How to set up your iSAMS integration
To setup your integration you need to generate an iSAMS API key and save it in your School Settings.

  • Log into your iSAMS account.
  • Click 'Create Batch API Key'

  • You will be presented with 1 of 2 options. If you’re on iSAMS v8.0.706 or greater (released in May 2016), you will be asked to send a message to their Customer Support team - if that’s the case, continue with these instructions. If you’re on an older version of iSAMS, you’ll be shown a popover window. If that’s the case, follow these instructions.

Generating your API key manually


  • Go to the Batch Methods tab in the popover. This is where you can set which data BridgeU can import.
  • Select all the relevant methods
  • Pupil Manager Datasets → Current Students
  • HR Manager Datasets → Current staff
  • Exams Manager Datasets → Exam Results
  • Teaching Manager Datasets → Teaching Sets
  • Teaching Manager Datasets → Teaching Set Lists

  • Go to the Student Filters tab.

  • Select the custom groups you created earlier.

  • Go to the Key Properties tab.

  • Copy the API key by highlighting the text, right-clicking and selecting "Copy".
  • We suggest you name your key “BridgeU API Key”, in the API Key Name field, so you can identify it more easily in the future. Optionally, you could describe the methods and groups the key gives access to in the Description field.


Generating your API key through iSAMS Customer Support

  • Click the Request Batch API Key on the iSAMS Control Panel to send a request to Support
  • You will then receive an email from Zendesk with the ticket details where you can request the key to get access to relevant methods or student groups.
  • The relevant methods are:
  • Pupil Manager Datasets → Current Students
  • HR Manager Datasets → Current staff
  • Exams Manager Datasets → Exam Results
  • Teaching Manager Datasets → Teaching Sets
  • Teaching Manager Datasets → Teaching Set Lists

Save your API key on BridgeU.com

  • Go to your BridgeU account then select "School Settings" in the left-hand navigation.