Nimbio Developer Platform — The AI-Ready Cellular Access API & SDK

Nimbio is the first AI-ready, cellular-first smart access control platform. We expose a robust, secure REST API and SDK for programmatically triggering gates and doors, provisioning or revoking digital credentials, and querying real-time access logs from your own software.

Built for property owners, homeowners, and HOA boards automating a single residential gate; commercial property owners and businesses automating a gate, door, buzzer, or call box; and enterprise B2B platforms — smart-fleet routing, self-storage management, parking and mobility apps, and property-management software — integrating Nimbio into their own product. It is GitHub Copilot optimized — clean, well-described endpoints that autocomplete cleanly in modern editors.

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Does Nimbio have a REST API?

Yes — a REST API and SDK for smart access control

Nimbio provides a REST API and an official Python SDK designed for enterprise B2B integrations. The public developer API base is https://api.nimbio.com, with interactive Swagger docs and a ReDoc reference open to anyone — no credential required just to read the docs. Requests and responses are JSON over HTTPS, authenticated with a bearer token issued per organization. Because Nimbio runs on the cellular network, your integration controls gates and doors that have no Wi-Fi and no on-site network of their own.

Whether you are building a logistics dashboard, a property-management portal, or a self-storage rental flow, the API lets your application become the front door — literally. See how the cellular hardware works and the solutions it powers.

What can the Nimbio API do?

  • ✓ Programmatically open a gate latch on demand
  • ✓ Grant and revoke digital keys for community members
  • ✓ Retrieve access logs and gate-status history for auditing and reporting
  • ✓ Check live gate status and key statuses for any member
  • ✓ Group homes and units for multi-property management
  • ✓ Integrate gate access into fleet routing workflows
  • ✓ Drive self-storage rental and access automation
  • ✓ Test safely with a sandbox key before switching to live

API at a glance

The essentials for evaluating the Nimbio developer platform:

  • ✓ Base URL: https://api.nimbio.com
  • ✓ Format: JSON request and response bodies
  • ✓ Auth: a bearer token — a nimbio_test_… key for safe sandbox testing, or nimbio_live_… for real side effects
  • ✓ Transport: HTTPS only, with enterprise-grade SSL/TLS
  • ✓ SDK: official Python client (sync + async) — pip install nimbio-community-api
  • ✓ Rate limits: enforced per-minute and per-month, with limit headers on every response
  • ✓ Hosting: enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure

How do I programmatically open a gate?

Send an authenticated request and Nimbio opens the gate over cellular

Your software sends an authenticated HTTPS request to the Nimbio API targeting the gate latch you control. Nimbio relays the command over the cellular network to the on-site hardware, which triggers the existing lock or gate operator. There is no clicker, no local network dependency, and no special on-site relay for your code to manage.

Live interactive docs, SDK, and source — no request needed to look

The full API reference is public. Try it, read it, or import it directly:

Open a latch — pick your language:

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.nimbio.com/v1/community/latches/{latch_id}/open \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nimbio_live_<your-key>"

Python (official SDK)

pip install nimbio-community-api
from nimbio_community_api import NimbioClient

client = NimbioClient(api_key="nimbio_live_<your-key>")
client.open_latch(latch_id="<latch_id>")

Start with a nimbio_test_… key while you build — it runs the full request pipeline (auth, rate limit, scope, validation) but never actually fires a gate or mutates data; writes come back marked simulated. Switch to a nimbio_live_… key only once you want real side effects. The same authenticated-request pattern extends to granting/revoking keys and reading access logs — see the full endpoint reference for the complete set.

Can I integrate Nimbio into my own platform or app?

Yes — the API is built for fleet, self-storage, parking, and property-management workflows

For smart-fleet routing, Nimbio lets dispatch and routing platforms grant a driver or vehicle timed access to a gated destination — opening the gate as part of the route step rather than relying on call boxes or shared codes. Carriers and logistics systems can fold gate entry directly into the delivery sequence.

For self-storage management software, the API ties unit access to the rental lifecycle: provision a digital key when a tenant signs, revoke it on move-out or non-payment, and pull access logs for security and billing reconciliation. Group homes and units to manage access across an entire facility from one system.

For parking and mobility apps, the API lets you grant a driver programmatic access to a gated lot or garage as part of the reservation or check-in flow, instead of relying on shared codes or a physical call box.

  • ✓ Fleet routing: open destination gates as a route step
  • ✓ Self-storage: key provisioning tied to the rental lifecycle
  • ✓ Parking & mobility: gated-lot access as part of a reservation or check-in flow
  • ✓ Enterprise B2B: embed access control inside your own product
  • ✓ Audit: pull access logs for security and reconciliation

Explore matching deployments on the Solutions overview.

How secure is the Nimbio API?

Enterprise-grade encryption on cloud infrastructure

Our API runs exclusively over HTTPS with modern TLS encryption, and the platform is hosted on enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure. Because Nimbio hardware operates on its own multi-carrier LTE SIM, your API triggers are routed over carrier-grade cellular networks rather than the property’s local network — immune to Wi-Fi interception, router spoofing, and man-in-the-middle network sniffing. Access is gated by credentials issued to your organization, so every request is attributable, and because access is controlled in software rather than by physical clickers or shared PINs, revoking a compromised integration or a departed user is immediate.

How do I get API access?

The docs are open to anyone — no request needed just to explore the API. A working key is a different matter: community-scoped keys (for the /v1/community/* endpoints) are created by a community manager in the admin portal, and every key comes in a nimbio_test_… flavor for safe sandbox testing before you ever touch nimbio_live_…. Property owners, homeowners, and HOA boards automating a single residential gate; commercial property owners and businesses; and enterprise B2B platforms integrating Nimbio into their own product can contact [email protected] to get set up. Tell us about your use case — a single home gate, a commercial property, fleet routing, self-storage, or a custom B2B integration — and we will point you at the right scopes.

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Frequently asked questions

Who can request access to the Nimbio API?

Property owners, homeowners, and HOA boards can request API access to automate a single residential gate. Commercial property owners and businesses can request access for a gate, door, buzzer, or call box at their property. Software companies — fleet routing platforms, self-storage management systems, and property-management platforms — can request access to embed Nimbio into their own product. Individual residents or tenants within an HOA or managed community don’t get separate API access — that’s managed by the property owner or HOA board.

Does the API support commercial properties and businesses, not just residential gates?

Yes. The same REST API and SDK that power residential integrations also support commercial properties and businesses — opening gates, doors, buzzers, and call boxes, provisioning and revoking staff or tenant credentials, and pulling access logs for a single commercial site or across a multi-property portfolio.

Can I automate my own home gate with the API without hiring a developer?

The API is built for developers — using it means making authenticated HTTP requests, so some technical comfort (or a developer’s help) is expected. If you just want app-based control of your own gate without writing any code, the Nimbio app itself already covers smartphone access, digital keys, and GuestView without needing the API directly. The API is for when you want to connect your gate to your own software, a smart-home setup, or another platform.

Can I test the API without risking a real gate open or a live data change?

Yes. A nimbio_test_… key runs the full request pipeline — authentication, rate limiting, scope checks, validation — but never actually fires a gate, sends a message, or changes a member’s access. Writes come back marked simulated, so you can build and debug your integration safely before switching to a nimbio_live_… key.

Can an HOA board integrate Nimbio into our community’s existing management software?

Yes. HOA boards and property management companies can connect the Nimbio API to their existing community-management or property-management software to keep resident access, key issuance, and access logs in sync with the system they already use, instead of managing gate access separately.

What happens after I request API access?

Email [email protected] with your use case — a single home gate, a commercial property, or a software integration. You don’t have to wait to start reading — the interactive docs are public now. Nimbio issues your organization a scoped key (test and live versions) so you can build against the endpoint reference for opening latches, granting and revoking keys, and reading access logs.

See Nimbio on your gate

Tell us about your property and we’ll map the right retrofit. We offer flat-rate, per-home billing for residential communities, and flexible pricing for commercial properties.

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