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B. 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