Using Http; Getting Status And Configurations; Sending Commands And Configurations; Using Http Post - Cisco TelePresence System Codec C20 Reference Manual

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Using HTTP

The codec supports sending commands and configurations over HTTP and HTTPS. It is also possible to retrieve configurations
and statuses this way. This interface exposes the same API as the command line, but in XML format.
URL cheat sheet
The following table contains the main URLs used when accessing the API over HTTP.
Method URL
GET http://<ip-address>/status.xml
GET http://<ip-address>/configuration.xml
GET http://<ip-address>/command.xml
GET http://<ip-address>/valuespace.xml
GET http://<ip-address>/getxml?location=<path>
POST http://<ip-address>/putxml
GET, POST http://<ip-address>/formputxml?xmldoc=<xml>

Getting status and configurations

Example 1: Get all status entries on the codec.
http://<ip-address>/getxml?location=/Status
Example 2: Get just the audio statuses of the codec.
http://<ip-address>/getxml?location=/Status/Audio
Example 3: Get all configurations of the codec.
http://<ip-address>/getxml?location=/Configuration
Example 4: Get all video configurations of the codec.
http://<ip-address>/getxml?location=/Configuration/
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About the API About the API xConfiguration
Description
Complete status document
Complete configuration document
Complete command document
Complete valuespace document
Retrieve document based on a path
Configurations and commands in HTTP body
Configurations and commands www-urlencoded

Sending commands and configurations

Using HTTP GET
It is possible to use HTTP GET when sending commands
or configurations to the codec. This makes it easy to test
commands using your browser.
Example 1: Setting the camera position.
http://<ip-address>/formputxml?xmldoc=
<Command><Camera><PositionSet command="True">
<CameraId>1</CameraId><Pan>200</Pan>
<Tilt>200</Tilt></PositionSet></Camera></Command>
Example 2: Changing the system name.
http://<ip-address>/formputxml?xmldoc=
<Configuration><SystemUnit>
<Name>newName</Name></SystemUnit></Configuration>
Example 3: Changing multiple configurations in one go.
http://<ip-address>/formputxml?xmldoc=
<Configuration><Audio><Volume>80</Volume>
</Audio><Video><OSD><TodaysBookings>On
</TodaysBookings></OSD></Video></Configuration>
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xCommand xStatus

Using HTTP POST

When sending configurations and commands to the codec,
it is important that the HTTP header Content-Type is set to
text/xml, i.e. Content-Type:
should contain the XML content.
Example 1: Changing the system name.
Request
POST /putxml HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml
Connection: close
<Configuration>
<SystemUnit>
<Name>newName</Name>
</SystemUnit>
</Configuration>
Example 2: Setting the camera position.
Request
POST /putxml HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml
Connection: close
<Command>
<Camera>
<PositionSet command="True">
<CameraId>1</CameraId>
<Pan>200</Pan>
<Tilt>200</Tilt>
</PositionSet>
</Camera>
</Command>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: <date>
Server: WSGIServer/0.1 Python/2.5.4
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: text/xml
Content-Length: 91
Connection: close
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Command>
<CameraPositionSetResult item="1" status="OK"/>
</Command>
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text/xml. The body of the POST