hikvisionapi 0.2

The client for HIKVISION cameras, DVR

[](https://circleci.com/gh/MissiaL/hikvision-client)


# Python Library for Hikvision Cameras


Simple and easy to use library for working with video equipment from Hikvision.

## Install

```bash
pip install hikvisionapi
```

## Examples

There are two formats for receiving a response:


```python
from hikvisionapi import Client

cam = Client('http://192.168.0.2', 'admin', 'admin')


# Dict response (default)
response = cam.System.deviceInfo(method='get')

response == {
u'DeviceInfo': {
u'@version': u'2.0',
'...':'...'
}
}


# xml text response
response = cam.System.deviceInfo(method='get', present='text')

response == '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<DeviceInfo version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema">
<deviceName>HIKVISION</deviceName>
</DeviceInfo>'''
```

Hints:

```python
# to get the channel info
motion_detection_info = cam.System.Video.inputs.channels[1].motionDetection(method='get')


# to send data to device:
xml = cam.System.deviceInfo(method='get', present='text')
cam.System.deviceInfo(method='put', data=xml)


# to get events (motion, etc..)
# Increase timeout if you want to wait for the event to be received
cam = Client('http://192.168.0.2', 'admin', 'Password', timeout=30)
cam.count_events = 2 # The number of events we want to retrieve (default = 1)
response = cam.Event.notification.alertStream(method='get', type='stream')

response == [{
u'EventNotificationAlert':{
u'@version': u'2.0',
u'@xmlns': u'http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema',
u'activePostCount': u'0',
u'channelID': u'1',
u'dateTime': u'2018-03-21T15:49:02+08:00',
u'eventDescription': u'videoloss alarm',
u'eventState': u'inactive',
u'eventType': u'videoloss'
}
}]

# Alternative solution to get events
cam = Client('http://192.168.0.2', 'admin', 'Password', timeout=1)
while True:
try:
response = cam.Event.notification.alertStream(method='get', type='stream')
if response:
print response
except Exception:
pass

# to get opaque data type and write to file
response = cam.System.configurationData(method='get', type='opaque_data')
with open('my_file', 'wb') as f:
for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
if chunk:
f.write(chunk)
```

## How to run the tests


```bash
pipenv install --dev
pipenv run pytest
pipenv run pytest --cov-report html --cov hikvisionapi # to get coverage report in ./htmlcov/

# or you can get into the virtual env with:
pipenv shell
pytest
```