Wiser & IP Camera URL Length

Hi.

The Wizer does not allow login/passwords for IP cameras. Some cameras don't allow anonymous login, but will allow login/password info to be passed in the URL.

Unfortunately, entering the appropriate URL string in the config fails with an error message that it is too long. In this case the URL is only about 50 characters long and can't be made any shorter (ie using a single letter login & password).

Any chance of updating the firmware & PICED to handle a longer URL ?

Thanks

 

We will see if we can fix this in the next release. It isn't due for a while though...

 

Could you use a URL shortening service like http://www.tinyurl.com

Or a redirection URL on your own server?

 

One note on this issue. Sometimes, a camera's documentation will state that it supports username/password to be passed in the URL in the form of http(s)://username:\password\@server/resource.ext . In that case, that URL will not work for Wiser (not Wizer ) even if the 50 character limit were expanded. This is because that authentication mechanism is not a new function of the camera. Rather, that is a function of a browser that is able to interpret that URL and then generate the appropriate HTTP authentication token. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on context), Adobe Flash prevents this mechanism from being used and other browsers have deprecated this. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];834489

 

Hi. Thanks for the replies.

I'm not actually using the old web browser http:usernameassword@server URL.

Most cameras I can pass a base64 encoded username & password authentication in the URL - but it ends up being a rather long string. Works fine by telnet or in a script for Philips Pronto.

I'm also using some Acti cameras which (after a recent firmware update) support requesting a snapshot by the URL structure -
"http://ip:port/cgi-bin/encoder?USER=XXX&PWD=YYY&SNAPSHOT"
Again, this works fine in script or in a Pronto script, but even this URL string is too long for the Wizer.

The internal URL redirection is a good idea, as there's a few web servers running internally already. I'll try it this weekend.

 

I'm not trying to include usernames/passwords but even the default URL to get my camera access in the right format is 'too long' so an increase would be much appreciated.

 

This is in our system as #18126

Hopefully we can get this fixed in the next release.