Camelopard

Camelopard is an IP camera toolbox for Nodejs.

Currently Camelopard only supports a couple of the most common API objects (like image, ptz, parameters) for controlling an Axis IP camera, but more control commands will be added.

Installation

npm install camelopard

Example

Small demo applications can be found here: https://github.com/fsandx/camelopard-keeper

Below is an example of how to capture and download a snapshot from two different cameras at the same time:

var camelopard  = require('camelopard'),
   _           = require('lodash');

var data = {
 "cameras": [
   {
     "name": "A-Building",
     "brand": "Axis",
     "ip": "192.168.0.150", 
     "username": "root",
     "password": "pass",
     "snapshot": {
       "resolution": "1024x768",
       "compression": 30,
       "rotation": 0,
       "cameraNum": 1,
       "downloadFolder": "files\/snapshots"
     }
   },
   {
     "name": "B-Building",
     "brand": "Axis",
     "ip": "192.168.0.200", 
     "username": "root",
     "password": "pass",
     "snapshot": {
       "resolution": "1024x768",
       "compression": 30,
       "rotation": 0,
       "cameraNum": 1,
       "downloadFolder": "files\/snapshots"
     }
   }
 ]
};

var cams = data.cameras;

_.forEach(cams, function (conf) {
 camelopard.image.download(conf, function (err, res) {
   if (!_.isUndefined(err)) {
     console.log('Error!' + err);
   } else {
     console.log('Image file downloaded as: ' + res);
   }
 });
});

Tests

npm test

Release History

• 0.7.0 Replacing problematic characters in filename
• 0.7.0 Improving snapshot filenames: prefix and timestamp
• 0.6.0 Basic parameters API object added
• 0.5.0 New JSON data structure
• 0.4.0 Basic PTZ API object added
• 0.3.1 Fix for HTTP authentication
• 0.3.0 Methods for multiple cameras support
• 0.2.2 License changed to MIT
• 0.2.1 Fixes for Image object
• 0.1.3 Changing camera configuration method names, improvements of documentation
• 0.1.2 Further improvements of structure, more tests
• 0.1.1 Improving documentation, structure and testability
• 0.1.0 Initial release