TP-Link NC450 camera API for Python

This repository provides a Python API using the requests module for controlling TP-Link NC450 cameras.

Author: Tom French

Installation

This API can be installed in a python3 virtual environment by the commands:

cd /path/to/repo
python3 -m venv .
source bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

The API may then be imported as any other python module.

Example

The API can be used to connect to an NC450 camera at the ip address ip_addr with login details username and password

from tplink import NC450

camera = NC450(ip_addr, username, password)
camera.login()

#Turn camera to right for 2 seconds
camera.turn('e',2)

#Turn on camera led
camera.set_led_status(1)

#Recentre camera
camera.turn('c')

#logout
camera.logout()

NC450 URLS

MJEG stream:

HD: http://[id_address]:8080/stream/video/mjpeg?resolution=HD&&Username=[username]&&Password=[password]

VGA: http://[id_address]:8080/stream/video/mjpeg?resolution=VGA&&Username=[username]&&Password=[password]

Snapshot:

HD: http://[id_address]:8080/stream/snapshot.jpg?resolution=HD&&Username=[username]&&Password=[password]&&attachment=1

VGA: http://[id_address]:8080/stream/snapshot.jpg?resolution=VGA&&Username=[username]&&Password=[password]&&attachment=1

SnapshotIE2:

HD: http://[id_address]:8080/stream/snapshot.jpg?resolution=HD&&Username=[username]&&Password=[password]&&tempid=[tempid],

VGA: http://[id_address]:8080/stream/snapshot.jpg?resolution=VGA&&Username=[username]&&Password=[password]&&tempid=[tempid]