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Reolink Authentication API

Login, logout, and session token management

Reolink Authentication API is one of 11 APIs that Reolink publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 9 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 8.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{camera_ip}.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
8.0
Server
https://{camera_ip}
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Reolink Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (tokenAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • tokenAuth — Authentication token obtained from the Login command. Pass as a query parameter on all requests after authentication.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 2

Login, logout, and session token management

POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi
Authenticate and obtain session token
login body → 200
POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Logout&token={token}
End session and invalidate token
logout 1 param body → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CommandResponse (4 properties), CommandRequest (3 properties), LoginRequest (3 properties), LoginResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CommandResponse
object
4 properties
LoginResponse
object
3 properties
LoginRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
CommandRequest
object
3 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reolink-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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