canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/skybiometry.com/skybiometry

# SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API

SkyBiometry provides a cloud-based face detection and recognition API. Detect faces in images, recognize trained users, manage face tags, and train face templates for identification. Supports both JSON and XML response formats. The API exposes 14 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically test authentication, check usage limits. Covers 14 operations with apiKey authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or developer tools - use for crm only.

## Capabilities

- Test authentication
- Check usage limits
- List namespaces
- Detect faces in images (POST)
- Recognize faces in images

## Use cases

### CRM Operations

Use the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API to perform crm operations programmatically. The API provides 14 endpoints covering core functionality including test authentication, check usage limits, list namespaces.

Example prompt: Call GET `/account/authenticate.json` to test authentication

### Automated Account Management

Automate account operations by combining multiple SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API endpoints. Agents can check usage limits and then list namespaces in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET `/account/limits.json` to check usage limits, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'test authentication', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `/account/authenticate.json` | Test authentication |
| GET | `/account/limits.json` | Check usage limits |
| GET | `/account/namespaces.json` | List namespaces |
| GET | `/account/users.json` | List users in namespaces |
| POST | `/faces/detect.json` | Detect faces in images (POST) |
| GET | `/faces/detect.json` | Detect faces in images |
| GET | `/faces/recognize.json` | Recognize faces in images |
| GET | `/faces/train.json` | Train face templates |

## Key resources

- **Account** — Account management, authentication testing, and usage limits
- **Faces** — Face detection, recognition, training, and grouping
- **Tags** — Face tag management - save, retrieve, add, and remove tags

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API by hand means passing both api_key and api_secret as query parameters to api.skybiometry.com/fc on every call and tracking your account limits yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import SkyBiometry from the API Directory, store the key and secret once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** SkyBiometry passes its targets in query parameters rather than resource ids in the path, so limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as detecting or recognizing faces. Training and account user operations are not included unless you add them to the allowed set.
- **Credential handling:** Your SkyBiometry API key and secret are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'detect faces in an image' or 'recognize a trained face', and Jentic returns the matching SkyBiometry operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Hubspot** — Alternative crm API
- **Salesforce** — Alternative crm API
- **Pipedrive** — Complementary crm API
- **Zoho** — Complementary crm API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API use?

The SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API uses an API key passed in the `api_key` query. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I test authentication with the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API?

Yes. Use the GET `/account/authenticate.json` endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I test authentication through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'test authentication'. Jentic returns the matching SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API have?

The SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API exposes 14 endpoints covering account, faces, tags operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the SkyBiometry Face Detection and Recognition API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which SkyBiometry operations and credentials the agent may use. SkyBiometry passes its targets in query parameters rather than resource ids in the path, so you can restrict the agent to only the operations it needs, such as detecting or recognizing faces via `/faces/detect.json` and `/faces/recognize.json.` Training operations like `/faces/train.json` and account user operations such as `/account/users.json` stay off-limits unless you add them to the allowed set.