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Python API for the Blink Home Security Camera System
This is based off the documentation at: https://github.com/MattTW/BlinkMonitorProtocol
.. code:: python
import blink
b = blink.Blink()
events = b.events()
an_event = events[0]
mp4_data = b.download_video(an_event)
This assumes you have a file ~/.blinkconfig that looks like this:
::
me@somewhere.net: my_password
Alternatively, you can init Blink like so:
::
b = blink.Blink(email='me@somewhere.net', password='my_password')
Blink eventually deletes old video clips. If you want to archive your videos locally, run:
::
$ python -m blink --archive path/to/archive_dir
Typically this would be put into a cron job.
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| Function | Description | Implemented | Works |
+===========+==============+==============+========+
| connect | Client login | yes | yes | | () | to the Blink | | |
| | Servers. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| network | Obtain | yes | yes | | s() | information | | |
| | about the | | |
| | Blink | | |
| | networks | | |
| | defined for | | |
| | the logged | | |
| | in user. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| sync_mo | Obtain | yes | yes | | dules(net | information | | | | work) | about the | | |
| | Blink Sync | | |
| | Modules on | | |
| | the given | | |
| | network. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| arm(net | Arm the | yes | no | | work) | given | | |
| | network | | |
| | (start | | |
| | recording/re | | |
| | porting | | |
| | motion | | |
| | events). | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| disarm( | Disarm the | yes | no | | network)` | given | | | | ` | network | | | | | (stop | | | | | recording/re | | | | | porting | | | | | motion | | | | | events. | | | +-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+ | command | Get status | yes | unknow |
| _status() | info on the | | n |
| | given | | | | | command. | | | +-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+ |homescr | Return | yes | yes |
| een() | information | | | | | displayed on | | | | | the home | | | | | screen of | | | | | the mobile | | | | | client. | | | +-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+ |events( | Get events | yes | yes |
| network)| for a given | | | | | network | | |
| | (sync | | |
| | module). | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| downloa | Get a video | yes | yes | | d_video(e | clip from | | | | vent) | the events | | |
| | list. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| downloa | Get a | yes | no | | d_thumbna | thumbnail | | | | il(event) | from the | | | | | events list. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| cameras | Gets a list | yes | yes | | (network) | of cameras. | | | | | | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| clients | Gets | yes | yes | | () | information | | |
| | about | | |
| | devices that | | |
| | have | | |
| | connected to | | |
| | the blink | | |
| | service. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| regions | Gets | yes | yes | | () | information | | |
| | about | | |
| | supported | | |
| | regions. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| health( | Gets | yes | yes | | ) | information | | |
| | about system | | |
| | health. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| capture | Captures a | no | | | _video(ca | new video | | | | mera) | for a | | |
| | camera. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| capture | Captures a | no | | | _thumbnai | new | | | | l(camera) | thumbnail | | | | | for a | | |
| | camera. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| unwatch | Gets a list | no | | | ed_videos | of unwatched | | | | () | videos. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
| delete( | Deletes a | no | | | video) | video. | | |
+-----------+--------------+--------------+--------+
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Python API for the Blink Home Security Camera System
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