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How to send push-notifications out of ContaCam

ContaCam is a free Video Surveillance and Live Webcam software for Windows is extremely easy on system resources, and does not contain unnecessary bloat. It is fast, light, and versatile enough to meet all your security needs while still being very user friendly and able to run on even the most moderate systems.

Pushsafer.com make it easy and safe to send & receive push-notifications to your

Android devices
iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Watch)
Windows 10 Phone & Desktop
Browser (Chrome & Firefox)

Usage >=9.0.0

copy the file pushsafer-contacam.bat to a desired path on you PC
pushsafer-contacam.bat is a small batch program that uses cURL (>=Windows10) to send a request to the pushsafer API
Edit pushsafer-contacam.bat to your needs (Section Pushsafer Settings) and save the file
Open ContaCam Advanced Settings
Enter C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe to Programm
Enter /C ""D:\pushsafer-contacam.bat" "%name%" "%sec%" "%min%" "%hour%" "%day%" "%month%" "%year%" to Arguments set the right path to pushsafer-contacam.bat

Pushsafer

Usage <=7.7.0

copy the file callurl.cmd to a desired path on you PC
callurl.cmd is a small batch program that can open urls in background
Open Camera Advanced Setting of your desired camera in ContaCam
go to tab Movement Detection
enable Execute Command, enter the comand file path and the Pushsafer API URL as Params
the command path is the path of callurl.cmd on your pc
Params is the Pushsafer API url with required key and optional parameter in quotation marks
you can use the Link/URL generator in your dashboard
choose parameters you want and click on Create Link
Copy the generated URL in ContaCam

Example program file path

{path to callurl.cmd} "{Pushsafer API URL}"

D:\callurl.cmd "https://www.pushsafer.com/api?k=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&d=269&i=82&s=25&v=3&t=ContaCam%20Alarm&m=Motion%20detection%20Living%20room"