Introduction

This is a python module providing a basic python interface to interact with a Hikvision IP Camera

This is licensed under the MIT license.

Getting started

Make sure to see the camera API guide

Some example usage:

>>> import hikvision.api
>>> cam = hikvision.api.CreateDevice( "10.250.250.208", username="admin", password="PASSWORDHERE")
>>> cam.get("System/time.timeMode")
'manual'
>>> cam.get("System/deviceInfo.deviceName")
'D03'
>>> cam.set("System/deviceInfo.deviceName","notD03")
1
>>> cam.get("System/deviceInfo.deviceName")
'notD03'

Requirements

module requires:

• requests>=2.0

Install

git clone --recursive git@github.com:mach327/hikvision.git
cd hikvision
# NOTE: You might need administrator privileges to install python modules.
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

Usage

Variables:

import hikvision.api

# This will use http by default (not https)
hik_camera = hikvision.api.CreateDevice('192.168.2.5', username='admin', password='12345')
hik_camera.enable_motion_detection()
hik_camera.disable_motion_detection()
hik_camera.is_motion_detection_enabled()

host *Required This is the IP address of your Hikvision camera. Example: 192.168.1.32

username *Required Your Hikvision camera username

password *Required Your Hikvision camera username

TODO

Add more functions

Developer

Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Finbarr Brady, Mike McGinty