As of July 2025, can you actually connect your GoPro 12 to WiFi (station mode) and access the HTTP-server on it?

[kjlibsol]

As the title says.

I’ve spent hours researching and testing, and it seems that as of July 2025, it may no longer be possible to get the Hero 12 to join a Wi-Fi network (station mode) via QR codes alone.

A few issues I’ve encountered:

• When I scan a QR code with !MJOIN to store SSID and password, the camera asks me to press the shutter button three times to confirm - but after that, nothing happens.
• Scanning a !W QR (or using a boot QR with !WAKE + !W) causes the camera to briefly say “Connecting to Wi-Fi: [SSID]” - then it silently fails. It does not appear on the network (confirmed with router + Fing), and no IP is assigned.
• A suggested workaround has been to pair the camera with the Quik app once — but as far as I can tell, you can no longer enter Wi-Fi credentials without subscribing to GoPro Cloud, so that option seems blocked too.

So my question is:
Has anyone recently (mid-2025) gotten a Hero 12 to join Wi-Fi and respond to HTTP requests in station mode — without subscribing to GoPro Cloud?
If so, what specific steps or firmware did you use?

[dnewman-gpsw]

Your findings seem correct, something changed with H12 and H13. Looking into it now.

[kjlibsol]

Thanks, I really appreciate it. 💪

[Espusen]

This is a very interesting topic.
What do you use this for? Is it possible to upload images to another http adress using this??

Espen

[kjlibsol]

This is a very interesting topic. What do you use this for? Is it possible to upload images to another http adress using this??

I will be using it to automate downloading videos from my sport. Basically when the camera is plugged into charging, I want it to connect to WiFi and expose the server, so I can download new files from it and process them. This requires that I write software than runs on the same network to detect the camera is now on the network - and then download the files.

If you can do that, then it is fairly easy to upload it to another service, if that is what you are asking. :)

If you want to upload directly from the GoPro to another service (youtube or whatever), without another device in the middle, that is not possible (as far as I know).

[rnavarro-gpsw]

This can be done in vanilla software using the open gopro api and a one time BLE connection.
https://gopro.github.io/OpenGoPro/ble/features/cohn.html
The caveat is that all commands need to be over https and authenticated using a username and PW acquired over BLE from the camera.

[kjlibsol]

@rnavarro-gpsw Than you so much for that link!
I managed to use the python tutorial scripts to connect to wifi (over BLE), get a certificate, username, password etc - and can now talk to the API on the GoPro!

[kjlibsol]

...And now I have managed to throw some code together, which connects to the camera and downloads new files, just like I wanted! :)

[doubleLLL3]

This can be done in vanilla software using the open gopro api and a one time BLE connection.这可以通过使用开放的 GoPro API 和一次性 BLE 连接，在原生软件中实现。 https://gopro.github.io/OpenGoPro/ble/features/cohn.html The caveat is that all commands need to be over https and authenticated using a username and PW acquired over BLE from the camera.需要注意的是，所有命令都需要通过 https 进行，并使用通过 BLE 从摄像头获取的用户名和密码进行身份验证。

@rnavarro-gpsw @kjlibsol Hi, thx for your suggestion! But I wonder if I can use the connect_as_sta.py without COHN cert.

When I use this way and the ip of gopro is 192.168.1.108, I cannot access access its http service such as get_media_list (tutorial_7_send_wifi_commands.wifi_command_get_media_list ) by request for http://192.168.1.118/gopro/media/list.
It says HTTPError: 502 Server Error: Bad Gateway for url: http://192.168.1.118/gopro/media/list.

How can I do without the cert? Thx a lot again!