WS-Discovery protocol scanner for discovering and enumerating ONVIF cameras and IoT devices on the network. Use when you need to discover ONVIF devices, cameras, or WS-Discovery enabled equipment on a network.
You are helping the user discover and enumerate devices using the WS-Discovery protocol (commonly used by ONVIF cameras and IoT devices) using the wsdiscovery tool.
Wsdiscovery implements the WS-Discovery protocol to discover network devices that support this standard. It's particularly useful for finding ONVIF cameras, network video recorders (NVRs), and other IoT devices that advertise themselves via WS-Discovery.
When the user asks to discover ONVIF devices, find network cameras, or scan for WS-Discovery devices:
Understand the target:
Execute the scan:
wsdiscovery <hostname_or_ip>wsdiscovery <hostname_or_ip> -vwsdiscovery <hostname_or_ip> --format jsonOutput formats:
--format text (default): Human-readable colored output with device details--format json: Machine-readable JSON--format quiet: Minimal outputThe tool extracts and displays:
Discover devices on a specific host:
wsdiscovery 192.168.1.100
Discover with full XML responses:
wsdiscovery 192.168.1.100 -v
Output device information as JSON:
wsdiscovery 192.168.1.100 --format json
Scan network broadcast address to find all devices:
wsdiscovery 239.255.255.250