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I have a Tapo C210 and it cannot take a snapshot via http url. It's a really good camera and I would buy 5 Tapo cameras. But not without the snapshot function. Please change that. Almost every other camera on the market can use the snapshot command via http url. It can be used in any smart home system. It's very important for that.
@Sascha-Man Hello,
I'm afraid Tapo Camera does not support taking screenshot via Http URL.
But Tapo camera supports RTSP and ONVIF protocol, you could try some third party software or tools, as far as I could tell VLC player could take a screenshot.
One of forum customers share a method to take screenshot via ffmpeg:
https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/187252
May I know how do you want to use this feature with your smart home system?
Thank you for your reponse. I know the RTSP stream of this camera and I also found out how to take a screenshot using ffmpeg. This works on a Raspberry Pi, for example. But in my case that is not a solution. I use a German smart home system called Homematic. Ffmpeg and RTSP do not work on the Homematic central device called CCU3.
I have 3 INSTAR cameras outside. These cameras can be accessed via the command: http://192.168.XXX.XXX/tmpfs/snap.jpg?usr=USER&pwd=PASSWORD
The CCU3 executes this command, for example when motion is detected outside, and can send me the image from the camera via pushover.
The command to save the image in the CCU3 is:
dom.GetObject ("CUxD.CUX2801001: 1.CMD_EXEC"). State ("wget -O /tmp/Door.jpg 'http://192.168.XXX.XXX/tmpfs/snap.jpg?usr=USER&pwd=PASSWORD' ");
In the German Homematic Forum there are many posts with problems with RTSP. We all need snapshots from the cameras !! :-)
Please tell your developers. PLEASE !!!
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