Can SS display the URL it's using to access a camera?
I've got a "WiFi Camera Outdoor, SV3C 1080P HD Two Way Audio Security Camera, Motion Detection CCTV, IR LED Night Vision Surveillance IP Cameras for Indoor Outdoor, Support Max 128GB SD Card"
and SecuritySpy is able to get images off it perfectly. I'm wondering if there's a way to have it show me what URL's it's using, as I need to know a 1-line URL that has all the info needed to return an image (for another purpose, not for SS itself). This works,
http://10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg
but only after I manually put in the authentication credentials. I want to include the username and password information right in the URL so it returns the snapshot and doesn't put up a separate menu - how do I format the URL for that? It will be something like
http://10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg?user=mlevin&pwd=mypassword
presumably SS knows the URL for this camera, can I get it to display it?
and SecuritySpy is able to get images off it perfectly. I'm wondering if there's a way to have it show me what URL's it's using, as I need to know a 1-line URL that has all the info needed to return an image (for another purpose, not for SS itself). This works,
http://10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg
but only after I manually put in the authentication credentials. I want to include the username and password information right in the URL so it returns the snapshot and doesn't put up a separate menu - how do I format the URL for that? It will be something like
http://10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg?user=mlevin&pwd=mypassword
presumably SS knows the URL for this camera, can I get it to display it?
Comments
-
The way to put authentication details in a URL is like this:
http://username:password@address/path
So you could try this. i.e.:
http://mlevin:mypassword@10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg
The problem with this is that modern browser sometimes block these kind of URLs due to security concerns.
There is a way to determine the URL that SecuritySpy is using, and I would be happy to share this with you, but this would most likely be an RTSP URL, so it would not be useful to obtain a JPEG snapshot. -
Thanks, it's not working so either all my browsers are stripping it or it's not what the camera expects. What does the RTSP URL return if not a JPG snapshot?
-
When you put this URL with authentication in the address bar of your browser, what is the error that is returned?
RTSP is for negotiating a video stream (usually H.264 or H.265 for modern IP cameras) and is not supported by web browsers. It's only supported by IP camera software and video streaming/viewing apps such as VLC.
