ctrlsam / MyCCTV

Add public image/video feeds to a centralised system to view and more...

My CCTV

A webapp to display multiple CCTV sources in one easy to organise page, allowing them to be saved and viewed in a timelapse. Someone with access to public CCTV cameras in their town may want to use this to see what is going on, even when they are away from their computer.

Note!

This project was a learning experience using React and Node. There are much better alternatives (that work :D), such as Shinobi. https://gitlab.com/Shinobi-Systems/Shinobi

This project also has many security vulnerabilities from the npm packages used - procede with caution.

Setup the server

Step 1

Install the Prerequisites: NodeJS MongoDB

Install packages

Run npm install to install required modules

Start the server

Simply run the following command

npm run [all/server/client]

'all' runs both server client

REST API

In the case you don't want to use the provided Frontend, here are the API Calls you may need.

Get all cameras

Request

[GET] /cameras

Responce

{
    "status":"success",
    "message":"Camera retrieved successfully",
    "data":[
        {"images":[],
        "_id":"5e8d271c7d4d6b06ff8ea183",
        "name":"A skate park",
        "ip":"...",
        "refreshRate":60,
        "location":"Somewhere",
        "__v":11},
    ]
}

Get a single camera

Request

[GET] /camera/:id

Parameters

'id' of Camera to get

Add a camera

Request

[POST] /cameras

Parameters

'name'
'location' (optional)
'refreshRate'
'ip'

Delete a camera

Request

[DELETE] /camera/:id

Parameters

'id' of Camera to delete

Modify a camera

Request

[PUT/PATCH] /camera/:id

Parameters

'name'
'location' (optional)
'refreshRate'
'ip'