Vivotek IP7130 - Manual (Page 84)

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Overview
For some customers who already have their own web site or web control application, a Network
Camera/Video server can be easily integrated through URLs. This document provides the supersets of URL
commands V2 for VIVOTEK 7000 series products.
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, the angle brackets shall also be
replaced. An example of this is the description of the name for the server, denoted with in the
URL syntax description below, which is replaced with the string myserver in the URL syntax example, also
below.
URL syntax is written with the word “Syntax:" written in bold face followed by a box with the reference
syntax as seen below. The name of the server is written as . 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.
Special notes will be marked in RED .
Syntax:
http:///cgi-bin/viewer/video.jpg
Description of returned data is written with "Return:" in bold face followed by the returned data shown in a
box. All data is returned as HTTP formatted, i.e., starting with the string HTTP and line separated with a
Carriage Return and Line Feed (CRLF) printed as \r\n.
Return:
HTTP/1.0 \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