How it works
Webhooks from any IP camera — nothing running at home
Every guide to camera automation starts by telling you to run something on your LAN and open a port. You don't have to. Cameras have been able to send email since forever, and that outbound connection is all NVR Bridge needs to give you a real webhook.
How it works
- 1
Give the camera an address
Each camera you add gets its own private inbound address. That address is how we know which camera an event came from.
- 2
Use the camera's existing alert settings
Email over SMTP, or upload by SFTP or FTP. Whichever your camera supports — they all end up in the same place.
- 3
Define the webhook
Method, URL, headers and body, all yours to control. Send the whole event as JSON or shape it for whatever's receiving it.
- 4
Watch it arrive
Events land on a timeline with their snapshots, and every webhook attempt is logged with its status and latency.
What you get
- No NVR, no Raspberry Pi, no Docker container, no VPN
- No inbound ports — the camera only ever connects outward
- Camera can be anywhere with internet, not just on your LAN
- Any brand: if it can email or upload, it works
- Snapshots stored and served as links, ready for any receiver
- Optional plate, object and animal detection on top
Questions
Why not just use ONVIF or RTSP?
Both need something on the same network as the camera, running all the time. Email is already outbound and already in the firmware, so there's nothing to host.
Is this slower than a local integration?
There's a round trip to us, so typically a few seconds rather than instant. In exchange there's nothing to maintain and it works from anywhere.
What happens to my snapshots?
They're stored so the timeline and webhook links work, and removed automatically as they age out. Our privacy policy sets out exactly how long.
Can I still keep local recording?
Yes, and you should if the footage matters. This runs alongside whatever you already have — it isn't a replacement for a recorder.
Try it with your own camera
Add a camera, point its email at the address we give you, and watch the first event land. It takes about five minutes.
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