siriproxy-ipcam

About

Siriproxy-ipcam is a [SiriProxy] (https://github.com/plamoni/SiriProxy) plugin that allows you to push IP camera images to Apple's Siri interface on any iOS device that supports Siri. It does not require a jailbreak, nor do I endorse doing so.

First, you must have SiriProxy installed and working. [HOW-TOs for SiriProxy] (https://github.com/plamoni/SiriProxy/wiki/Installation-How-Tos)

Second, you must have at least one IP camera on your local network that supports image/video streaming.

Third, in order to support images from IP cameras requiring authentication, you need to have access to or set up a web server on your SiriProxy server to cache the camera image to push to Siri. Simply type apt-get install apache2 -y. The default configuration for APACHE will work. SiriProxy will need write permission to the /var/www/ folder, which if you are running SiriProxy as ROOT will be able to write the camera image.

Watch Demo Video

I have received offers to make a donation to help offset the cost of hardware and for my time. If you feel so inclined you can donate thru PayPal.

Cameras

Hopefully the documentation for your IP camera provides the URL for grabbing a still image. If not, while I have not found a single resource that documents all the make and model IP camera image URLs, this site is a good reference: http://www.ispyconnect.com/sources.aspx

BTW, The Windows open source [iSpy security camera software] (http://www.ispyconnect.com) is the best I have come across. While there are no Mac OS X or Linux versions, the source code is avaiable and they are adding support mobile device HTML5 access.

Installation (New for SiriProxy 0.5.0+)

Create a plugins directory

mkdir ~/plugins

cd ~/plugins/

Get the latest repo

git clone git://github.com/elvisimprsntr/siriproxy-ipcam

Add the example configuration to the master config.yml

cat siriproxy-ipcam/config-info.yml >> ~/.siriproxy/config.yml

Edit the config.yml as required. Note: Make sure to line up the column spacing.

vim ~/.siriproxy/config.yml

Edit the plugin as you wish. Note: Repeat all the following steps if you make additional changes.

vim siriproxy-ipcam/lib/siriproxy-ipcam.rb

Bundle

siriproxy bundle

Run (Ref: https://github.com/plamoni/SiriProxy#set-up-instructions)

[rvmsudo] siriproxy server [-d ###.###.###.###] [-u username]

Usage

Camera (name)

Pushes camera image to Siri

Check cameras

Pushes all cameras to Siri

To Do List

If you want to collaborate, review the issues list for things to implement. Fork, modify, test, and submit a pull request.

Licensing

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.