firmwaremanagement.cgi upgrade not working

[lwalshbnsf]

Below is the python code I have written to upgrade AXIS cameras. However, this is only working on SOME cameras and others it is not working.

Anyone have some ideas on why it is working for some cameras and not others? I noticed the working cameras have a supported API version of 1.0 and the cameras that it is not working for have a supported API version of 1.4.

WORKING scenario - This code does work when upgrading a Q6155 camera from version 8.40.4.2 to version 8.40.31. Camera's supported API version is 1.0
NOT working scenario - This code though does not work when trying to upgrade a M3085-V camera from 10.11.55 to 11.6.94. Camera's supported API version is 1.4

When I try upgrading the M3085-V camera, I get the following error:

<title>401 Unauthorized</title>

Unauthorized

This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.

PYTHON SCRIPT:
import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPDigestAuth

url = "http://CAMERAIPADDRESS/axis-cgi/firmwaremanagement.cgi"
files = [
('fileName', ('file.bin', open('INPUTFILEPATH', 'rb'),
'application/octet-stream'))
]

headers = {}

Add HTTP Digest Authentication with username and password

auth = HTTPDigestAuth('username', 'password')

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files, auth=auth)

print(response.text)

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[vivekatoffice]

Hi @lwalshbnsf ,
Hope you have tried the following solution.
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[lwalshbnsf]

@vivekatoffice Yes, I did try that solution first and it doesn't work either.

However, I was able to come up with a fix. It really comes down to retrieving and re-using the correct nonce, cnonce, realm, and noncecount within the authorization headers. That is what fixed it for me.