From 365cfa2e706ec7a129abd6c92c3e0ba251dbb4b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JohemianKnapsody <43779362+JohemianKnapsody@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 14:45:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Quality factor in capture_jpeg()

---
 src/labthings_picamera2/thing.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/labthings_picamera2/thing.py b/src/labthings_picamera2/thing.py
index 88a4ffc..c1513a1 100644
--- a/src/labthings_picamera2/thing.py
+++ b/src/labthings_picamera2/thing.py
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ def capture_jpeg(
         self,
         metadata_getter: GetThingStates,
         resolution: Literal["lores", "main", "full"] = "main",
+        quality: int = 95,
     ) -> JPEGBlob:
         """Acquire one image from the camera as a JPEG
 
@@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ def capture_jpeg(
         # to reconfigure for these
         if resolution in ("lores", "main") and config[resolution]:
             with self.picamera() as cam:
+                cam.options['quality'] = quality
                 cam.capture_file(path, name=resolution, format="jpeg")
         else:
             if resolution != "full":
@@ -732,6 +734,7 @@ def capture_jpeg(
                 logging.info("Reconfiguring camera for full resolution capture")
                 cam.configure(cam.create_still_configuration())
                 cam.start()
+                cam.options['quality'] = quality
                 logging.info("capturing")
                 cam.capture_file(path, name="main", format="jpeg")
                 logging.info("done")