GVE DevNet Meraki Camera Timelapse Tool

This prototype allows to generate a timelapse of Meraki camera snapshots. Given a user's input of (1) a Meraki network, (2) a Meraki Camera (3) the timestamp to create the timelapse, the tool generates the timelapse and provides a link to download it.

Contacts

Stien Vanderhallen
Roaa Alkhalaf

Solution Components

Meraki REST API
Meraki Snapshot API
Meraki

Installation/Configuration

The following commands are executed in the terminal.

Set up a Python virtual environment. Make sure Python 3 is installed in your environment, and if not, you may download Python here. Once Python 3 is installed in your environment, you can activate the virtual environment with the instructions found here.
Access the created virtual environment folder
```
 $ cd your_venv
```

Clone this repository

 $ git clone https://wwwin-github.cisco.com/gve/gve_devnet_meraki_camera_timelapse.git

Access the folder gve_devnet_meraki_camera_timelapse
```
 $ cd gve_devnet_meraki_camera_timelapse
```
Install the dependencies:
```
 $ pip install -r requirements.txt
```
In .env, fill out your Meraki API key. Obtain this key in the Meraki dashboard, under My Profile > API access

API-Key=<your-meraki-api-key>

Usage

To launch the app, type the following command in your terminal:
```
 $ python3 app.py
```
To access the app, navigate in a browser to localhost:5004

Workflow

On localhost:5004, you find the landing page of the prototype

Choose the targeted Meraki organization
Choose the targeted Meraki network and click on Next
Choose the targeted Meraki camera and click on Submit. For testing purposes, don't modify the timestamp fields
Click on the green HERE hyperlink to access the created snapshot

LICENSE

Provided under Cisco Sample Code License, for details see LICENSE

CODE_OF_CONDUCT

Our code of conduct is available here

CONTRIBUTING

See our contributing guidelines here

DISCLAIMER:

Please note: This script is meant for demo purposes only. All tools/ scripts in this repo are released for use "AS IS" without any warranties of any kind, including, but not limited to their installation, use, or performance. Any use of these scripts and tools is at your own risk. There is no guarantee that they have been through thorough testing in a comparable environment and we are not responsible for any damage or data loss incurred with their use. You are responsible for reviewing and testing any scripts you run thoroughly before use in any non-testing environment.

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