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+# Basic HTTP Commands
+## It's an API Jim, but not as we know it
+
+The WebUI and camera server communicate entirely via HTTP requests and responses; this makes controlling all functions of the camera via GET requests possible. An API in effect.
+
+## URI's
+### Http Port
+`/` Root URI; primary WebUI
+`/capture` Return a Jpeg snapshot image
+`/view` Simplified Viewer
+`/status` Returns a JSON string with all camera status <key>/<value> pairs listed
+`/control?var=<key>&val=<val>` Set <key> to <val>
+`/dump` Status page
+
+### Stream Port
+`/` Root URI; Raw stream
+`/view` Stream viewer
+
+## <key> / <val> settings and commands
+.. thie list.. the list is the thing.
+
+## Examples
+Flash light: on/off
+http://<IP-ADDRESS>/control?var=lamp&val=100
+http://<IP-ADDRESS>/control?var=lamp&val=0