def save_camera(name, shared = True, images = 1, interval = -1, roi=None, snapshot = False):
    import requests
    import urllib
    roi = "" if roi == None else urllib.quote_plus(str(roi).replace(" ", ""))
    base = "http://sf-daq-mgmt:8090/"
    url = base + "run/Tools/save_camera_data(%s,%s,%s,%s,'%s',%s)&" % (name, str(shared), str(images), str(interval), roi, str(snapshot))    
    r = requests.get(url)
    if r.status_code != 200:
        raise Exception(r.text)
    return r.text

#start = time.time()
#print save_camera("SARBD02-DSCR050")        
#print save_camera("SARBD02-DSCR050", False)        
#print save_camera("SARBD02-DSCR050", True)        
#print save_camera("simulation_sp", False, 10, roi=[500, 300, 400, 150], snapshot = True)        
#print save_camera("simulation_sp", False, 10, roi=[300, 200])        

#print time.time()-start