Application Programming Interface (API) Development for Student Attendance System Using QR Code

Abstract

Designing an application that requires communication between platforms need an intermediary to do it. The implementation of Application Programming Interface (API) from a designed system was done so the developers are able to access programmatic functions between different platforms. In the era of the information technology development as it is today, there are still many applications that are not computerized, such as the attendance recording systems. This research aims to develop API well on an Android-based student attendance system that uses the Quick Response code (QR code). To do so, first of all the design of system architecture was created to understand the communication flow between the platform. After that, the software development is done along with the test of API web services. In the end, with the integration of the Android client and web server on Laravel and assisted by the RESTful based web service, made that designed student attendance system becomes a safe and reliable.