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Reolink API Examples

I had some difficulty finding simple examples of how to use the Reolink API and ended up digging through some python implementations to figure out how it works.

The official documentation is available at https://bit.ly/3rWxG6e but it is a bit lacking, and the API is somewhat weird, which makes it difficult. You should still look at it though, as it lets you know what commands are available through the API.

The main weirdness is that even if you are sending one command at a time, the payload has to be an array of objects and the response is always an array of objects. Also, you have to pass the command both as a URL parameter and in the payload.

Included here are a small(ish) bash script (also requires jq) for running API commands against Reolink cameras or NVRs.

[This is sample output of the above script for a shared drive named "Shared Drive"]

Shared Drive

Number of files in root of Shared drive: 4

Folder 1
- Folder 1a (12 files)
- Folder 1b (13 files)
Folder 2 (1 files)

	substitutions:
	device_name: 2-gang-dimmer
	device_description: MOES 2 Gang WiFi Dimmer
	friendly_name: Living Room Dimmer

	esphome:
	name: ${device_name}
	comment: ${device_description}

	esp8266:

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0" />
	<title>base64 + lzma + iframe</title>
	<style>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;height:100vh;width:100%;border:none}</style>
	</head>
	<body>
	<iframe sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-forms allow-top-navigation allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# Usage:
	# create-email-alias.sh $URL_OR_DESC [$SLUG]
	# Example:
	# create-email-alias.sh "https://www.darwinsailingclub.com.au" dsc
	# Results in:
	# Email [email protected] -> [email protected], comment: "https://www.darwinsailingclub.com.au"

	# Environment variables can be supplied at run time or set in ~/.forward-email

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	"""
	Project AlbertPWN
	(c) 2021, Sem Voigtlander (@userlandkernel)
	"""
	import sys
	import os
	import struct
	import time
	import requests

	#!/usr/bin/env sh
	#
	# by Siddharth Dushantha 2020
	#
	# Dependencies: jq, curl, w3m
	#

	version=1.1.9

	# By default 'tmpmail' uses 'w3m' as it's web browser to render

	// Imports the Google Cloud client library
	const speech = require('@google-cloud/speech');

	// Creates a client
	const client = new speech.SpeechClient();

	// const gcsUri = 'gs://my-bucket/audio.raw';
	// const encoding = 'Encoding of the audio file, e.g. LINEAR16';
	// const sampleRateHertz = 16000;
	// const languageCode = 'BCP-47 language code, e.g. en-US';

	/*
	WebNotepad - create a local-storage browser-based notepad app

	Usage:

	1) Include webnotepad.js

	2) Create DIV element

	<div id="webnote"></div>

	'use strict'

	if (process.argv.length != 4) {
	console.log(`Usage: ${process.argv[1]} [Share Drive ID] [Parent Folder ID]`)
	return 1
	}

	const shareDriveId = process.argv[2]
	const parentFolderId = process.argv[3]