Send an HTTP command

[Monk]

I'm thinking there should be some way - maybe not even a script - that can be used to send an http command from HS to another server. Here is what I need to send:

http://x.x.x.x:5000/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.SurveillanceStation.ExternalEvent&method= "Trigger"&version=1&eventId=1&eventName="This is external event1"&account="{account}"&password="{password}"

I am about to try it from a browser, and expect it should work once I fill in IP address / password & usernames.

Is there a spimple way to do this? I found "URLAction" but that requires programming -

Any assistance appreciated.

[kenm]

It's what URLAction is for. You can run &hs.URLAction from an event as an immediate script command. Also, take a look at Big6 or mcsMQTT. They both can send HTTP requests.

[Monk]

Thanks! I think that's what I was looking for. Will give it a try.

[Monk]

OK - thats the programming part.
I tried &hs.URLAction http://x.x.x.x:5000/webapi/entry.cgi...lEvent&method= "Trigger"&version=1&eventId=1&eventName="This is external event1"&account="{account}"&password="{password}"
But it errors.

With the proper account / password which works great from a web browser.

Any example would be super!

[wkrasner]

hs.geturl(url,"",TRUE,80)

this works

[BlairG]

Here, HS talks to our BlueIris server all day long,, the first script is from a immediate script, second example is from a script that sends banner info to BI.

Blair

&hs.geturl("localhost","/admin?camera=Cam09&trigger&user=userxx&pw=userxx",TRUE,9080)

send parameters to BlueIris host port 9080
hs.getURL("localhost","/admin?macro="+theMacro+"&text="+totalStatus+"&user=userxx&pw =userxx",FALSE,9080)send parameters to BlueIris host port 9080

[jon00]

Try this immediate script command:

&hs.URLAction("http://x.x.x.x:5000/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.SurveillanceStation.ExternalEvent&method=Trigger&version=1&eventId=1&eventName=This is external event1&account={account}&password={password}", "GET", "", "")

You may need to change any spaces in the eventName to %20 i.e.

This%20is%20external%20event1

Don't add any extra quotation marks!

[Monk]

Thank you Blair & Jon00 (especially Jon00!) I would have spent 8 hours trying to figure this out on my own.
Can't wait to try this tonight!