readme.md

Remote Pi Web

Operate your Raspberry Pi from a web browser.

Roadmap

• Screen viewable from web client
• Scale canvas to browser's screen
• Mouse control
• Keyboard control
• Client-side configuration
• Server configuration
• Sockets

Installation

Install Node.js

sudo apt install xdotool

git clone https://github.com/zvakanaka/remote-pi-web
cd remote-pi-web
npm install

You can make your Pi think it has a screen by forcing HDMI output in the config.txt.

This can be done by removing the # from the line of the config.txt that looks like this: #hdmi_safe=1.

Run

Other env vars: CAPTURE_METHOD (defaults to 'native', 'scrot' requires it to be installed), QUALITY (defaults to 25), CAPTURE_INTERVAL (defaults to 500), VIEW_ONLY (defaults to false)

env DISPLAY=:0 npm start

System Dependencies

• npm (Comes with Node.js when installed using nvm)
• xdotool (if you want mouse and keyboard control)

Testing

npm run postinstall && npm test && xdg-open output.jpg