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Alpha Camera REST API

Welcome

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Build with Sony cameras

Section titled “Build with Sony cameras”

The Sony Developer Platform (unofficial) gives you developer friendly abstractions for accessing camera hardware rather than using low-level C++ hardware commands— HTTP APIs, typed clients in TypeScript / Python / Swift, and AI-friendly documentation.

OverviewPlan your integration path, install dependencies and explore capabilities.
SDKsTypeScript, Python, Swift clients \+ complete example apps and recipes.
API ReferenceEvery HTTP endpoint made testable - start a server, connect a camera and try it yourself via the API playground.
MCP ServerPlug Claude, Cursor, Codex or any MCP-capable AI assistant into 13,000\+ SDK reference chunks.

What’s here

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Product What it does How you get it
Alpha Camera REST API The HTTP and SSE server that drives the camera. Built from source; run as CameraWebApp. Build from source
API reference & console Every endpoint, with a console that sends real requests to your own machine. —
Generate a client Generate a typed client for your language straight from the OpenAPI specification. OpenAPI generator
MCP Servers AI assistants connected to the SDK and Help Guide knowledge bases. —

How it fits together

Section titled “How it fits together”

The Alpha Camera REST API is the main integration surface for this site. It runs as a local HTTP and SSE server on the machine the camera is attached to, and everything talks to it over plain HTTP — from curl, from a client you generate from the specification, or from anything else that can make requests. The MCP Servers let AI assistants reference these layers while you build.

If you need direct native integration instead of the REST stack, Sony also provides:

Start with the platform overviewPick the integration path that fits your project and ship your first capture.