Package: carson-living
Python Carson Living is a library written in Python that exposes the carson.live devices as Python objects.Please note, thatCarsondoes not provide an official API documentation, therefore this project
is solely based on reverse engineering.Getting startedInstallationCarson Living Python should work againstPython 2.x >= 2.7andPython 3.x >= 3.5.# Installing from PyPi
$ pip install carson_living

# Installing latest development
$ pip install \
    git+https://github.com/rado0x54/python-carson-living@masterInitialize a Carson API object# Initializing an API objectcarson=Carson("account@email.com",'your password')print(carson.user)# >> Martinprint(carson.token)# >> ey...You are also able to pass a valid JWT token during initialization which would prevent a login action as long as the token is valid:# Initializing an API object with a valid tokencarson=Carson("account@email.com",'your password','ey....')print(carson.token)# >> MartinSince Carson Living uses JWT token with very long validity, it is recommended to save the active token viacarson.token, whenever one needs to reinitialize the API later on. The API library is robust to handle expired
JWT tokens (and 401 handling), so no need to check before.Carson entitiesThe library currently supports the following entities and actions.User (carson.user): readBuilding (carson.buildings): readDoors (building.doors): read, openCameras (building.cameras): read, images, videoDoor entitiesDoors can be “buzzed” open viadoor.open()# Open all Unit Doors of Main Buildingfordoorincarson.first_building.doors:ifdoor.is_unit_door:print('Opening Unit Door{}'.format(door.name))door.open()Camera entitiesEagle Eye cameras can produce live images and videos but also allow access to passed recordings (see API). The API can download the image and video directly into a provided file object
or just pass a generated url with an eagle_eye auth keyA=c000..... Please note, that the url can only be accessed as long as theauth_keyis valid. Therefore it may make sense to
force the eagle eye api to refresh the auth key before generating a image or video url.Directly save a live image:forcamerainbuilding.cameras:withopen('image_{}.jpeg'.format(camera.entity_id),'wb')asfile:camera.get_image(file)Directly save a live video of 10s:forcamerainbuilding.cameras:withopen('video_{}.flv'.format(camera.entity_id),'wb')asfile:camera.get_video(file,timedelta(seconds=10))Directly download a image from a timestamp:three_hours_ago=datetime.utcnow()-timedelta(hours=3)# download all images from 3 hours agoforcamerainbuilding.cameras:withopen('image_{}.jpeg'.format(camera.entity_id),'wb')asfile:camera.get_image(file,three_hours_ago)Directly download a recorded video from a timestamp:three_days_ago=datetime.utcnow()-timedelta(days=3)# download all videos from 3 days agoforcaminbuilding.cameras:withopen('video_{}.flv'.format(cam.entity_id),'wb')asfile:cam.get_video(file,timedelta(seconds=5),three_days_ago)The Carson API is also able to produce authenticated URLs that can be handled externally.
Please not, that theauth_keyhas a limited lifetime. Therefore it makes sense to update
theauth_keymanually before retrieving predefined URLs. Note, the Eagle Eye API in Carson
is associated with a building, so it is sufficient to update it once for all cameras in the same
building. The function signature of the the_urlfunction is identical to the previous ones
(minus the file object).# Update Session Auth Key of Eagle Eye once in a while if using# generated authenticated URLs.# Note, this is not needed for get_image() or get_video()building.eagleeye_api.update_session_auth_key()forcaminbuilding.cameras:img_url=cam.get_image_url(three_days_ago)print(img_url)# >> https://cXXX.eagleeyenetworks.com/asset/prev/image.jpeg?id=c0&timestamp=20200122211442.575&asset_class=pre&A=c000~...response=requests.get(img_url)withopen('image_{}_with_url.jpeg'.format(cam.entity_id),'wb')asfile:file.write(response.content)# do only 1 cam.breakUsecam.get_video_url()the same way.CLI ToolCheckout./scripts/carsoncli.pyfor further API implementation examples.Development NotesRequest HeadersThe library currently works with the following base headers:User-Agent: Carson/1.0.171 (live.carson.app; build:245; iOS 13.1.0) Alamofire/1.0.171
X-Device-Type: ios
X-App-Version: 1.0.171(245)Code DocumentationThe code follow theGoogle Python Styleguidefor docstring.Git Branching StrategyThis project usesgitflowas a git branching model.Open ItemsThe following is not supported by the API yet and remains TODO.Expose visitor functionality (/visitors)Expose thread / messaging functionality (/threads)Expose delivery functionality (/deliveries)Expose dashboard functionality (/dashboard)Expose service functionality (/service)Integrate Twilio (twilio/access-token/)Expand and extract EagleEye API (into separate project?).Licensepython-carson-living is released under the Apache License Version 2.0. See theLICENSEfile for more
details.Credits && ThanksA lot of the project setup and the API object design was inspired / launched offhttps://github.com/tchellomello/python-ring-doorbell. Saved me a lot of headaches with tox, setuptools and Travis!.