Get latest data for all public cameras

GET 
/api/getCameraDataByLoc

• Data Format: the camera data is delivered in a compressed format to optimize object size. The data is comprised of two objects, "cams" & "locs", each of which contains attributes "data" & "key". "data" is an array of objects, each corresponding to one camera or location. "key" correlates the abbreviated attributes for these two data types to human-readable values. Cameras are linked to locations via the "lid" (location id) attribute, found on each camera object.
• Constructing Image Keys: Image keys are constructed using the following information, which can be derived from the "cid" (camera id), and "img" keys. The year/month/day information can be derived from the epoch timestamp embedded in the image filename: https://img.cdn.prod.alertwest.com/data/img/[cid]/[yyyy]/[mm]/[dd]/[img]
  • For example, an image for Camera ID #12224 titled Ridge_Tahoe_NV_1743530801_6917.jpg would be found at https://img.cdn.prod.alertwest.com/data/img/12224/2025/04/01/Ridge_Tahoe_NV_1743530801_6917.jpg

Request

Responses

200

Successful operation

application/json

Schema

Schema

code integer

The status code (1 for success, 0 for failure)

str string

The status message

data

object

The camera data

locs

object

data

object[]

Array [

id integer

The location ID

lat string

The latitude of the location

lon string

The longitude of the location

st string

The state code of the location

lp integer

Private location true/false

]

key object

A map of location attributes to human-readable keys

cams

object

data

object[]

Array [

ato integer

Auto Target Override (whether the most recent move should display a target on the map)

p string

The pan value of the camera in degrees

t string

The tilt value of the camera in degrees

z string

The zoom value of the camera

af integer

Whether auto focus is enabled

foc string

The focus value of the camera

br string

The brightness value of the camera

ptz integer

Whether the camera is PTZ

id string

The camera ID

pv integer

Whether the camera is private

lmt string

The last move time of the camera

lid integer

The location ID of the camera

cn string

The camera name

hn string

The hostname of the camera

img string

The image URL of the camera

off integer

Whether the camera is offline

cl integer

The average execution time of recent requests to the camera

isp string

The ISP of the camera

typ string

The type of camera

cc string

The camera class / manufacturer of the camera

fov string

The field of view of the camera

sp string

The sponsor of the camera

co string

The county of the camera

st string

The state of the camera (deprecated - use location)

pr string

The provider of the camera

pl string

URL of the provider's website

pi string

URL of the provider's bar logo

ps string

URL of the provider's square logo

tb integer

Whether the camera has a guard tour configured

trg integer

Whether the camera is currently in touring mode

tr string

The name of the camera tour

]

key object

A map of camera attributes to human-readable keys

err string

The error message

rendered string

Unused/Deprecated

Example (from schema)

{
  "code": 1,
  "str": "",
  "data": {
    "locs": {
      "data": [
        {
          "id": 124,
          "lat": "39.829201",
          "lon": "-121.471603",
          "st": "CA",
          "lp": 0
        }
      ],
      "key": {
        "id": "locId",
        "lat": "locLat",
        "lon": "locLon",
        "st": "locState",
        "lp": "locPrivate"
      }
    },
    "cams": {
      "data": [
        {
          "ato": 1,
          "p": "78.54",
          "t": "-2.43",
          "z": "1",
          "af": 1,
          "foc": "7749",
          "br": "5000",
          "ptz": 1,
          "id": "1006",
          "pv": 0,
          "lmt": "1740211213",
          "lid": 124,
          "cn": "Flea_Mtn_1",
          "hn": "Axis-FleaMtn",
          "img": "Flea_Mtn_1_1740432520_7532.jpg",
          "off": 0,
          "cl": 28,
          "isp": "Digitalpath",
          "typ": "6",
          "cc": "axis",
          "fov": "65.33",
          "sp": "PG&E",
          "co": "Butte",
          "st": "",
          "pr": "UCSD",
          "pl": "https://alertcalifornia.org/",
          "pi": "/img/alertcalifornia-ucsd-logo.png",
          "ps": "/img/alertcalifornia-ucsd-logo-actually-square.png",
          "tb": 1,
          "trg": 0,
          "tr": "root.GuardTour.G0"
        }
      ],
      "key": {
        "ato": "camAutoTargetOverride",
        "p": "camAzimuth",
        "t": "camElevation",
        "z": "camZoom",
        "af": "camAutoFocus",
        "foc": "camFocus",
        "br": "camBrightness",
        "ptz": "camHasPTZ",
        "id": "camId",
        "pv": "camPrivate",
        "lmt": "camLastMoved",
        "lid": "camLocation",
        "cn": "camName",
        "hn": "camHostname",
        "img": "camScreenshot",
        "off": "camOffline",
        "cl": "camLatency",
        "isp": "camIsp",
        "typ": "camType",
        "cc": "camClass",
        "fov": "camViewWidth",
        "sp": "camSponsor",
        "co": "camCounty",
        "st": "camState",
        "pr": "camProviderName",
        "pl": "camProviderLink",
        "pi": "camProviderLogo",
        "ps": "camProviderLogoSquare",
        "tb": "camTourable",
        "trg": "camTouring",
        "tr": "camTour"
      }
    }
  },
  "err": "",
  "rendered": ""
}

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