The complete Cams biometric platform

Every biometric API, SDK & engine — one hub

Connect any device, recognize any face or fingerprint, turn CCTV into attendance, drop in ready-made SDKs, and run an AI agent that manages it all — over REST, webhooks and MQTT. One platform for everything biometric.

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21+products & APIs
100%device brands
200+ERP integrations
7product families
GET /attendance/getbyscandate
# Fetch today's punches from any connected device
curl https://api.camsbiometrics.com/v3/attendance/getbyscandate \
  -d "AuthToken=YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d "StartDate=2026-06-22" \
  -d "EndDate=2026-06-22"

# → 200 OK
{
  "Attendance": [
    {
      "DeviceSN": "ZK6A2300583",
      "EmployeeCode": "1042",
      "AttendanceLog": "2026-06-22 09:02:14",
      "Direction": "in",
      "Type": "fingerprint"
    }
  ]
}

Biometric API, explained

What is a biometric API?

A biometric API is a web service that lets your application connect to biometric devices — fingerprint, face, palm, iris or RFID readers — and use their data through simple HTTP calls.

Instead of integrating each device's SDK, you call one REST or webhook API to enrol users, capture attendance, verify identity and control access — doors, turnstiles and barriers — in any programming language. BiometricAPI is that layer for the Cams Biometric Gateway: a single integration for 100% of biometric device brands.

Explore the APIRead the quickstart

What can you do with it?

Recognize faces & fingerprints server-side, stream real-time attendance into payroll or HR, turn CCTV into face attendance, open doors, turnstiles and barriers after a verified credential, and manage device users remotely — over REST, webhooks and MQTT.

Biometric API vs SDK — what's the difference?

An SDK is code you embed in one app for one device platform; a biometric API is a hosted service any app or language calls over HTTP, so you connect many device brands without maintaining device-specific code. BiometricAPI gives you both — a cloud API plus SDKs where you need on-device capture.

Works with the devices you already own

ZKTeco Mantra DigitalPersona eSSL Suprema Hikvision Anviz BioMax Realtime

Why BiometricAPI

The integration layer between hardware and your software

Stop wrestling with vendor SDKs, serial protocols and firmware quirks. One gateway normalises every brand into clean, predictable JSON.

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One API, any brand

A single contract for fingerprint, face, palm, iris and card devices. Swap hardware without touching your code — the gateway abstracts the differences.

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Real-time push

Devices push every punch to your endpoint the moment it happens via the Callback API — no polling, no missed logs, no cron jobs.

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Enrol & control remotely

Add users, push fingerprint templates, copy enrolments across devices and open doors — all from your application, over the cloud.

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Clean, normalised data

Consistent timestamps, directions and employee codes across vendors. Ready for payroll, HR, ERP and analytics out of the box.

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Cloud or on-prem

Run against the Cams cloud or your own server. Devices reach the gateway over the internet — works across sites and geographies.

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Built for developers

REST you can hit with cURL, webhooks you can subscribe to, and predictable error codes. Live in an afternoon, not a quarter.

The platform

One hub, every biometric building block

Whatever you're building — HRMS, payroll, access control, kiosks or identity verification — there's a Cams component that fits. Explore the catalog by what you need to do.

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APIs

Connect any internet-enabled device in real time — REST, Callback and MQTT, plus browser and device-management APIs.

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Recognition Engines

Server-side face (ArcFace + liveness) and fingerprint (ISO 19794-2) matching — 1:1 verify and 1:N identify.

Explore engines
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Edge & Realtime

Turn CCTV into attendance, run on-prem protocol engines, and move events over MQTT.

Explore edge
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SDKs & Starter Kits

Ready-to-run PHP and Python backends, a browser fingerprint API, and a native device connector.

Explore SDKs
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Developer Tools

A device tester & sandbox, the API monitor console, protocol updates, and the Windows installer.

Explore tools
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Mobile & Kiosk Apps

Tablet face kiosks, contactless fingerphoto, and geofenced field attendance.

Explore apps
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AI Agent

Manage your device fleet in plain English — query attendance, enroll users, open doors.

Explore the agent
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New · Cams Workspace

The ready-made workforce app on the gateway

Don't want to build? Cams Workspace gives you user management, attendance & access reports, and user sync across every biometric device — a complete workforce app on the Cams Biometric Gateway, with no development required.

Explore Cams WorkspaceOpen the app ↗
  • User management — enrol once, manage everyone across sites and organizations.
  • Attendance & access reports — real-time logs, summaries and first-in/last-out.
  • User sync across devices — push and copy users to every connected device automatically.
  • Any device brand — works with 100% of the brands the gateway supports.
  • Shared Cloud or Dedicated — start in minutes, or get your own subdomain & database; export & self-host anytime.

By industry

Built for your industry

From a cashless canteen to a construction site, a forklift cab to a campus gate — see the exact products, modality and demos for your world.

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Cashless Canteen

Face/finger meal tracking, auto subsidy, no buddy-meals.

Explore
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Construction

Contactless + geofenced attendance for dusty, dispersed sites.

Explore
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Fleet & Transport

Driver identity, duty hours and depot check-in over MQTT.

Explore
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Forklift

Only certified operators can start — biometric ignition interlock.

Explore
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Gyms & Fitness

Hands-free member check-in and turnstile control.

Explore
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Visitor Management

Face check-in with scoped access that auto-expires.

Explore
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Schools & Campus

Auto student attendance plus hostel and library access.

Explore
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Events & Stadiums

NFC wristband & face entry wired to turnstiles and barriers.

Explore
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And more

Healthcare, retail, warehouse, hospitality, BFSI…

All industries

See it in action

Real biometric attendance, live

Watch how Cams turns any device into cloud attendance and access control — then try a live browser demo, no install.

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Cams Biometrics biometric attendance demo ► Watch demo

How it works

From device to your app in four steps

Connect the device

Point your ZKTeco, Mantra, eSSL or other device at the gateway with its serial number. No firmware changes — it speaks the protocol it already ships with.

Authenticate

Each device pairs to your account with an API key. Calls are authorised per device, so access stays scoped and auditable.

Sync & control

Pull attendance and users with REST, or let the device push events to your Callback URL in real time. Enrol users and open doors the same way.

Build your product

Feed clean JSON into payroll, HR, access control or your own dashboard. The gateway handles the hardware so you don't have to.

Callback API · real-time push
# Your endpoint receives every event instantly
POST https://yourapp.com/webhook/cams

{
  "event": "attendance.new",
  "DeviceSN": "ZK6A2300583",
  "EmployeeCode": "1042",
  "Name": "Priya R.",
  "LogTime": "2026-06-21T09:02:14+05:30",
  "Direction": "in",
  "VerifyMode": "fingerprint"
}

# Respond 200 — the gateway handles retries
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

The API

Everything you can do with the gateway

38 operations across five capability groups — from reading a punch log to enrolling a fingerprint and opening a door.

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Attendance

Pull raw logs or summaries by date, employee or device. Real-time push for every punch.

Attendance APIs
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Users & enrolment

Add, find and list users; enrol fingerprints; copy users and resend templates across devices.

User APIs
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Access control

Open doors and drive access events from your application in real time.

Access APIs
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Device management

Inventory devices, check health, ping connectivity and reset the command queue.

Device APIs
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Real-time & webhooks

Subscribe with the Callback API and receive events the instant they occur.

Callback API
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See all 38 operations

Full reference with parameters, responses and code samples for every endpoint.

Open API reference

Device guides

Dedicated integration guides for popular hardware

Brand-specific setup, supported models and ready-to-run code for the devices our customers use most.

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ZKTeco

Push SDK, K40/F18/MB360, attendance & access control.

Integrate
M

Mantra MFS100

RD service, fingerprint capture & Aadhaar-grade enrolment.

Integrate
D

DigitalPersona

U.are.U 4500 & 5160 readers, SDK and template capture.

Integrate
e

eSSL

X990, K30, MB & iClock series, attendance & payroll.

Integrate
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Solutions

One gateway, many products

Teams build all of this on top of BiometricAPI — without ever touching a device SDK.

  • Time & attendance — automate punches into payroll and HR.
  • Access control — door entry, visitor and contractor management.
  • Workforce & field ops — multi-site, multi-device attendance at scale.
  • Membership & access — gyms, clubs, hostels and institutions.
  • SaaS & ERP add-ons — embed biometric data into your platform.
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0polling jobs needed

Real-time push replaces brittle cron-based syncs.

1API to learn

Same contract for every brand and model.

<1hrto first call

cURL-friendly REST with sandbox keys.

24/7device sync

Queued commands and automatic retries.

Try it live

Run a biometric demo in your browser — no login

Open a tool, enter your device serial, and capture a real punch. No app, no sign-in, no setup.

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FaceUp

Browser face-recognition attendance with liveness — enrol a face and punch.

Open FaceUp
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ThumbsUp

Contactless fingerphoto — capture a fingerprint with your camera, identify & check quality.

Open ThumbsUp
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FinePrint

Web fingerprint attendance with a USB scanner — enrol and punch from the browser.

Open FinePrint
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CatchCam

Turn an IP / CCTV camera into face-recognition attendance from the live stream.

Open CatchCam

AI agent

Run your devices in plain English

The Cams AI Device Agent exposes your biometric fleet as an MCP server, so Claude and other assistants can manage attendance, users and access on command — with human-in-the-loop confirmation and full audit logging.

Meet the AI agent
YouWho is on-site across all locations right now?
Cams agent142 people are checked in across 6 sites — Chennai HQ leads with 58.
YouEnrol the new contractor and grant warehouse access.
Cams agentDone — enrolled "R. Mehta" and granted Warehouse-2 door access. Logged for audit.

Integrations

Lands in the systems you already run

Attendance flows into 200+ ERP & HRMS platforms via Hybrid Push and REST.

SAP SuccessFactors Oracle HCM Workday Dynamics 365 Odoo ERPNext Zoho NetSuite Infor

Ship your biometric integration this week

Grab an API key, point a device at the gateway and read your first attendance log today.

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