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Postman collection withtwo environments (LAN and WAN) to interact with a Hikvision NVR device.

• Brand: Hikvision
• Model:DS-7104NI-Q1 / 4P

To use this collection in Postman, you need to configure the following environment variables for both environments:

• NVR_USERNAME
• NVR_PASSWORD
• NVR_PROTOCOL
• NVR_HOSTNAME
• NVR_PORT

NVR_USERNAME=adminNVR_PASSWORD=mypasswordNVR_PROTOCOL=httpNVR_HOSTNAME=192.168.1.156NVR_PORT=80

ForNVR_HOSTNAME, you can use:

• An IPv4 address (e.g.,192.168.1.156)
• A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) (e.g.,nvr.example.com)

Complete the following steps:

1. You might want to create a separatedWorkspace to have things organized although this is an optional step

   • Choose a Blank Workspace and select Next
   • Choose a name for the new workspace and selectOnly me for who can access to it, if you prefer so. Select Create

2. Now, go to theImport option next to your workspace name and drop the three files available from thisrepository folder andSelect Import

   Postman collection

   • Hikvision DS-7104NI-Q1 - 4P NVR collection.postman_collection.json

   Environments

   • [LAN] - Hikvision DS-7104NI-Q1 - 4P NVR.postman_environment.json
   • [WAN] - Hikvision DS-7104NI-Q1 - 4P NVR.postman_environment.json

3. Once import process is finished, you can then go to theCollections andEnvironments to check if it has been done correctly

4. Go toEnvironments tab and set your environments variables for bothLAN andWAN environments and use theCurrent value column to fill the data

5. From the right top dropdown menu, select the environment you want to work with next

6. Finally, go toCollections tab and try your requests. Remember: Some of the requests may not work for other NVR devices

All information was obtained from the PDF files available in theNVR API documentation files