# Secret APIs
Tapo cameras provide undocumented APIs we can use to control them (simulating the use of their official app).
You can download my [Insomnia](https://github.com/Kong/insomnia) API collection [at this link](https://github.com/xfarrow/tapo-camera/blob/main/secret-apis/TapoCameraAPIs.yaml). The collection is not complete yet.

I am writing this collection also by giving a look at the code of the awesome project [pytapo](https://github.com/JurajNyiri/pytapo).

## Getting a Stok
Each API call is in the form `https://{cameraa_ip}/stok={stok}/ds`, hence you need your camera's IP and a token, called stok. You can obtain the stok by calling `GetStok`. Keep in mind that this token expires every `x` minutes (I did not test the actual expiration time yet).

## Error codes
```
    -40401: Invalid stok value
    -40210: Function not supported
    -64303: Action cannot be done while camera is in patrol mode.
    -64324: Privacy mode is ON, not able to execute
    -64302: Preset ID not found
    -64321: Preset ID was deleted so no longer exists
    -40106: Parameter to get/do does not exist
    -40105: Method does not exist
    -40101: Parameter to set does not exist
    -40209: Invalid login credentials
    -64304: Maximum Pan/Tilt range reached
    -71103: User ID is not authorized
```