Receiving data from wpsWatch

Website: https://www.wpswatch.org 

This integration requires assistance from WPS for setup and configuration. Please get in touch with our Support Team at support@earthranger.com and we’ll guide you through the process to ensure everything is set up correctly.

Prerequisites

wpsWatch

You will need:

  • wpsWatch Account.

Destination

You will need:

EarthRanger

To send event data to EarthRanger, you will need:

  • A special EarthRanger user (e.g., “Gundi Service Account”) for this integration. Please refer to EarthRanger's documentation or contact Support.
  • A long-lived token for authentication assigned to the user created in the previous step. Please refer to EarthRanger's documentation or contact Support.
  • Confirm that the required event types and schemas are configured in EarthRanger. 
    • Required event type: cameratrap_rep
  • Update the EarthRanger user (e.g., “Gundi Service Account”) to give it permission to the event type.
 
 

TrapTagger

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Configuration

GUIDES

Gundi v2 Push Integration Configuration Steps

1. Gundi Connection Settings

1.1 Visit our portal. 

1.2 Click on Create Connection.

1.3 Select your technology.

1.4 Select your Workspace.

1.5 Enter a name for this Connection (e.g., “Trackers - AreaName”)

1.6 Click Next.

1.7 Select a Destination. Please consult our guides.

1.8 Visit the Connection you created during this process, and copy the API key. To do this, go to the Connection's Provider tab, find the API key field, and click the copy icon. 

1.9 Send the API key and your account identifier to your contact at the data source provider, asking them to set up an integration with Gundi (URL: https://sensors.api.gundiservice.org/v2/observations/). Alternatively, configure the API key directly in their system if you have access to those settings.

Suggested Contacts:

WPS Staff will help you with the following actions:

  • Edit the Integrations in the wpsWatch site to enable the Gundi integration with the URL and API Key.
  • Update the alert configuration(s) in wpsWatch to send the alerts to Gundi.
  • Validations.

Considerations

  • This integration does not currently include event updates.  If a ‘rhino’ tag is added to the photo in wpsWatch, that tag won’t be added to the event in ER. 
  • An integration with Cmore is in the roadmap, but not yet available.
  • The array of tags isn’t reportable in ER, so there’s a separate Tags field that contains a comma-delimited list of tags that can be used for reporting. It isn’t displayed in the UI for the event, but it is included in exports.

Characteristics

  • This integration is classified as a “Push” type, meaning wpsWatch services send data to Gundi as soon as they process the images. Gundi then immediately attempts to forward the image and metadata to the destination specified in the Connection.

Note on Latency

The time it takes for data to appear in your destination system depends on several factors, such as latency introduced by the source, network conditions, and intermediary systems. While these factors may vary, Gundi typically checks for available data at scheduled intervals (approximately every 5 minutes).

If data is not available in your system after this interval, please check the source of the data for its availability. If the issue persists, contact our Support team for assistance.

 

Camera Trap, Push Integration, Data Provider
Mar 10, 2026