Escape to close the window — Escape hit, closing the window is printed.

How to run on localhost

pip install opencv-python
python Selfie_with_Python.py

Dependencies

• opencv-python
• time (standard library)