More functionality needed with the LUA parser for HTTP/HTTPS Poller

[Ittiz]

So I like the new HTTP/HTTPS poller. I'm using it to act as a motion and sound sensor for my foscams. However, the input data seems to be extremely limited. If I want to update the status of a device based on the data fetched I pretty much have to do it every single time the cam is polled, even if there is no new data. This creates a very messy log and isn't acceptable for something that will generate a message every time it's triggered. I'd like to do something like get data from another device or sensor and then decide whether I'd like to update the status or not. Basically, it'd be nice if we had access to all the functionality (globals ect...) we have with regular LUA scripts in Domoticz.

[G3rard]

I had the same request and the developer of the poller has implemented this. It is available since about 2 weeks in the beta versions.

https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz/pull/626
https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz/pull/1047

Can you please share your scripts as I have a Foscam as well

[Nautilus]

Can you please share your scripts as I have a Foscam as well

+1

[Ittiz]

That's great, any clue to when this might get past beta? I'd prefer to run the stable version. Below is the code I have at the moment, pretty simple for now. I use a pollers that poll my cams at: HTTP://<Cam IP Addy>:<Port #>/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?&usr=<User>&pwd=<Password>&cmd=getDevState every 10 seconds

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-- Retrieve the request content
s = request['content'];

-- Get the device Statuses. 2=alarm, 1=no alarm, 0=disabled.

local motionalert = domoticz_applyXPath(s,'//CGI_Result/motionDetectAlarm/text()')
local soundalert = domoticz_applyXPath(s,'//CGI_Result/soundAlarm/text()')

-- Quick cheap fix to status values
motionalert = motionalert - 1
soundalert = soundalert - 1

-- Apply status value to devices

domoticz_updateDevice(20,motionalert,"0")
domoticz_updateDevice(21,soundalert,"0")

[Nautilus]

Thanks, tested and got it working

Just got me thinking that if we poll the camera every 10 seconds, won't it create quite a bit of strain to both the camera itself, Domoticz (especially if multiple cameras) and the local network? Cannot understand why Foscam took away the possibility to call url from the "new" cameras...

[Ittiz]

10 seconds doesn't seem to cause much of an issue on my network and I have 4 cams. The text that is being transferred is pretty small. If you're worried to can space it out more like 30 seconds or something. But yeah it'd be nice if Foscam had kept the ability for the camera to do an HTTP request upon motion detection.

[felix63]

Hi,

Could you share your poller settings? Perhaps a screen print? I also have some Foscam's Cameras.

Thanks!