NEED SUPPORT IN ADDING CAMERA USING SFTP PROTOCOL

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I am trying to add Axis M1134 Network Camera through an Application that I developed. This is working fine with FTP protocol (com.axis.action.unlimited.send_images.ftp). But with SFTP protocol (com.axis.action.unlimited.send_images.sftp) it is not. I found API from (https://www.axis.com/vapix-library/subjects/t10175981/section/t10008227/display) for SFTP and tried the same. But I am always getting 400 bad request with which I am unable to find what is the exact issue.

Here is the URL using to add Camera: http:///vapix/services
Here is the event/action to add Camera: com.axis.action.unlimited.send_images.sftp

I am not able to test this request from Postman, even for FTP protocol. Always getting as bad request. Not sure what is wrong.

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[onie5]

Hi,

May I know where did you get this URI, com.axis.action.unlimited.send_images.sftp?

Can't seem to find it in library.

Thanks.

[rocky-ji]

the link you send is for camera to send out video clip/image to SFTP server when something happens. it is just to configure these SFTP related parameters.

[vivekatoffice]

VAPIX APIs calls to add SFTP Recipient in camera

Values needed:

ssh_host_pub_key_md5 from SFTP server.

API call details

Method : POST

Content-Type: application/xml

Body:

URL: http://{{device}}/vapix/services

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
      xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
    >
    <SOAP-ENV:Header/>
    <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:act="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/action1">
        <act:AddRecipientConfiguration>
            <act:NewRecipientConfiguration>
                <act:Name>temp1</act:Name>
                <act:TemplateToken>com.axis.recipient.sftp</act:TemplateToken>
                <act:Parameters>
                    <act:Parameter Name="host" Value="192.168.55.191"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="upload_path" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="port" Value="22"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="login" Value="Administrator"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="password" Value="password"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_auth_type" Value="2"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_host_pub_key_md5" Value="356cdxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_public_key" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_private_key" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_private_key_passphrase" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="temporary" Value="0"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="qos" Value="0"/>
                </act:Parameters>
            </act:NewRecipientConfiguration>
        </act:AddRecipientConfiguration>
    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:c14n="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsa5="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:xmime="http://tempuri.org/xmime.xsd" xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" xmlns:ns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/humanface" xmlns:ns2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/humanbody" xmlns:wsrfbf="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/bf-2" xmlns:wstop="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/t-1" xmlns:tt="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/schema" xmlns:acert="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/cert" xmlns:wsrfr="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/r-2" xmlns:aa="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/action1" xmlns:acertificates="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/certificates" xmlns:aentry="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/entry" xmlns:aev="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/event1" xmlns:aeva="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/embeddedvideoanalytics1" xmlns:ali1="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/CommonBinding" xmlns:ali2="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/IntensityBinding" xmlns:ali3="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/AngleOfIlluminationBinding" xmlns:ali4="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/DayNightSynchronizeBinding" xmlns:ali="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light" xmlns:apc="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/panopsiscalibration1" xmlns:arth="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/recordedtour1" xmlns:asd="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/shockdetection" xmlns:aweb="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/webserver" xmlns:tan1="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl/RuleEngineBinding" xmlns:tan2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl/AnalyticsEngineBinding" xmlns:tan="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl" xmlns:tds="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/device/wsdl" xmlns:tev1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/NotificationProducerBinding" xmlns:tev2="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/EventBinding" xmlns:tev3="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/SubscriptionManagerBinding" xmlns:wsnt="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2" xmlns:tev4="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/PullPointSubscriptionBinding" xmlns:tev="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl" xmlns:timg="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/imaging/wsdl" xmlns:tmd="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/deviceIO/wsdl" xmlns:tptz="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/ptz/wsdl" xmlns:tr2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/media/wsdl" xmlns:trc="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/recording/wsdl" xmlns:trp="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/replay/wsdl" xmlns:trt="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/media/wsdl" xmlns:tse="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/search/wsdl" xmlns:ter="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/error" xmlns:tns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/topics" xmlns:tnsaxis="http://www.axis.com/2009/event/topics">
    <SOAP-ENV:Header></SOAP-ENV:Header>
    <SOAP-ENV:Body>
        <aa:AddRecipientConfigurationResponse>
            <aa:ConfigurationID>3</aa:ConfigurationID>
        </aa:AddRecipientConfigurationResponse>
    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

VAPIX APIs calls to create action configuration using the same SFTP parameters in previous step.

Values needed:

ssh_host_pub_key_md5 from SFTP server.

API call details

Method : POST

Content-Type: application/xml

Body:

URL: http://{{device}}/vapix/services

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
      xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
    >
    <SOAP-ENV:Header/>
    <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:act="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/action1" xmlns:aev="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/event1" xmlns:wsnt="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2" xmlns:tns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/topics" xmlns:tnsaxis="http://www.axis.com/2009/event/topics">
        <act:AddActionConfiguration>
            <act:NewActionConfiguration>
                <act:Name>Send images through SFTP</act:Name>
                <act:TemplateToken>com.axis.action.fixed.send_images.sftp</act:TemplateToken>
                <act:Parameters>
                    <act:Parameter Name="stream_options" Value="&amp;videocodec=jpeg&amp;audio=0&amp;camera=1&amp;fps=1"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="pre_duration" Value="3000"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="post_duration" Value="5000"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="max_images" Value="0"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="create_folder" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="filename" Value="image%y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S-%f_#s.jpg"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="max_sequence_number" Value="0"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="qos" Value="0"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_private_key" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_private_key_passphrase" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="host" Value="192.168.55.191"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="port" Value="22"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_host_pub_key_md5" Value="356cdxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_public_key" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="ssh_auth_type" Value="2"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="temporary" Value="0"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="login" Value="Administrator"/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="upload_path" Value=""/>
                    <act:Parameter Name="password" Value="password"/>
                </act:Parameters>
            </act:NewActionConfiguration>
        </act:AddActionConfiguration>
    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:c14n="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsa5="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:xmime="http://tempuri.org/xmime.xsd" xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" xmlns:ns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/humanface" xmlns:ns2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/humanbody" xmlns:wsrfbf="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/bf-2" xmlns:wstop="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/t-1" xmlns:tt="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/schema" xmlns:acert="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/cert" xmlns:wsrfr="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/r-2" xmlns:aa="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/action1" xmlns:acertificates="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/certificates" xmlns:aentry="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/entry" xmlns:aev="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/event1" xmlns:aeva="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/embeddedvideoanalytics1" xmlns:ali1="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/CommonBinding" xmlns:ali2="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/IntensityBinding" xmlns:ali3="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/AngleOfIlluminationBinding" xmlns:ali4="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/DayNightSynchronizeBinding" xmlns:ali="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light" xmlns:apc="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/panopsiscalibration1" xmlns:arth="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/recordedtour1" xmlns:asd="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/shockdetection" xmlns:aweb="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/webserver" xmlns:tan1="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl/RuleEngineBinding" xmlns:tan2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl/AnalyticsEngineBinding" xmlns:tan="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl" xmlns:tds="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/device/wsdl" xmlns:tev1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/NotificationProducerBinding" xmlns:tev2="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/EventBinding" xmlns:tev3="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/SubscriptionManagerBinding" xmlns:wsnt="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2" xmlns:tev4="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/PullPointSubscriptionBinding" xmlns:tev="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl" xmlns:timg="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/imaging/wsdl" xmlns:tmd="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/deviceIO/wsdl" xmlns:tptz="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/ptz/wsdl" xmlns:tr2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/media/wsdl" xmlns:trc="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/recording/wsdl" xmlns:trp="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/replay/wsdl" xmlns:trt="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/media/wsdl" xmlns:tse="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/search/wsdl" xmlns:ter="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/error" xmlns:tns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/topics" xmlns:tnsaxis="http://www.axis.com/2009/event/topics">
    <SOAP-ENV:Header></SOAP-ENV:Header>
    <SOAP-ENV:Body>
        <aa:AddActionConfigurationResponse>
            <aa:ConfigurationID>10</aa:ConfigurationID>
        </aa:AddActionConfigurationResponse>
    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

VAPIX APIs calls to create action Rule and use Manual Trigger (VirtualPort) to trigger it.

Values needed:

Action ConfigurationID from previous API call.

API call details

Method : POST

Content-Type: application/xml

Body:

URL: http://{{device}}/vapix/services

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <SOAP-ENV:Envelope
      xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
    >
      <SOAP-ENV:Header/>
      <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:act="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/action1" xmlns:aev="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/event1" xmlns:wsnt="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2" xmlns:tns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/topics" xmlns:tnsaxis="http://www.axis.com/2009/event/topics">
        
    <act:AddActionRule>
      <act:NewActionRule>
        <act:Name>temp1</act:Name>
        <act:Enabled>true</act:Enabled>
        
        <act:Conditions><act:Condition><wsnt:TopicExpression Dialect="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/t-1/TopicExpression/Concrete">tns1:Device/tnsaxis:IO/VirtualPort</wsnt:TopicExpression><wsnt:MessageContent Dialect="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/tev/messageContentFilter/ItemFilter">boolean(//SimpleItem[@Name="port" and @Value="1"]) and boolean(//SimpleItem[@Name="state" and @Value="1"])</wsnt:MessageContent></act:Condition></act:Conditions>
        
        <act:PrimaryAction>10</act:PrimaryAction>
      </act:NewActionRule>
    </act:AddActionRule>
  
      </SOAP-ENV:Body>
    </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-encoding" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:c14n="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsa5="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:xmime="http://tempuri.org/xmime.xsd" xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" xmlns:ns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/humanface" xmlns:ns2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/humanbody" xmlns:wsrfbf="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/bf-2" xmlns:wstop="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/t-1" xmlns:tt="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/schema" xmlns:acert="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/cert" xmlns:wsrfr="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrf/r-2" xmlns:aa="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/action1" xmlns:acertificates="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/certificates" xmlns:aentry="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/entry" xmlns:aev="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/event1" xmlns:aeva="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/embeddedvideoanalytics1" xmlns:ali1="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/CommonBinding" xmlns:ali2="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/IntensityBinding" xmlns:ali3="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/AngleOfIlluminationBinding" xmlns:ali4="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light/DayNightSynchronizeBinding" xmlns:ali="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/light" xmlns:apc="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/panopsiscalibration1" xmlns:arth="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/recordedtour1" xmlns:asd="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/shockdetection" xmlns:aweb="http://www.axis.com/vapix/ws/webserver" xmlns:tan1="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl/RuleEngineBinding" xmlns:tan2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl/AnalyticsEngineBinding" xmlns:tan="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/analytics/wsdl" xmlns:tds="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/device/wsdl" xmlns:tev1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/NotificationProducerBinding" xmlns:tev2="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/EventBinding" xmlns:tev3="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/SubscriptionManagerBinding" xmlns:wsnt="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2" xmlns:tev4="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/PullPointSubscriptionBinding" xmlns:tev="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl" xmlns:timg="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/imaging/wsdl" xmlns:tmd="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/deviceIO/wsdl" xmlns:tptz="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/ptz/wsdl" xmlns:tr2="http://www.onvif.org/ver20/media/wsdl" xmlns:trc="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/recording/wsdl" xmlns:trp="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/replay/wsdl" xmlns:trt="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/media/wsdl" xmlns:tse="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/search/wsdl" xmlns:ter="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/error" xmlns:tns1="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/topics" xmlns:tnsaxis="http://www.axis.com/2009/event/topics">
    <SOAP-ENV:Header></SOAP-ENV:Header>
    <SOAP-ENV:Body>
        <aa:AddActionRuleResponse>
            <aa:RuleID>10</aa:RuleID>
        </aa:AddActionRuleResponse>
    </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Rule snapshot from camera webpage: