Developing an Application for Axis Cameras Using Python

[imesh12]

Hello Axis Developer Community,

I would like to develop an application for Axis cameras using Python. I understand that the Axis Camera Application Platform (ACAP) primarily supports development in C/C++, but I am interested in knowing if it's possible to use Python for such applications.

Could you please guide me on how to:

Set up the development environment to work with Axis cameras using Python?
Access the camera's video streams, handle events, and control the camera through Python?
Integrate Axis camera APIs with Python, either directly or through any available bindings or libraries?
Any help on cross-compiling or deploying Python applications on Axis devices would also be appreciated.

Thank you for your guidance.

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[vivekatoffice]

Hi @imesh12 ,
I hope you have checked my comments here: 813

In case, if you still want to go with cross-compiling Python for the Axis camera:

I find this project interesting and may help you to explore libraries like GStreamer to work with video streams:
cloudcam

In other programming languages you can explore the following:

Rust:

acap-rs

Go:

Cacsjep/goxis