CAMARA

aid: camara
name: CAMARA
description: CAMARA is an open-source Linux Foundation project developing standardized, open, and globally-available telecom
  APIs as part of the Telco Global API Alliance. Founded and supported by AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Google Cloud,
  Microsoft, Nokia, Telefonica, Vodafone, GSMA, and many others, CAMARA defines consistent, operator-agnostic network capability
  APIs so developers can access programmable network services such as quality-on-demand, device location, SIM swap, number
  verification, and edge cloud across multiple carriers through a single, unified, standard API surface.
kind: standard
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: Open
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/camara.png
tags:
- Telecom
- Network APIs
- Standards
- Linux Foundation
- Open Gateway
- GSMA
- Connectivity
- 5G
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/camara/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: camara:device-location-api
  name: CAMARA Device Location API
  description: Provides location-verification, location-retrieval, and geofencing subscription endpoints allowing applications
    to confirm whether a mobile device is in a specified area, to retrieve the last known area the device connected from,
    and to receive asynchronous notifications when a device enters or leaves a geofenced region — all using operator network
    data rather than handset GPS.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceLocation
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/location/v0
  tags:
  - Location
  - Geofencing
  - Network
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceLocation
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceLocation
- aid: camara:number-verification-api
  name: CAMARA Number Verification API
  description: Silent, cryptographically strong verification that the mobile number a user claims to own is actually the number
    of the SIM attached to the device making the request. Replaces SMS one-time-password flows with an operator-authenticated
    check over the data connection, reducing fraud and user friction in onboarding and login.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/NumberVerification
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/number-verification/v0
  tags:
  - Identity
  - Authentication
  - Anti-Fraud
  - MSISDN
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/NumberVerification
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/NumberVerification
- aid: camara:sim-swap-api
  name: CAMARA SIM Swap API
  description: Detects whether the SIM attached to a given mobile number has recently been changed. Used by banks, crypto
    platforms, and other high-assurance services to mitigate SIM-swap account-takeover attacks before sending SMS OTPs or
    authorizing high-risk transactions.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimSwap
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/sim-swap/v0
  tags:
  - Anti-Fraud
  - Identity
  - Security
  - SIM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimSwap
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimSwap
- aid: camara:device-status-api
  name: CAMARA Device Status API
  description: Provides queries and event subscriptions about a mobile device's connectivity status (reachable, connected,
    roaming) so applications can adapt behaviour, trigger retries, or switch channels based on real-time network reachability.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceStatus
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/device-status/v0
  tags:
  - Connectivity
  - Roaming
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceStatus
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceStatus
- aid: camara:simple-edge-discovery-api
  name: CAMARA Simple Edge Discovery API
  description: Returns the closest Mobile Edge Cloud (MEC) endpoint for a given device based on operator network topology,
    allowing edge-native applications to connect to the lowest-latency edge zone without embedding operator- specific logic.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimpleEdgeDiscovery
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/simple-edge-discovery/v0
  tags:
  - Edge
  - MEC
  - Latency
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimpleEdgeDiscovery
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimpleEdgeDiscovery
- aid: camara:edge-application-management-api
  name: CAMARA Edge Application Management API
  description: Lifecycle APIs for deploying, managing, and terminating edge-native application instances across operator Mobile
    Edge Cloud infrastructure, enabling developers to place workloads close to end users without operator lock-in.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/EdgeApplicationManagement
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/edge-application-management/v0
  tags:
  - Edge
  - MEC
  - Deployment
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/EdgeApplicationManagement
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/EdgeApplicationManagement
- aid: camara:device-identifier-api
  name: CAMARA Device Identifier API
  description: Returns a privacy-preserving identifier for a device associated with a network-attached session, enabling correlation
    and authentication flows while minimising exposure of raw MSISDNs or IMEIs.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceIdentifier
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/device-identifier/v0
  tags:
  - Identity
  - Privacy
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceIdentifier
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceIdentifier
- aid: camara:home-devices-qod-api
  name: CAMARA Home Devices Quality On Demand API
  description: Extends Quality On Demand semantics to fixed-line / home broadband devices, allowing applications to request
    guaranteed bandwidth or low-latency sessions for devices attached to a home gateway.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/HomeDevicesQoD
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/home-devices-qod/v0
  tags:
  - Broadband
  - Home
  - QoS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/HomeDevicesQoD
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/HomeDevicesQoD
- aid: camara:connectivity-insights-api
  name: CAMARA Connectivity Insights API
  description: Exposes network insight data such as historical and real-time network quality, congestion, and throughput characteristics
    for a subscriber context, letting applications tune streaming, uploads, and sync behaviour to current network conditions.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/ConnectivityInsights
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/connectivity-insights/v0
  tags:
  - Analytics
  - Quality of Service
  - Observability
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/ConnectivityInsights
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/ConnectivityInsights
- aid: camara:identity-and-consent-management-api
  name: CAMARA Identity and Consent Management API
  description: Shared authorization and consent model across CAMARA APIs, built on OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect Client-Initiated
    Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) so subscribers explicitly consent to application use of network capabilities such as
    location, SIM-swap, or QoD on their behalf.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/identity-consent/v0
  tags:
  - OAuth
  - CIBA
  - Consent
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement
- aid: camara:camara-sessions-api
  name: CAMARA Sessions API
  description: The Sessions API from CAMARA — 4 operation(s) for sessions.
  humanURL: https://github.com/camaraproject/QualityOnDemand
  baseURL: https://api.example.com/quality-on-demand/v0
  tags:
  - Sessions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/camara-sessions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/QualityOnDemand
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/camaraproject/QualityOnDemand
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/camara-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/camara-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/camara-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/camara-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/camara-project
- type: Website
  url: https://camaraproject.org/
- type: Documentation
  name: CAMARA Documentation
  description: Official documentation for CAMARA.
  url: https://camaraproject.org/apis/
- type: Portfolio
  url: https://camaraproject.github.io/releases/portfolio.html
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: CAMARA GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for CAMARA.
  url: https://github.com/camaraproject
- type: Governance
  url: https://github.com/camaraproject/Governance
- type: Commonalities
  url: https://github.com/camaraproject/Commonalities
- type: ReleaseManagement
  url: https://github.com/camaraproject/ReleaseManagement
- type: LinuxFoundationProject
  url: https://lfnetworking.org/projects/camara/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/camara-context.jsonld
- type: VocabularyDefinition
  url: vocabulary.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: spectral/camara.spectral.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://camaraproject.org/feed/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com