*executeAction
- Tom Polman
- Martijn Friggen
Configuration Article | CA-20220907-TP-37 VDG Sense | API | Functions | Macros  |  |
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This commands executes a specific action on a system. If a divaid is supplied, the action is send to the system with that id if available. Dependend on the system, viewer or server, and the action type, also viewer of server, the action will be executed.
A list with available actions can be obtained with the getActionList command. This command returns Ok if the syntax of the request is correct. It does not return the results of the action itself. The action to be executed should be send as POST information in XML format. Depending on the type of the action, several parameters should be applied. See examples below.
From version 2.3.1 the name and parameters can also be aplied in the url. To supply a parameter in the url, use the same name as the ‘name’ attribute of the parameter tag as used in the post data xml.
Request
command=executeAction&actionname=[string]&[parameter]=[value] |
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Alternatively, the parameters can also be posted in an XML body according to the following structure:
POST Data
<!--?xml version="1.0" ?-->
 <action>
  <actionname>[string]</actionname>
  <parameters>
    <parameter name="[string]">Value</parameter>
    ...
  </parameters>
 </action> |
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POST Data Tags
node | value | remarks |
|---|---|---|
/action | ||
actionname | [string] | unique name of the action |
/action/parameters | ||
parameter | [string] | Value of the parameter |
/action/parameters/parameter | ||
@name | [string] | unique name of the parameter. |
Possible error codes:
error code | description | remarks |
|---|---|---|
0 | Ok | Ok, no error |
-2 | No device | No device found for the supplied cameraid/deviceid. |
-17 | No server | No server found for the supplied serverid. |
-18 | General error | An undefined error occured |
-19 | No dome | The device is not a dome device. |
-22 | Value is out of range | The supplied value is out of range. |
-23 | An empty value is not allowed | This command does not accept an empty value. |
-24 | Invalid action | The action is not a valid action. |
-26 | Action name does not exist | The supplied action name does not exist. |
-27 | Invalid action parameters | At least one action parameter does not exist. |
-31 | Invalid pretime | The supplied pretime is <0 |
Changelog
2.3.17 – parameter ‘name’ for action name is changed to ‘actionname’
2.3.1 – name and parameters can also be aplied in the url
2.2.1 – added
Examples
All examples are included in the chapter Examples. Below is a list of currently supported actions. Use the command getActionList to determine if the system you interface with actually supports the action.
Set device settings
Change camera name
Disable home preset
Set home preset timeout
Start tagging video (Video tagging)
Stop tagging video (Video tagging)
Execute macro