Overview, Style convention – Vivotek S Series IZ9361-EH 1080p Outdoor Network Bullet Camera with Heater User Manual

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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 for VIVOTEK 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