Webcam32 CGI Interface


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Webcam32 CGI Interface

Overview

Webcam32 supplies a Windows based CGI Interface application called webcam32cgi.exe. This application may be installed as a CGI program on a Webserver. Its purpose is to act as a gateway between the Webserver and Webcam32. It can be used, for example, within a firewall to deliver HTTP live images from Webcam32.

The following diagram illustrates the use of the CGI.

The Web Browser will load an HTML page which references the Webcam32 CGI. The Web Server will invoke the Webcam32 CGI which will in turn, contact Webcam32 and return the image directly captured from Webcam32.

Operation

To utilize the CGI for Webcam32, the following syntax must be used:


		Here is a picture from Surveyor's own local camera using webcam32cgi.exe:
		
			

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		The parameters to the webcam32cgi program are the TCP/IP hostname or IP address of the machine on which Webcam32 is running and the port number on which Webcam32 is listening for incoming HTTP requests.
		The webcam32cgi.exe executable supplied with Webcam32 should be copied into the cgi-bin directory of the Webserver.