PTZ control 404

[roomsjesse]

I'm trying to control a PTZ camera but I always get a 404 status code return. here's my code:

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPDigestAuth
import urllib3

urllib3.disable-warnings(utllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

# data of camera that I'm using
ip_addres = '192.168.1.15'
username = XXXXXX
password = XXXXXX
auth = HTTPDigestAuth(username, password)

url = 'http://127.0.0.1/axis-cgi/ptz.cgi?rpan=10&camera=1'

response = requests.post(url, auth=auth, verify=False)

print(response.status_code)

I know the ip adress of the server is wrong. I already tried the ip address of the network adapter on which the camera is connected to, but no luck.

I also have an extra question: how do you know what camera number to use when you have multiple camera's connected to your device?

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[vivekatoffice]

Hi @roomsjesse ,
Please correct the URL and check 😢

You can find the VAPIX API details here: PTZ control: Control the pan, tilt, and zoom behavior of a PTZ unit.

[roomsjesse]

i changed the ip addres in the url to the ip of the camera and now i get a 204 code

[vivekatoffice]

yes the 'com' was missing. But how do you know what Ip-address to use?

Do you mean the camera=1? Or you don't have the camera IP address of camera with you?

[roomsjesse]

yes. Let's say I have 5 camera's up and running and i want to make one of them move, let's say camera 3, how do I know which camera is camera 3?

[vivekatoffice]

i changed the ip addres in the url to the ip of the camera and now i get a 204 code

Ya correct 😄 the method you called is POST and PTZ API only support GET call.

Please try this sample and check if the PTZ operation works for you.

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPDigestAuth
import urllib3

# Disable warnings about insecure requests (self-signed certificates, etc.)
#urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

ip_address = '195.60.68.14'
username = "Vivek"
password = "Kumar"
auth = HTTPDigestAuth(username, password)

# Corrected the formatting of the URL
url = f'http://{ip_address}/axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi?areazoom=0,0,100'

response = requests.get(url, auth=auth, verify=False)

# Print the status code
print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")

# Print the full response text
print("Response Text:")
print(response.text)

[vivekatoffice]

yes. Let's say I have 5 camera's up and running and i want to make one of them move, let's say camera 3, how do I know which camera is camera 3?

For 5 different Axis cameras: You will have 5 IP Addresses.

If you are talking about camera=1 argument in http://{ip_address}/axis-cgi/com/ptz.cgi?areazoom=0,0,100&camera=1 then it is only applicable for few PTZ models with two video sensors in the same Axis device like this.

[roomsjesse]

you can control those seperately? got it! Thanks a lot for the help

[vivekatoffice]

Yes 👍
Used AXIS Q8742-E Bispectral PTZ Network Camera( Axis OS 7.15.6.7) for testing from AXIS Virtual Loan Tool

camera=1

camera=2