Pip Package Release

[keniee]

Is there anyway we can get an updated pip package release with the new PR changes? Latest pip package was released on the 21st Aug, 2018

Thanks!

[jamesst20]

https://github.com/openvideolibs/python-onvif-zeep-async appears to be a more active project

[kaburagisec]

Guys, feel free to try my repo nirsimetri/onvif-python and give your feedback.

[ronytesler]

https://github.com/openvideolibs/python-onvif-zeep-async appears to be a more active project

it has only 7 issues. Did you try it? Not sure which package I should use.

[kaburagisec]

https://github.com/openvideolibs/python-onvif-zeep-async appears to be a more active project

it has only 7 issues. Did you try it? Not sure which package I should use.

Actually, you can directly operate with onvif without additional packages, just with the zeep and requests libraries then download the official WSDL from onvif/specs and start operating with your onvif camera/device.

[ronytesler]

https://github.com/openvideolibs/python-onvif-zeep-async appears to be a more active project

it has only 7 issues. Did you try it? Not sure which package I should use.

Actually, you can directly operate with onvif without additional packages, just with the zeep and requests libraries then download the official WSDL from onvif/specs and start operating with your onvif camera/device.

Not from here? https://www.onvif.org/profiles/specifications

[kaburagisec]

You can also use it from there, but if you want a WSDL that's truly up-to-date and continuously updated by them (the ONVIF Developers), you can use the repo (https://github.com/onvif/specs). This repo is truly official from them (ONVIF Consortium), not a third-party one.

Remember that ONVIF is updated every six months, with versions based on {year}.{month}, starting with 16.06 and continuing with the latest release, 25.06. I'm sure they'll release another ONVIF version, 25.12, this coming December.

Or, if you want something simpler, I've created a wrapper for it; you can check it out at https://github.com/nirsimetri/onvif-python.

As a note, make sure you follow the ONVIF Application Programmers Guide at https://www.onvif.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ONVIF_WG-APG-Application_Programmers_Guide-1.pdf.

Good luck.

[ronytesler]

@kaburagisec Thanks! I'll try it. The guide has a broken link at the top of page 9 - http://www.onvif.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=19357
Maybe there's a newer guide?
Do I have to go through the discovery stage if I already know the static ip of the camera?

[kaburagisec]

which link bro?

@kaburagisec Thanks! I'll try it. The guide has a broken link at the top of page 9 - http://www.onvif.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=19357 Maybe there's a newer guide? Do I have to go through the discovery stage if I already know the static ip of the camera?

Device discovery using WS-Discovery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-Discovery) is optional. You can communicate directly with the IP address used by the ONVIF device.

Every ONVIF device has a fixed path for the Device service at http://{YOUR_DEVICE_IP}:{YOUR_ONVIF_PORT}/onvif/device_service. Please refer to the documentation for the Device service at https://developer.onvif.org/pub/specs/branches/development/doc/Core.xml.

If you need further information about WS-Discovery in ONVIF, you can read the following:

• https://docs.edgexfoundry.org/4.0/microservices/device/services/device-onvif-camera/supplementary-info/ws-discovery/
• https://mysupport.zyxel.com/hc/en-us/articles/28555752081938-Nebula-Switch-Configure-ONVIF-Discovery

[kaburagisec]

@kaburagisec Thanks! I'll try it. The guide has a broken link at the top of page 9 - http://www.onvif.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=19357 Maybe there's a newer guide? Do I have to go through the discovery stage if I already know the static ip of the camera?

Oh, you mean this:

ONVIF Core Specification Version 2.0, November 2010, available
on http://www.onvif.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=19357

You can download all specifications for all versions at https://www.onvif.org/profiles/specifications/specification-history. This is the most recent version.