I have an IP camera that hands me a snapshot of what it is seeing when I enter a specific url which the manual provides. The manual also states that the http response is:
HTTP Code: 200 OK
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Content-Length: <image size>
Body:<JPEG image data>
Looking at the page on Firefox, I can see nothing but the image. I cannot even view its page source. I am hoping this indicates a very simple format to grab with C++.
What I want to do is to write a C++ program that autograbs images from this camera at some time interval (and perhaps even do stuff on the image while it's at it).
What do I need to know to make this happen?
(Note that I have to use C++ EDIT: and linux )
The easiest solution is probably curl. It's even got an example which lacks just the for (;;) { grab(); sleep(60000); } loop.