Genetec Security Center SDK / REST API

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Security Basic Auth Paid Physical Security Access Control Video Surveillance

Unified physical security platform API — Genetec Security Center integrates video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), and intrusion detection. REST and SDK access. Requires partner/customer licensing.

Authentication

Basic Auth HTTP Basic authentication against your Genetec Security Center server, or OAuth2 depending on configuration. Hosted on-premise or cloud.

Sample Requests

GET Get all cameras

List all camera entities in Genetec Security Center.

https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera

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Headers — extra info sent with the request

Accept	application/json
Authorization	Basic BASE64_CREDENTIALS

curl -X GET "https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Basic YOUR_BASE64_CREDENTIALS"

import requests
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Basic YOUR_BASE64_CREDENTIALS"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera",
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Basic YOUR_BASE64_CREDENTIALS'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Basic YOUR_BASE64_CREDENTIALS")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["Accept"] = "application/json"
req["Authorization"] = "Basic YOUR_BASE64_CREDENTIALS"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER/WebSdk/api/V2/entities?entityType=Camera";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "Accept: application/json",
        "Authorization: Basic YOUR_BASE64_CREDENTIALS"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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Requires Genetec Security Center license (contact genetec.com)
Web SDK is hosted on your Genetec server — replace YOUR_GENETEC_SERVER with your instance
Authentication: Basic auth with Genetec user credentials
Full SDK and REST docs at techdocs.genetec.com
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