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The server will return the most up-to-date snapshot of the selected channel and stream in JPEG format. The 
size and quality of the image will be set according to the video settings on the server. 
Return: 
HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n 
Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n 
[Content-Length: <image size>\r\n] 
<binary JPEG image data> 
8.6 Account Management 
Note: This request requires Administrator privileges. 
Method: GET/POST 
Syntax: 
http://<servername>/cgi-bin/admin/editaccount.cgi
?
method=<value>&username=<name>[&userpass=<value>][&privilege=<value>]
[&privilege=<value>][…][&return=<return page>]
PARAMETER  VALUE  DESCRIPTION 
Add  Add an account to the server. When using this method, the “username” field
is necessary. It will use the default value of other fields if not specified. 
Delete  Remove an account from the server. When using this method, the 
“username” field is necessary, and others are ignored. 
method
edit  Modify the account password and privilege. When using this method, the 
“username” field is necessary, and other fields are optional. If not specified,
it will keep the original settings. 
username  <name>  The name of the user to add, delete, or edit. 
userpass  <value>  The password of the new user to add or that of the old user to modify. The
default value is an empty string. 
<value>  The privilege of the user to add or to modify.   
viewer  Viewer privilege. 
operator  Operator privilege. 
Privilege 
admin  Administrator privilege. 
Return  <return page>  Redirect to the page <return page> after the parameter is assigned. The 
<return page> can be a full URL path or relative path according to the 
current path. If you omit this parameter, it will redirect to an empty page.










