Convert picamera(x) to picamera2

[mfraser]

I'm currently using the following python script to capture an image every 5 minutes and annotate it with the current date and time.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import picamerax
import time
from datetime import datetime
from shutil import copyfile

mydir = '/var/www/'
photo_path = mydir+'html/webcam.jpg'

while True:
    now = datetime.now()
    if now.minute % 5 == 0 and now.second <= 10:
        with picamerax.PiCamera() as camera:
            camera.resolution = (1280, 1024)
            camera.annotate_background = picamerax.Color('black')
            camera.annotate_text = now.strftime('%d/%m/%y %H.%M')
            time.sleep(2)
            # Take a picture including the annotation
            camera.capture(photo_path)
            copyfile(photo_path, mydir + 'webcam/webcam' + now.strftime('%H:%M') + '.jpg')
    time.sleep(5)

I understand that picamera2 no longer has the ability to annotate an image, so what are my options in doing this? The example shows this method for video, would it work for stills too?

def apply_timestamp(request):
    timestamp = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %X")
    with MappedArray(request, "main") as m:
        cv2.putText(m.array, timestamp, origin, font, scale, colour, thickness)


picam2.pre_callback = apply_timestamp

[davidplowman]

Sorry for the delay. I think that should work too.