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Control with HTTP commands
Control with HTTP commands
Pearl has an HTTP API interface for configuration and control by a third party application or with a script that
sends commands to the system as a series of URLs. This section covers the following topics:
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HTTP command syntax
Control of Pearl by HTTP is done by sending commands to one of two URLs and specifying the target
configuration item. Syntax for the get and set commands follows.
Many commands require a channel or recorder index as an argument. A channel's index is found by looking at
the Channels list in the web interface. In the screen capture below, the channel with index 1 is currently
recording (it's index number is red). To address this channel via http commands, use the index channel1.
For commands requiring a recorder index, determine your recorder's index by combining the recorder's
number with the prefix channelm. In the example below, the second recorder's index is 2. To access this
recorder via http commands, use the index channelm2.
To Get configuration settings:
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