====== HTTP REST API ======

====== Basics ======


<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&object=method
</code>

Where:
  * **http://yourhost.com/wr/** - full URL of your working WolfRecorder instance
  * **WRxxxxxxxxxxxx** - your WolfRecorder serial key used for authorization
  * **object** - some object to do something with some method
  * **method** - method name to perform actions with an specified object

Parameters to methods may be specified as POST variable with name "data", that contains JSON array as key=>value inside. All request results will be returned as JSON too.


====== Supported objects and methods list ======

^ Object ^ Method ^ Parameters required ^ Action/Reply ^
| models     | getall   |     | array of all existing camera models  |
| storages   | getall   |     | array of available storages  |
|            | getstates |     | array of all storages states |
| cameras    | getall	|     | returs array of all available cameras data |
|            | create	| modelid + ip + login + password + active + storageid + description     | creates new camera |
|            | activate | cameraid     | sets some camera as active |
|            | deactivate 	| cameraid     | deactivates specified camera |
|            | setdescription 		| cameraid + description    | sets description for specified camera |
|            | delete 		| cameraid | deletes specified camera |
|            | isregistered 		| ip    | checks is some camera is registered by IP on NVR or not? |
| users      | getall	|      | returns array of all available users data |
|            | create 		| login + password     | creates new limited user |
|            | changepassword login + password		|      | changes password for some user |
|            | delete 		| login     | deletes existing user |
|            | isregistered 	| login     | checks is user registered or not |
|            | checkauth 		| login + password     | checks user credentials |
| acls       | getall		|      | returns array of all available ACLs |
|            | getallcameras	|      | returns array of all cameras ACLs |
|            | getallchannels		|      | returns array of all per-channel ACLs |
|            | getchannels 		| login    | returns array of all channels available for user |
|            | getcameras 		| login    | returns array of all cameras available for user |
|            | assignchannel 		| login + channelid | assigns some channel to user with ACL |
|            | assigncamera 		| login + cameraid    | assigns camera to user with ACL |
|            | deassignchannel 		| login + channelid    | deletes channel ACL for some user |
|            | deassigncamera 		| login + cameraid     | deletes camera ACL for specified user |
| channels   | getall 		|      | returns array of all available channels |
|            | getscreenshotsall 		|      | returns array of all available channel screenshots |
|            | getscreenshot 		| channelid     | returns specified channel screenshot path |
|            | getlivestream 		| channelid     | returns live preview stream URL |
| recorders  | getall 		|      | returns array of all running cameras recorders processes |
|            | isrunning	| cameraid      | check is recorder running for some camera or not |
| system     | gethealth	|      | returns array of basic system health parameters |


====== Usage examples ======

===== Models list =====
**Request**

<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&models=getall
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [12] => Array
        (
            [id] => 12
            [modelname] => Unv
            [template] => UNV_IPC2122LB-SF28-A
        )

    [11] => Array
        (
            [id] => 11
            [modelname] => Hikvision DS-2CD1023G0E-I
            [template] => Hikvision_DS-2CD1023G0E-I
        )

    [10] => Array
        (
            [id] => 10
            [modelname] => Tyto IPC-5D28-KS-30
            [template] => Tyto_IPC-5D28-KS-30
        )
....
</code>

===== Wrong object or method =====

**Request**

<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&wrongobject=getall
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [error] => 1
    [message] => "No object specified"
)
</code>



**Request**

<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&users=wrongmethod
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [error] => 2
    [message] => "Method not exists"
)
</code>


===== Storages list =====

**Request**
<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&storages=getall
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [13] => Array
        (
            [id] => 13
            [path] => /mnt/nfs_disk3/wrstorage2
            [name] => NFS mounted storage
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [id] => 1
            [path] => /wrstorage
            [name] => Default
        )

)
</code>


===== Storages states =====

**Request**
<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&storages=getstates
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [13] => Array
        (
            [state] => 1
            [total] => 968792403968
            [used] => 639428460544
            [free] => 329363943424
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [state] => 1
            [total] => 31183237120
            [used] => 28042903552
            [free] => 3140333568
        )

)

</code>



===== Existing cameras list =====


**Request**
<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&cameras=getall
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [54] => Array
        (
            [CAMERA] => Array
                (
                    [id] => 54
                    [modelid] => 11
                    [ip] => 172.30.1.92
                    [login] => admin
                    [password] => SomePassword
                    [active] => 1
                    [storageid] => 1
                    [channel] => kiqgdmrbma1
                    [comment] => Here some camera description
                )

            [TEMPLATE] => Array
                (
                    [DEVICE] => Hikvision DS-2CD1023G0E-I
                    [PROTO] => rtsp
                    [MAIN_STREAM] => /h264
                    [SUB_STREAM] => /h264
                    [RTSP_PORT] => 554
                    [HTTP_PORT] => 80
                    [SOUND] => 0
                )

            [STORAGE] => Array
                (
                    [id] => 1
                    [path] => /wrstorage
                    [name] => Default
                )

        )

    [33] => Array
        (
        ....
</code>


===== User creation =====

**Request**
<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&users=create
</code>

**Request data**
<code>
$requestData=array(
 'login'=>'view666',
 'password'=>'PasswordHere'
 );
</code>

**POST variable 'data'**
<code>

{"login":"view666","password":"PasswordHere"}
</code>

**Reply**
<code>


Array
(
    [error] => 0
    [message] => Success
)
</code>

===== Attempt to create existing user =====

**Request**
<code>
http://yourhost.com/wr/?module=remoteapi&key=WRxxxxxxxxxxxx&action=rest&users=create
</code>

**Request data**
<code>
$requestData=array(
 'login'=>'view666',
 'password'=>'PasswordHere'
 );
</code>

**POST variable 'data'**
<code>

{"login":"view666","password":"PasswordHere"}
</code>

**Reply**
<code>
Array
(
    [error] => 7
    [message] => User already exists
)
</code>


We hope it is clear how it works. You can also check out a sample implementation of this API at [[https://github.com/nightflyza/Ubilling/blob/master/api/libs/api.wolfrecorder.php|this link]].