nxw-event-rule-switcher

Allows switching of disabled status in NX Witness from python

How to use

You can create credentials.py file, with following values, to set your custom credentials outside the script:

DEFAULT_HOST="https://localhost"
DEFAULT_PORT="7001"
DEFAULT_USER="admin"
DEFAULT_PASSWORD="*****"

In NX Witness, you must add a comment to your rule (bottom left corner in the rule window) you want to be able to swtich. Default value in script is MY_RULE_IDENTIFIER.

If you run the script, rule with comment used as an input parameter will switch it's disabled status.

./event_rule_enable.py -r MY_RULE_IDENTIFIER

More info about NX Witness REST API

• Authentication: https://support.networkoptix.com/hc/en-us/articles/4410505014423-Nx-Witness-Authentication-APIs
• General info about NX REST API: https://support.networkoptix.com/hc/en-us/articles/219573367-HTTP-REST-API
• Standard API documentation for your server: https://${YOUR_SERVER_IP}:${PORT}/#/api-tool/main?type=1
  • For local testing, the values usually can be:
    • YOUR_SERVER_IP=localhost
    • PORT=7001