# Introduction to RUFUS Cloud API We want to help **timers** and **event organisers** to work more efficiently by creating this **simple** but yet **powerful** **platform** to which they can connect their own custom software, timing systems or apps, and scale operations to the cloud. Our mission is to make a **user-friendly** product that everyone can integrate with. We have thought of three main resources: Timing **devices**, timing **sessions** and race **passings**. To put it simply, the **device** communicate with the cloud creating a timing **session** which then stores race **passings**. These sessions and passings can be retrieved from anywhere in real time, or later, since they are stored in the cloud. ### Integrate your system or software in 5 easy steps:


Create your company api key	Grant access to your apps and devices.	get-your-api-keys
Bind a timing device or app with your account	Integrate your own systems with the cloud.	bind-a-new-device
Create a new timing session	Create your first passing container.	insert-a-new-session
Send race passings	Store participants race information in the cloud.	insert-passings
Get the race passings from your timing software	Retrieve in real-time your devices passings.	get-session-passings-by-range