CamDVR Static Assets

Static asset delivery for video platforms

CamDVR provides a lightweight CDN and REST API used by video monitoring platforms and IoT devices to deliver snapshots, thumbnails and static media.

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Why developers use CamDVR

Low latency delivery

Edge-cached media assets optimized for camera previews, dashboards and monitoring interfaces.

Simple REST API

Fetch media assets and metadata using standard HTTPS requests with API key authentication.

Optimized caching

Distributed asset storage with automatic cache validation and versioned asset paths.

Example request

GET https://static-assets.camdvr.org/v1/files/camera/preview_3921.jpg Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

API Overview

The CamDVR Static Assets API provides endpoints for retrieving cached media assets used in surveillance dashboards, monitoring software and embedded devices.

GET /v1/files/{path} – retrieve cached asset
GET /v1/assets/{id} – fetch asset metadata
POST /v1/assets – upload new asset

All API responses are returned in JSON. Authentication is handled via API keys provided in the Authorization header.

API Version: v1

Service Status: Operational

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