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
- In Apex, navigate to the Cameras menu and click on the camera whose GUID you want
- Check the URL bar. The GUID for the camera is the 36 characters following cameraId=
From the JSON information page
- Access the Cameras menu in Apex
- In the URL bar, replace /admin/camera with /apix/cameras and press enter
- 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
- 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},
- Example:
- The camera's GUID is the 36 characters following "id".