Camera-probe NPM

Installation

This package is designed to be run in Node. For the best developer experience use Typescript.

$ npm i camera-probe

CLI Usage

For CLI usage its easier to install globally like so:

$ npm i -g camera-probe

// starting listening
$ camera-probe

// This table will update as cameras come online and offline.
┌─────────┬───────────┬─────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ (index) │   Name    │    Model    │       IP        │                   URN                    │                   Endpoint                     │
├─────────┼───────────┼─────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│    0    │ 'Amcrest' │ 'IP2M-841B' │ '192.168.1.1'   │  '38b4eeff-f5bd-46b9-92e4-30e6acffee73'  │  'http://192.168.1.1/onvif/device_service'     │
│    1    │  'IPCAM'  │   '631GA'   │ '192.168.1.2'   │  '4f5dcb4f-eea6-4cda-b290-f2b2b7d2f14f'  │  'http://192.168.1.2:80/onvif/device_service'  │
└─────────┴───────────┴─────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Programmatic Usage

import { onvifDevices$ } from 'camera-probe'
import { takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators'

const subscription = onvifDevices$().subscribe(console.log)

// be sure to close the socket connection when complete with your query
// by unsubscribing from the observable.
subscription.unsubscribe()

// or using an rxjs operator like take
onvifDevices$().pipe(takeUntil(someObservaleFires)).subscribe(console.log)

// results
[ { name: 'Amcrest',
    hardware: 'IP2M-8200',
    location: 'china',
    deviceServiceUri: 'http://192.168.5.191/onvif/device_service',
    ip: '192.168.5.191',
    metadataVersion: '1',
    urn: 'fae40e7f-91e2-489a-afe6-66e19b667952',
    scopes:
     [ 'onvif://www.onvif.org/location/country/china',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/name/Amcrest',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/hardware/IP2M-8200',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/Profile/Streaming',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/type/Network_Video_Transmitter',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/extension/unique_identifier',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/Profile/G' ],
    profiles: [ 'Streaming', 'G' ],
    xaddrs: [ 'http://192.168.5.191/onvif/device_service' ] },
  { name: 'IPCAM',
    hardware: '421FZ',
    location: 'china',
    deviceServiceUri: 'http://192.168.5.13:80/onvif/device_service',
    ip: '192.168.5.13',
    metadataVersion: '1',
    urn: '0cbc0d5b-a7a1-47c7-bb60-85c878bb540e',
    scopes:
     [ 'onvif://www.onvif.org/Profile/Streaming',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/Model/421FZ',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/Name/IPCAM',
       'onvif://www.onvif.org/location/country/china' ],
    profiles: [ 'Streaming' ],
    xaddrs: [ 'http://192.168.5.13:80/onvif/device_service' ] } ]