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 <servername> 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 <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.
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 <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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