# APIs

There are different ways to integrate with the RTLOC positioning system, depending on your needs.

# Real-time device data

The position and sensor data for each device can be accessed in real-time in a few ways:

We provide direct positioning and sensor data in two formats: binary and JSON
- Binary format - Allows for fast and very compact transmission over TCP/UDP.
- JSON format - Receive data in JSON over direct websocket or through an MQTT broker (TCP or websocket).
This (binary or JSON) data can be accessed over TCP/UDP, websockets, or MQTT
- Direct TCP/UDP/WS(S)
- MQTT (over TCP or websocket)
MQTT can be connected to over TCP or (secure) websocket

Access meta information about your projects, users and more (information in database) through our REST API
Single device (tag / anchor) information can be read through the CLI or via Bluetooth (BLE).
- BLE API - Make a wireless connection with one of the tags with our BLE interface.
- Device CLI - Access the RTLS hardware (anchors and tags) via one of the interfaces.

If you want to go low-level build your own firmware and run it next to ours using our firmware library