Wyze Cam Integration

josh · July 30, 2018, 5:45pm

For the dashboard, you can use TinyCam as a ‘bridge’ to get the video/snapshots into the SharpTools.io dashboard:

Using the TinyCam app on an Android device or Fire OS device, you can stream your Wyze cameras or other cameras to your SharpTools dashboards. Be sure to check out the videos linked below; the high-level steps include:

Add your Wyze Cam in TinyCam

Setup the TinyCam webserver

Use the following format for the URL in the SharpTools Media Tile:
http://{tiny.cam.address:port}/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera={id}

For example, you might end up with something like:
http://192.168.1.11:8083/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=2

You should be able to test your URL directly in your browser and it should start streaming your video. You might have to play with the camera ID to get the right camera.

Note that if you have a username and password enabled in your webserver, you can add it as a URL parameter:
http://192.168.1.11:8083/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?camera=2&user=admin&pwd=mypassword

You can also get an image snapshot by using image.cgi instead:
http://192.168.1.11:8083/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi?camera=2

How would you like to use the camera in the Rule Engine? I did a bit of quick searching and it doesn’t look like they have an official API (although they do have IFTTT integration)

Edit: There’s also some nice videos put together by Justin at Simply Smart showing the process: