Introduction

This is a python module aiming to expose common API events from a Hikvision IP camera or nvr. Most rebadged models work as well with full functionality.

Code is licensed under the MIT license.

Requirements

If internal callback methods are used no external libraries are required, otherwise:

[pyDispatcher] 2.0.5

Installation

pip install pyhik

Usage

import pyhik.hikvision

camera = pyhik.hikvision.HikCamera('http://X.X.X.X', port=80, user='admin', pass='1234')

Available Methods

Callbacks

add_update_callback(callback, msg) - used to register an update callback function. ** msg should take the form: cam_id.event_type.channel

Properties

get_id - returns unique camera/nvr id
get_name - returns camera/nvr name
current_event_states - returns the event state dictionary

Functions

start_stream - initialzes the event stream processing thread
disconnect - closes the http stream session and stops the processing thread

TODO

Support motion detection status and ability to turn on/off
Support IR day/night status and ability to switch between day/night/auto

joegross/pyHik