I am using a curl command in cmd prompt to get events from my NVR. The command is curl -v --digest " http://username :password@ip_address/cgi-bin/eventManager xxx" When I execute the command using curl, I get a response from the NVR everytime motion is detected. How do I replicate this in nodered? …

Thanks for the reply - do I really need to use the exec node? I would prefer not. Is there a way to do it with the existing http nodes?

you have bad feelings for the EXEC node? :wink:

Use the http request node, not the http in node. check use authorization and select type digest add you username and password. What NVR are you using? as node-red-contrib-hikvision-ultimate works with some non hikvision NVR

haha I would just rather keep the execution within nodered :slight_smile:

[image] E1cid: Use the http request node, not the http in node. check use authorization and select type digest add you username and pass word. Thanks - do you have to inject into the http request node for it to work?

Yes to send the request a message must be sent to the node(of any type)

so inject a timestamp, enable keep connection alive, and it should continue to listen for these events that the NVR is posting? I tried this and I get a non-http Transport requested? the full URL is http://ip_addr:port/cgi-bin/eventManager.cgi?action=attach&channel=0&codes=[VideoMotion]

No it is more complicated than that. What NVR is this? how old? does it support ISAPI?

I don't know what ISAPI is.. but surely I can just replicate what I am doing in CMD prompt here? It is a Dahua NVR 5208 8 port

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haha I would just rather keep the execution within nodered

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