Dropcam

RubyGem to access Dropcam account and Camera including direct live stream access

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'dropcam'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install dropcam

Usage

require 'dropcam'

dropcam = Dropcam::Dropcam.new("<USERNAME>","<PASSWORD>")
camera = dropcam.cameras.first

# returns jpg image data of the latest frame captured
screenshot = camera.screenshot.current

# write data to disk
File.open("#{camera.title}.jpg", 'w') {|f| f.write(screenshot) }

# access and modify settings
# this disables the watermark on your camera stream
settings = camera.settings
settings["watermark.enabled"].set(false)

Live Stream

Streaming isn't directly integrated currently and it's up to you to find a player. Some of the players available:

VLC (RTSP/RTMP)
RTMPDump (RTMP)
openRTSP (RTSP)

The easiest way to record the live camera stream is with RTMPDump. Install via homebrew:

`$ brew install rtmpdump`

To save a live stream:

require 'dropcam'
dropcam = Dropcam::Dropcam.new("<USERNAME>","<PASSWORD>")
camera = dropcam.cameras.first

# record the live stream for 30 seconds
camera.stream.save_live("#{camera.title}.flv", 30)

# to get access information to use a third party application
# RTMP/Flash Streaming
camera.stream.rtmp_details

# RTSP Streaming
camera.stream.rtsp_details

Currently stream resolution is limited to 400x240.

NOTES:

The Dropcam API is unofficial and unreleased. This code can break at anytime as Dropcam changes/updates their service.

This gem has only been tested on Mac OS 10.8 running Ruby 1.9.3

Contributing