0 9 * * * root /usr/bin/lwp-request http://localhost:8080/0/detection/start > /dev/null

sudo /usr/bin/wget http://localhost:8091/0/config/set?threshold=1000&username=myuserename&password=mypassword> /dev/null

sudo /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null -q http://localhost:8091/0/config/set?threshold=1000&username=myuserename&password=mypassword

#!/usr/bin/env python

###############################################################################
# This script opens Motion's configuration file, searches through it for
# "from" then copies the contents and replacements "to"
# (eg from = threshold 300 to threshold 6000) to the tmp.conf file.
# It then renames the un-modified existing motion.conf file to
# "motion_old.conf" for backup purposes; before renaming the "temp.conf" to
# "motion.conf", the new modified file.
# It then sets the new motion.conf file to user "motion" and group "motion",
# before restarting motion.
###############################################################################

###############################################################################
# call the script from cronjob for 5:30AM
#
# 30 5 * * * sudo /usr/src/scripts/mod_file/modify_motionconf_night_to_day_garden.py
#
###############################################################################

import os, sys

infile = open('/etc/motion.conf')           # the motion.conf file that will be renamed for backup purposes
outfile = open('/etc/tmp.conf', 'w')        # temp file to write to

#                from            to
replacements = {'threshold 300':'threshold 6000', 'text_left garden cam night':'text_left garden cam day', '#----night----#':'#----day----#'}
#                threshold 189                     text_left 389                                            #----xxx----# 5   line numbers in motion.conf

############################################################################### search and create new temp file part
for line in infile:
    for src, target in replacements.items():
        line = line.replace(src, target)
    outfile.write(line)
infile.close()
outfile.close()
############################################################################### search and create new temp file part end

#os.remove('/etc/motion.conf') # uncomment if you don't want a backup
os.rename("/etc/motion.conf","/etc/motion_old.conf")
#delay or not?
os.rename("/etc/tmp.conf","/etc/motion.conf")
os.system("chown :motion /etc/motion.conf")
os.system("chown motion /etc/motion.conf")

os.system("sudo /etc/init.d/motion restart")

man wget

--user=user
    --password=password
       Specify the username user and password password for both FTP and HTTP file retrieval.

sudo /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null --user=myuserename --password=mypassword http://localhost:8091/0/config/set?threshold=1000

0 8 * * 1-5 sudo /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null --user=myuser --password=mypassword http://localhost:80/0/detection/pause

0 18 * * 1-5 sudo /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null --user=myuser --password=mypassword http://localhost:80/0/detection/start