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How to find the GUID of a Camera

How to find the GUID of a Camera

In some cases it may be necessary to have the GUID that Apex assigns to a camera. The find that GUID, follow these steps:

From the URL bar
  1. In Apex, navigate to the Cameras menu and click on the camera whose GUID you want
  2. Check the URL bar. The GUID for the camera is the 36 characters following cameraId=
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From the JSON information page
  1. Access the Cameras menu in Apex
  2. In the URL bar, replace /admin/camera with /apix/cameras and press enter
    1. Example URL: https://4rlad5bfn12h0s3am79h3f1w1.b1...m/apix/cameras
  3. This will present you with a JSON formatted list of all of the settings for all of the cameras currently added to your Apex system 
    1. Example:
      "content": [{"id": "3487b2c3-22ba-4bf6-a6bc-9e5c5062b289","integrationId": 1,"macAddr": "4c:91:7a:69:cd:a9","accessUrl": "http://192.168.0.101/onvif/device_service","ipAddress": "192.168.0.101","manufacturer": "OpenEye","model": "OE-C1012D2-S-1","firmwareVersion": "IPC-B6202.5.82.C055110.NB.220927","name": "01. Dining","protocol": "Onvif","state": "InService","uniqueDeviceId": {"deviceIdType": "Onvif","identifier": "f78eb775-5a11-45c7-8b5d-914a24008ab7"},"snapshotTime": 1699983424224,"audioState": "NONE","backchannelEnabled": false,"ptzEnabled": false,"afzEnabled": false,"focusEnabled": false,"minRetentionEnabled": false,"retentionDaysContinuous": 0,"retentionDaysEvent": 0,"motionDetection": true,"namedCameraStreams": [{"streamName": "LOW_QUALITY","logicalName": "low","streamToken": "media_profile2","streamUrl": "rtsp://192.168.0.101/media/video2","retentionDays": 0,"resolution": {"width": 640,"height": 360,"area": 230400}},{"streamName": "CONTINUOUS_RECORDING","logicalName": "default","streamToken": "media_profile2","streamUrl": "rtsp://192.168.0.101/media/video2","retentionDays": 0,"resolution": {"width": 640,"height": 360,"area": 230400}},{"streamName": "EVENT_RECORDING","logicalName": "event","streamToken": "media_profile1","streamUrl": "rtsp://192.168.0.101/media/video1","retentionDays": 0,"resolution": {"width": 1920,"height": 1080,"area": 2073600}},{"streamName": "HIGH_QUALITY","logicalName": "high","streamToken": "media_profile1","streamUrl": "rtsp://192.168.0.101/media/video1","retentionDays": 0,"resolution": {"width": 1920,"height": 1080,"area": 2073600}},{"streamName": "MOTION_DETECT","logicalName": "motion","streamToken": "media_profile2","streamUrl": "rtsp://192.168.0.101/media/video2","retentionDays": 0,"resolution": {"width": 640,"height": 360,"area": 230400}}],"sortOrder": 0,"hiddenInLive": false,"hiddenInSearch": false,"imageSearch": true,"ptzControlAllowed": true,"setPtzPresetsAllowed": true,"afControlAllowed": true,"backchannelAllowed": true,"audioAllowed": true,"motionDetectionType": "SERVER","unlicensed": false,"deviceLinkUrl": "/cameralink/camera/3487b2c3-22ba-4bf6-a6bc-9e5c5062b289/","status": "ok","analyticsSupported": false,"analyticsEnabled": false,"localExportAllowed": true,"cloudExportAllowed": true,"recordingType": "CONTINUOUS_PLUS_EVENT","deviceIssues": [],"audio": false,"hiddenEnabled": false,"exportAllowed": true},
  4. The camera's GUID is the 36 characters following "id".
 

 

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