THETA Web API Learning

API Usage
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Hello. I’m just beginning to learn how to use the Web API with a Theta V camera. I was able to use the POST command with /osc/state, but have been unable to get it to work with any request using /osc/commands/execute. I’ve been using Python with the requests library to sent the requests.

import requests
url = “http://192.168.1.1/osc/commands/execute”
pload = {
“name”: “camera.getOptions”,
“parameters”: {
“optionNames”: [
“fileFormat”,
“fileFormatSupport”
]
}
}
r = requests.post(url, data = pload)

print (r.text)

Here is a sample of my code. It returns an error of “Command executed is unknown.” I’ve been trying to look around for information, but I haven’t been able to determine what may be the source of my error. Any help would be appreciated.

2

Hello,

You need some extra parameters and you must use json data format.
Here is an example in python

AUTH = HTTPDigestAuth(‘THETAYL00108440’, ‘00108440’) #needed for wifi client mode, change with your serial number
HEADERS = {‘content-type’: ‘application/json’}
timeout is not mandatory
IPADRESS is 192.168.1.1 in WiFi AP mode

	url = "".join(("http://", IPADRESS, ":80/osc/commands/execute"))	  
	body = json.dumps({"name": "camera.setOptions", "parameters": { "options": {
						"captureMode": "video", "sleepDelay": 1200, "offDelay": 600, "videoStitching" : "none",
							"_microphoneChannel": "1ch", "_gain" : "mute",  "_shutterVolume" : 100,
							"previewFormat" : {"width": 1024, "height": 512, "framerate": 8}}}})
	try:
		req = requests.post(url, data=body,headers=HEADERS,auth=AUTH,timeout=3)
	except Exception:
		pass

Hugues

3

Some examples with requests here

Old examples with older API