This is mostly a heads-up on some interesting APIs we have announced at the recent Milestone Developer Conference 2021!
The APIs are mentioned in several DevCon talks, and highlighted in the Roadmap talks:
I can recommend these two sessions if you want to get updated on the latest features in XProtect and the MIP SDK & APIs!
MIP VMS API (pre-release)
You can use the new REST API to get easier access and manipulate XProtect Configuration from a wider range of programming languages, and Linux.
The REST API is the first delivery in this series of new APIs we have planned, basically as a “version two” of the Protocol Integration APIs, using protocols that are in broad use today, like REST over HTTP, JSON and OAuth2.
The new APIs, which we call the “MIP VMS API” are exposed by a new API Gateway service that acts as a single entry point to the different APIs served by the various underlying servers like the Management Server, the Event Server, and the Recording Server(s).
Read more about the details of the pre-release, and how you install it here. You can also see the DevCon video recording on our YouTube Channel here.
AI Bridge (pre-release)
We have also announced the AI Bridge which is a set of APIs dedicated to AI and Analytics scenarios, basically taking the VPS Toolkit a step further by including Configuration and Events on top of Video and Metadata in a whole new packing that is open, and works very well together with Nvidia’s EGX platform.
· See Johns presentation at DevCon
· See the three partner presentations that have been built utilizing the AI Bridge pre-release: SmartCow, Two-i, DataFromSky
You can get to the pre-release by signing up to the dedicated group on Developer Forum: Milestone AI Bridge Pre-release here.
Configuration API (released 2021 R2)
As covered by Peter’s [Open Platform talk](http://Make the most of the Open Platform “http://Make the most of the Open Platform”), the Configuration API has been completed in XProtect 2021 R2, in the sense that the API now can support you with all “API’able” features known from the Management Client, including all the things we have received a request for! Read out more in the Introduction to MIP SDK 2021 R2
The full Configuration API is also accessible through the new REST API.