Derive RTSP Stream of existing Vivint cameras for other add-ons like Frigate about hacs-vivint

[natekspencer]

I just released version 2021.9.5 that includes the ability to enable logging of the rtsp urls via the configure option on the integration. Please note that you also have to have logging enabled in your configuration.yaml file with custom_components.vivint set to a minimum of info. Here's an example:

logger:
  default: error
  logs:
    custom_components.vivint: info

[natekspencer]

It wouldn't be hard to expose this at all. If I recall, I even exposed it at one point in my initial iteration of the component as an attribute on the camera, but then decided to remove it from the published file because it could be a security issue (especially for external sources). But this section

hacs-vivint/custom_components/vivint/camera.py

Line 78 in a189ea2

async def stream_source(self):

is where you would get the stream source, which is the RTSP url.

[DarellAdams]

I was trying to write a python script to extract the internal RTSP url from the panel but the API broke after Vivint had their maintenance, I'm hoping they fix it soon so I can share with you guys

EDIT:
As I wrote this comment, the repository was update and was able to finish this script
https://gist.github.com/DarellAdams/1721590ab83443f43eea0c6391c39380

usage as following:
python camRTSP.py [username] [password]

output

DEBUG:root:                     Device: <Camera, Cam1>
Internal rtsp URL non-hd: [URL]
Internal rtsp URL hd: [URL]
External rtsp URL non-hd: rtsp[URL]
External rtsp URL hd: rtsp[URL]
DEBUG:root:                     Device: <Camera, Cam2>
Internal rtsp URL non-hd: [URL]
Internal rtsp URL hd: [URL]
External rtsp URL non-hd: rtsp[URL]
External rtsp URL hd: [URL]

[apercrcl01]

I am interested in this as well.

[thelightningist]

Hi @DarellAdams

Thanks so much for sharing your script! Just so I understand this correctly, where exactly do you place the cameraRTSP script at? The vivint folder under custom_componets?

When I try running it from the terminal in Visual Studio Code after adding the file, I get the same error from running the script if it's in the config folder or custom_componets/vivint/ folder:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "camRTSP.py", line 5, in <module>
    from vivintpy.account import Account
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'vivintpy'

[DarellAdams]

@thelightningist
Sorry for the late reply. You actually need to run this on a laptop/client computer.

1. On your Mac/PC, run a terminal, cmd, or powershell
2. Make sure you have python3 installed (Just google it to install)
3. Make sure module vivintpy is installed (install vivintpy module: pip install vivintpy)
4. On terminal, cd /path/of/the/scirpt/ (e.i cd C:\Scripts)
5. C:\Scripts> python3 camRTSP.py [username] [password]

[thelightningist]

Awesome! Thanks so much!