REST camera

HTTP REST camera service

The /camera REST service captures and returns images from designated cameras.

Supported Protocols

The following REST commands may fail with HTTP501 if the designated camera is not available.

➡️ GET /camera/model

Return JSON model describing default camera. Model attributes include:

• available is true when available

➡️ GET /camera/default/image.jpg

Capture and return current image from default available camera chosen by precedence:

1. raspistill has highest priority as a supported camera
2. video1 for /dev/video1 (e.g., laptop remote USB camera)
3. video0 for /dev/video0 (e.g., laptop built-in camera)

➡️ GET /camera/raspistill/image.jpg

Capture and return current image from Raspberry Pi camera

➡️ GET /camera/video0/image.jpg

Capture and returns current image from /dev/video0 camera

➡️ GET /camera/video1/image.jpg

Capture and return current image from /dev/video1 camera

Reserved protocols

The following URLs are reserved for future use as REST protocols

• POST /camera/model
• POST /camera/raspistill/model
• POST /camera/video0/model
• POST /camera/video1/model

See Also

• REST-firenodejs