SVG Overlay in Axis devices : SVG images with text attribute not supported

[vivekatoffice]

Hi Axis Developer Community Members,

I am trying to test different SVGs with the Axis camera:

Error for above SVGs:

2026-02-23T16:10:36.252+05:30 axis-xxxxxxxxxxxx [ WARNING ] image2ovl[87827]: SVG images with text attribute not supported /tmp/ai_studio_code_1.svgAYRAL3

Output:

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Cool SVG samples tested with Axis Camera:

[vivekatoffice]

SVG Related ACAP:

Have you tried uploading the SVG to my SVG Overlay ACAP? It supports only a subset of SVG, and I haven’t tested complex SVGs yet.
SVG-Overlay

Python code tested with ACAP

import requests
import time

CAMERA_IP = "10.176.12.47"
BASE_URL = f"https://{CAMERA_IP}/local/svgoverlay/draw"

USERNAME = "root"
PASSWORD = "pass"

SVG = """<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1000 1000">
  <rect x="100" y="200" width="300" height="200"
        fill="#00ff00" fill-opacity="0.15"
        stroke="#00ff00" stroke-width="4"/>
</svg>"""

session = requests.Session()
session.auth = (USERNAME, PASSWORD)
session.verify = False  # Axis self-signed certs

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "image/svg+xml"
}

try:
    # Upload SVG overlay
    response = session.post(
        BASE_URL,
        data=SVG.encode("utf-8"),
        headers=headers,
        timeout=10
    )
    response.raise_for_status()
    print("Overlay uploaded:", response.status_code)

    # Wait 10 seconds before clearing
    time.sleep(10)

    # Clear overlay
    response = session.delete(
        BASE_URL,
        timeout=10
    )
    response.raise_for_status()
    print("Overlay cleared:", response.status_code)

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print("Request failed:", e)

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