What is SecuGen WebAPI?

SecuGen WebAPI is an application programming interface that enables web applications to access SecuGen fingerprint readers from most modern web browsers. With support for JavaScript access to the readers, SecuGen WebAPI can be used across different browsers for extremely fast capturing and matching of fingerprint data for use in a web application.

SecuGen WebAPI makes it very simple to incorporate fingerprint capturing functionality in your browser based application through JavaScript. Using SecuGen WebAPI eliminates the need for Java runtimes or browser plug-ins on the client machine, so there are no issues involving applet signing and deployment related to different JRE versions and browser versions.

Main Features

• Easy to integrate fingerprint capture, enrollment, and matching functions
• Works with most modern web browsers
• Supports JavaScript
• Utilizes RESTful web service and JSON objects
• No Java run-times needed
• No browser plug-ins needed
• Small client software

 

Fingerprint Functions

SecuGen WebAPI provides simple web service calls to the WebAPI Client application to capture fingerprint data and create a fingerprint template in a single method.

• Capture – single finger
• Capture and enroll – single finger
• Capture and enroll – multiple fingers
• Match

 

Supported Fingerprint Readers

• Hamster Pro 20
• Hamster IV
• Hamster Plus

 

System Requirements

• Windows 7 or later, 32-bit or 64-bit
• Memory 4 GB minimum

 

Downloads

For 60 day trial period

• Installer for Windows
  • Download (version 32)

   

  License Requirements

  A license key for each domain that hosts your web application will be needed. If no license key is installed, the web service will work for a limited period of 60 days. Please contact us for information about pricing and licensing.

   

  Demos

  • JavaScript access to SecuGen Fingerprint device
  • JavaScript access to SecuGen Fingerprint device - using parameters
  • UIDAI Multifinger demo
  • More Demos