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Reolink Recording API

Recording schedules, search, and playback

Reolink Recording 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 Recording. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 8.0.

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

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 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 Recording 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 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Recording 3

Recording schedules, search, and playback

POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=GetRec&token={token}
Get recording settings
getRec 1 param body → 200
POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=SetRec&token={token}
Set recording settings
setRec 1 param body → 200
POST
/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Search&token={token}
Search recordings
searchRecordings 1 param body → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CommandResponse (4 properties), SearchRequest (3 properties), ChannelRequest (3 properties), CommandRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

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

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reolink-recording-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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