Monitoring

Python 3 script designed to check the availability of multiple IP Cameras at once via RTSP protocol

Explanation

• ProcessPoolExecutor used in order to connect to the cameras in parallel and reduce the amount of time needed to complete this task
• It provides some stats at the end of the execution. Check sample_execution_results.txt
• Each camera is represented as a Python 3 dictionary, stored in the credentials.json file. This file is a list of dictionaries containing the following structure for a fake set of parameters:

Example

[
        {
                "protocol": "rtsp",
                "username": "admin1",
                "password": "password1",
                "domain": "domain1.dyndns.org",
                "port": 554,
                "path": "/Streaming/Channels/",
                "camera_number": 101
        },
        {
                "protocol": "rtsp",
                "username": "user",
                "password": "password2",
                "domain": "domain2.dyndns.org",
                "port": 554,
                "path": "/Streaming/Channels/",
                "camera_number": 401
        }
]

RTSP IP Camera URL example

rtsp://admin:password@domain.dyndns.org:554/Streaming/Channels/101

Again, this URL is not a valid RTSP url.

Same for sample_execution_results.txt: In this file, sensitive parameters are faked

Requirements

• Python 3.12.2
• ffmpeg

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