Display the latest snapshot

The fastest way to see something real from the Evercam platform is to pull the latest image from one of your cameras.

Request the snapshot

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERCAM_TOKEN" \
  "https://media.evercam.io/v2/cameras/$CAMERA_ID/recordings/snapshots/latest"

Two response shapes

This endpoint returns either the raw image or JSON. Two query parameters control which:

• view=true returns image/jpeg directly — point an img tag straight at it.
• Otherwise you get JSON, where data is a data:image/jpeg;base64,… URI and created_at is the capture time in the camera's timezone.
• include_image=false omits the image entirely, which is much cheaper when you only need the timestamp.

{
  "data": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ...",
  "created_at": "2026-06-02T15:25:30Z"
}

Render it

Because the JSON response is already a data URI, it drops straight into an image tag with no extra work:

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
})
const { data, created_at } = await res.json()

return <img src={data} alt={`Captured ${created_at}`} />

Next

• Browse recordings on a timeline — reach back through the archive.
• Generate or retrieve a timelapse — compress weeks into seconds.
• Run an AI analysis — detect what is in frame.