Take a photo

Single shot (no body or empty body), or continuous shooting with down/up control. For continuous shooting, set drive mode to a continuous mode first.

POST /api/cameras/{cameraId}/actions/shutter

Take a photo

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/actions/shutter \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

200

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "<string>",
  "camera": {
    "connected": false,
    "model": "ILCE-7M4",
    "id": "D06CE05E3323"
  },
  "data": {}
}

Path Parameters

cameraId · string · required

Camera identifier (e.g. D10F60149B0C)

Body

application/json

action · enum<string>

For continuous shooting: down to start, up to stop. Omit for single shot.

Available options: down, up

Response

200

application/json

Shutter action executed

Generic envelope returned by most camera operations. The shape of data varies per endpoint — most operations return an empty or null data; operations that return structured data document a specific shape. SDK-generated types can treat data as an opaque map for generic endpoints.

success · boolean · required

message · string

camera · object

Camera info embedded in API responses

Show child attributes

data · object