HikvisionTeleAlarm is a simple bot written on Python that uses telebot and hikvisionapi libs, to catch motion alerts from the camera system and send messages to set telegram chats or groups.

Installation

HikvisionTeleAlarm requires Python 3.10 (using the bot on early versions does not guarantee correct functioning) and created a telegram bot using @BotFather.

Linux

git clone https://github.com/at-elcapitan/HikvisionTeleAlarm.git

or

wget https://github.com/at-elcapitan/HikvisionTeleAlarm/archive/refs/tags/pda-v0.3.1.1.zip && unzip pda-v0.3.1.1.zip && rm pda-v0.3.1.1.zip

Windows

git clone https://github.com/at-elcapitan/HikvisionTeleAlarm.git`

or

curl -sL "https://github.com/at-elcapitan/HikvisionTeleAlarm/archive/refs/tags/pda-v0.3.1.1.zip" -o pda-v0.3.1.1.zip

Getting started

Before starting the bot, create a .env file according to the template and fill it with your data:

TOKEN = SOMETOKEN
HOST = SOMEHOST
LOGIN = SOMELOGIN
PASSWD = SOMEPASSWD
TIMEOUT = 15

Do not use ""

Starting bot

Linux

chmod +x ./run.sh && ./run.sh

Windows (PowerShell)

python -m pip install virtualenv && virtualenv venv && venv\Scripts\activate

After running the bot for the first time, run the /getuserid command and shut it down. The bot will create a files directory as well as .json configs. Copy your user id and paste it to admins.json file. Example:

[
    0011223344
]

Change the camera.json file using the template:

ID - camera ID in HIKVISION system (must be an integer placed in "")

name - displaying name

true | false - isEnabled state.

{
    "ID": [
        "name",
        false
    ],
    "ID2": [
        "name2",
        true
    ]
}

Simple annotation for all bot commands:

init - Adding chat to send list [Auth required]
simplelist - Displaying information about cameras [Simplified]
list - Displaying information about cameras [Prettytable]
disablecamera - <id> Disabling camera [Auth required/Attribute required]
enablecamera - <id> Enabling camera [Auth required/Attribute required]
getuserid - Displaying user id
addadmin - <id> Adding new admin to the list [Auth required/Attribute required]

Bot commands

Command	Description
/init	requires admin privileges (user id must be in admins.json file), adds chat or group id to chats.json
/list	sending information about all cameras (IDs, isEnabled)
/simplelist	simple form of /list command (w/o borders)
/disablecamera	<id> changing isEnabled state of camera
/enablecamera	<id> changing isEnabled state of camera
/getuserid	sending user ID to chat
/addadmin	<id> adds user id to the admins.json file
/image	<id> sending image from camera