Connect to camera

POST

api

cameras

{cameraId}

connection

Connect to camera

curl --request POST \
  --url http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "username": "<string>",
  "password": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection"

payload = {
    "username": "<string>",
    "password": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({username: '<string>', password: '<string>'})
};

fetch('http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "62437",
  CURLOPT_URL => "http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'username' => '<string>',
    'password' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"username\": \"<string>\",\n  \"password\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"username\": \"<string>\",\n  \"password\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"username\": \"<string>\",\n  \"password\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Camera not connected",
  "camera": {
    "connected": false,
    "model": "ILCE-7M4",
    "id": "D06CE05E3323"
  }
}

Path Parameters

cameraId

string

required

Camera identifier (e.g. D10F60149B0C)

Body

application/json

mode

enum<string>

remote — Full control + auto-transfer of captured images to host PC
remote-transfer — Full control + explicit SD card file access
contents — SD card file access only (no shooting or settings control)

Available options:

remote,

remote-transfer,

contents

username

string

For network cameras

password

string

For network cameras

reconnecting

enum<string>

Auto-reconnect on disconnection

Available options:

on,

off

Response

Camera connected

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

Disconnect cameraCleanly disconnects from the specified camera. Server emits a synthetic `disconnected` SSE event before clearing internal callbacks.

Connect to camera

curl --request POST \
  --url http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "username": "<string>",
  "password": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection"

payload = {
    "username": "<string>",
    "password": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({username: '<string>', password: '<string>'})
};

fetch('http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "62437",
  CURLOPT_URL => "http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'username' => '<string>',
    'password' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"username\": \"<string>\",\n  \"password\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"username\": \"<string>\",\n  \"password\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://{host}:{port}/api/cameras/{cameraId}/connection")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"username\": \"<string>\",\n  \"password\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Camera not connected",
  "camera": {
    "connected": false,
    "model": "ILCE-7M4",
    "id": "D06CE05E3323"
  }
}

Server

Connection

Properties

Actions

Live View

Events

SD Card

Settings

Path Parameters

Body

Response