Lack of Documentation for Sending Data via APIs Instead of QR Code Scanning

Hi Edge Impulse community,

Our project utilizes smartphone sensors for data processing through a dedicated app. However, we’ve found that relying on QR code scanning for each session is not ideal for our workflow. Instead, we are using APIs to store sensor samples in JSON files, which we then send to Edge Impulse.

Unfortunately, we are struggling to find relevant documentation and resources specifically addressing how to send data from an app through APIs, as opposed to QR code scanning. If anyone has experience with this or can point me to useful resources, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for your help!

Hi @iraj

Indeed that is not a good workflow for a product, we have a number of examples for API usage, and a complete postman template your solutions engineer should be able to walk you through for your workflow, start here: API examples | Edge Impulse Documentation

Who is your enterprise support lead for this product, or do you have an ongoing enterprise plan? I will loop in the leads for your region here. @jbuckEI @jimbruges fyi

Best

Eoin

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Hi Eoin,

Thank you for your response!

To clarify, I’m currently working on my final year undergraduate project, and I’m using the trial plan of Edge Impulse for development. My project focuses on human activity recognition, where users can receive insights about their own activities based on sensor data collected from smartphones (such as accelerometer and gyroscope readings). We plan to use the Edge Impulse APIs to send this sensor data (in JSON format) directly from the app, and make use of the Edge Impulse pipeline to adequately process these readings and train a model to be deployed on the app.

I would really appreciate any guidance or resources you can provide on how to set up the APIs for this use case, or any additional guidance and resources. Since I’m not part of an enterprise plan, I don’t have an enterprise support lead, but I’d be grateful for any help that can be offered.

Thanks again for your assistance!

Best regards,
Iraj