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Appendix
URL Commands of the Network Camera
Overview
For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, Network Camera/
Video server can be easily integrated through convenient URLs. This section specifies the external HTTP
based application programming interface� The HTTP based camera interface provides the functionality
to request a single image, to control camera functions (PTZ, output relay etc�) and to get and set internal
parameter values� The image and CGI-requests are handled by the built in Web server�
Style convention
In URL syntax and in descriptions of CGI parameters, a text within angle brackets denotes a content
that is to be replaced with either a value or a string. When replacing the text string also the angle
brackets shall be replaced. An example of this is the description of the name for the server, denoted with
<servername> in the URL syntax description below, that is replaced with the string myserver in the URL
syntax example, also below.
URL syntax' are written with the “
Syntax:
" word written in bold face followed by a box with the referred
syntax as seen below. The name of the server is written as <servername>. This is intended to be
replaced with the name of the actual server� This can either be a name, e�g�, "mywebcam" or "thecam�
adomain�net" or the associated IP number for the server, e�g�, 192�168�0�220�
Syntax:
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg
Description of returned data is written with "
Return:
" in bold face followed by the returned data in a box. All data
returned as HTTP formatted, i�e�, starting with the string HTTP is line separated with a Carriage Return and Line
Feed (CRLF) printed as \r\n�
Return:
HTTP/1.0 <HTTP code> <HTTP text>\r\n
URL syntax examples are written with "
Example:
" in bold face followed by a short description and a light grey box
with the example.
Example:
request a single snapshot image
http://mywebserver/cgi-bin/viewer/video�jpg
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