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Introduction

Welcome to the Entrupy Solution Guide! This guide explains how to use Entrupy's advanced authentication and item comparison technology. We offer tools tailored to different integration needs and user types: our Mobile SDKs for embedding into your custom applications, the Entrupy app for direct use by your business operations, and a comprehensive API that supports both.

Entrupy helps you protect revenue, build customer trust, and secure your supply chains by providing AI-powered authentication solutions for luxury goods, sneakers, and apparel. Our technology uses artificial intelligence and machine learning, often combined with expert human review, to verify authenticity and enable unique item identification through fingerprinting.

This documentation will cover:

  • Entrupy Mobile SDKs: For integrating authentication and fingerprinting features directly into your customer-facing applications.
  • Entrupy App: A ready-to-use mobile application for your internal business teams to perform authentications and fingerprinting.
  • Entrupy API: The central interface for data access and process management, supporting both SDK-integrated and Entrupy App-driven activities.

User and Integration Context​

Entrupy provides two primary ways to authenticate physical items. The first decision to make is determining who will be performing the authentication or fingerprinting and where this action will take place. This will guide whether you implement our SDKs for a custom-integrated experience or our ready-to-use Entrupy App. Both methods are supported by our central API for backend data management and workflow automation.

1. Entrupy Mobile SDKs: For Customer-Facing Integrations​

If your primary goal is to provide authentication or fingerprinting capabilities directly to your end-users (e.g., sellers on your marketplace, buyers verifying an item), the Entrupy Mobile SDKs (iOS and Android) are the recommended solution. The SDKs allow you to embed Entrupy's item capture and result display components directly into your own mobile applications, offering a seamless experience within your brand's environment.

  • Primary Audience: End-users of your platform or application (e.g., marketplace sellers, consumers).
  • Common Use Cases & Workflows:
  • Capture Method: The SDK handles the image/data capture process, guided by your application's UI and overall workflow.

2. Entrupy App: For Business & Operational Use​

For your internal business operations and staff, Entrupy provides the Entrupy app. This is a ready-to-use mobile application that your teams can use directly to perform authentications and fingerprinting, often using Entrupy-provided specialized hardware (like microscopic lenses) for certain item types and tasks. The main Entrupy app is evolving to consolidate luxury, apparel, sneaker authentication, and fingerprinting capabilities.

  • Primary Audience: Your internal teams (e.g., warehouse staff, authenticators, operations personnel, customer support conducting item verification).
  • Common Use Cases & Workflows:
  • Capture Method: The Entrupy app guides your staff through the image capture process, using the device camera or specialized hardware as appropriate.

The Entrupy API: Central Data Access & Control​

The Entrupy API is your central interface for accessing data and programmatically controlling authentication and fingerprinting activities. All data from the Entrupy platform, whether originating from an SDK-driven interaction or an internal Entrupy App operation, is accessible via the API. This allows your backend systems to:

  • Retrieve authentication results, status updates, certificate information, and catalog data.
  • Use the customer_item_id to correlate Entrupy data with your internal records.
  • Integrate Entrupy data into your ERP, inventory systems, e-commerce platforms, or for custom reporting.
  • Manage SDK sessions, configure webhooks, and perform other operational tasks.
  • API with SDK Integrations: Your backend system uses the API to authorize SDK sessions, retrieve results, and manage data for authentications and fingerprinting activity.
  • API with the Entrupy app: If your team uses the Entrupy app for capture, your backend can use the API to retrieve all associated data for integration into your systems.
  • For a detailed overview of API capabilities, see API Integration Workflows.

Next Steps​

Learn more about the Entrupy platform with these key resources: