# Can you access AXIS PTZ controls via Ignition?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-access-axis-ptz-controls-via-ignition/85175 "2024-02-02T20:31:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cameron\_Nickle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Cameron\_Nickle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cameron_Nickle)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-access-axis-ptz-controls-via-ignition/85175/7 "2024-02-06T21:10:48Z")

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Have you been able to work with the AXIS cameras through ignition? Because I did some more digging and found this:

> [@How to use digest authentication in httpBinding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-digest-authentication-in-httpbinding/83786):
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> I can't understand where I should write down username and password? Everytime I get 401 Unauthorized error as response.

which informed me via the .net function provided by ignition you cannot authenticate with these cameras to perform actions?

I have an idea for a potential work around that involves the 'requests' header in python but cannot seem to add it to the scripting library properly to call it. Would you happen to know how to do that? Or do you have a better way?

Thank you,

Cam

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