monitor_stream

This endpoint monitors a stream which was previously added to EyesOnIt with the add_stream endpoint. When a stream is being monitored, EyesOnIt processes the stream and generates alerts according to the add_stream parameters.

Method: POST

Endpoint: /monitor_stream

Body

{
    "stream_url": "rtsp://192.168.1.54/live0",
    "duration_seconds": 15
}

Body Attribute Descriptions

Name	Type	Description
streamUrl	string	the URL of the stream to monitor. This value must exactly match the stream URL provided to the add_stream endpoint
duration_seconds	number	an option parameter indicating the duration in seconds to monitor the stream. If provided, EyesOnIt will monitor the stream for duration_seconds and then automatically stop monitoring. If not provided, EyesOnIt will monitor the stream until monitoring is manually terminated through the stop_monitoring or remove_stream endpoints.

Response

{
    "success": true,
    "message":"monitoring rtsp://192.168.1.54/live0 for inf seconds",
    "data": null
}

Response Attribute Descriptions

Name	Type	Description
success	boolean	true if the operation was successful. false otherwise.
message	string	a human readable message describing the operation result
data	JSON	if the request is not successful, this field provides detailed JSON error information.