README.md

Tapo camera API

HTTP JSON API for viewing and controlling Tapo camera's privacy mode.

Prequisites

• Python 3.9 or later
• pip

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements

Configuring application

The application needs to be configured so that it knows what cameras it should interact with. Configuration template is provided. The configuration is set so that all cameras must have the same local credentials.

Example configuration

{
  "user": "camera_local_user",
  "password": "password",
  "hosts": [
    {
      "host": "C200_ABCDEFG",
      "name": "Foyer"
    }
  ]
}

Run application

With the default configuration file

python tapo_camera_api.py

or with a custom configuration file

python tapo_camera_api.py my_configuration.json

Endpoints

List camera privacy statuses

Request method: GET URL: http://0.0.0.0:5020/privacy

Response example

{
  "data": [
    {
      "host": "C200_ABCDEFG",
      "privacy_enabled": true,
      "name": "Foyer"
    }
  ]
  status": "OK"
}

Enable or disable privacy statuses

Request method: POST URL: http://0.0.0.0:5020/privacy

Request examples

Enable privacy mode

{
  "privacy": true
}

Disable privacy mode

{
  "privacy": false
}

Response example

{
  "data": [
    {
      "host": "C200_ABCDEFG",
      "privacy_enabled": true,
      "name": "Foyer"
    }
  ]
  status": "OK"
}