What it can do — Dahua HTTP API CCTV
Feature by feature, as assessed on 2026-09-06. Read the limitation column before you
promise a customer something the hardware cannot do.
Connection, health and audit
| Feature |
Supported |
Limitation |
| Connection & session |
Yes |
— |
| Liveness / keepalive |
Yes |
— |
| Time synchronization |
Yes |
— |
| Offline audit recovery |
No — the hardware cannot do it |
Events that occur while the link to the recorder is down are lost and cannot be recovered once it reconnects. |
| Health & supervision |
Yes |
— |
| Configuration & reset audit |
Unverified — manufacturer information is incomplete |
The system does not record when someone changes the recorder's settings or restores it to factory defaults. |
| Configuration discovery |
Not included |
The recorder's channels and outputs are not imported into the system automatically; they must be added by hand. |
Video
| Feature |
Supported |
Limitation |
| Channel discovery |
Yes |
— |
| Live / playback / snapshot |
Partially |
Live view, recorded playback with seek, and snapshots work, but changing playback speed such as slow-motion or fast-forward is not available. |
| PTZ / presets |
Yes |
— |
| Analytics |
Yes |
— |
| Faults & teardown |
Yes |
— |