COMMANDS¶

Help specific to each command is available by executing pyaarlo COMMAND --help.

anonymize

Anonymize and encrypt logs for debugging purposes. For example:

cat output-file | pyaarlo -u username -p password anonymize

camera

Start or stop the camera, or take thumbnails. Requires an argument from {start-stream|stop-stream|last-thumbnail}. For example:

pyaarlo -u username -p password camera last-thumbnail

decrypt

Decrypt from stdin. For example:

cat encrypted | pyaarlo decrypt

dump

Print out everything that was returned from Arlo about the devices in the system. For example:

pyaarlo dump all

encrypt

Encrypt from stdin. For example:

cat output-file | pyaarlo encrypt

list

Requires an argument from {all|cameras|bases|lights|doorbells}. For example:

pyaarlo -u username -p password list all

OPTIONS¶

-u, --username TEXT

Aarlo username.

-p, --password TEXT

Aarlo password.

-a, --anonymize / --no-anonymize

Anonymize ids.

-c, --compact / --no-compact

Minimize lists.

-e, --encrypt / --no-encrypt

Where possible, encrypt output.

-k, --public-key TEXT

Public key for encryption.

-K, --private-key TEXT

Private key for decryption.

-P, --pass-phrase TEXT

Pass phrase for private key.

-s, --storage-dir TEXT.

Where to store Aarlo state and packet dump [default: (current dir)]

-w, --wait / --no-wait.

Wait for all information to arrive on start-up.

-v, --verbose.

More vebose with multiple -v.

--help.

Show help message and exit.