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Reolink Encoding API

Video stream encoding parameters and compression settings

Reolink Encoding 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 Encoding. 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 3 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 3 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 Encoding 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.

Encoding 2

Video stream encoding parameters and compression settings

POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=GetEnc&token={token}
Get encoding settings
getEnc 1 param body → 200
POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=SetEnc&token={token}
Set encoding settings
setEnc 1 param body → 200

Schemas 3

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

ChannelRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
CommandRequest
object
3 properties 2 required
CommandResponse
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reolink-encoding-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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