Arlog

Arlo feed event archiver. Polls the Arlo web app feed on a configurable interval and stores all events in a local SQLite database for long-term retention.

Setup

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
playwright install chromium

Configuration

Create a .env file or set environment variables:

Variable	Default	Description
ARLOG_ARLO_EMAIL	(required)	Arlo account email
ARLOG_ARLO_PASSWORD	(required)	Arlo account password
ARLOG_POLL_INTERVAL	300	Seconds between poll cycles
ARLOG_DB_PATH	./arlog.db	Path to SQLite database
ARLOG_HEADLESS	true	Run browser headless (true/false)
ARLOG_BROWSER_STATE_DIR	~/.arlog/browser_state	Browser session/profile storage

Usage

python arlog.py

Arlog will continuously poll the Arlo feed and store events in the SQLite database. Press Ctrl+C to shut down gracefully.

If your account requires 2FA, run with ARLOG_HEADLESS=false first to complete the 2FA prompt in the browser, then restart in headless mode.

Database

Arlog creates two tables:

• events -- scraped feed events with device name, event type, timestamp, and raw JSON
• poll_log -- history of each poll cycle (timestamp, event counts, success/error status)