# Ignition SCADA REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scada/ignition-api/  
**Provider:** SCADA — https://apis.io/providers/scada/  
**Base URL:** https://{ignition-host}/system/webdev  
**Documentation:** https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/

Ignition SCADA REST API is one of 5 APIs that [SCADA](https://apis.io/providers/scada/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Ignition, Industrial Automation, and SCADA Platform. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Inductive Automation's Ignition SCADA platform provides a REST API for reading and writing tag values, managing alarms, retrieving historical data, and controlling system resources. Ignition is one of the most widely deployed SCADA platforms in North America.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/

## Other SCADA APIs (4)

- [OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA)](https://apis.io/apis/scada/opc-ua/)
- [MQTT Protocol](https://apis.io/apis/scada/mqtt/)
- [Modbus Protocol](https://apis.io/apis/scada/modbus/)
- [Historian and Alarm Data APIs](https://apis.io/apis/scada/had-api/)

## Tags

Ignition, Industrial Automation, SCADA Platform

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/scada/ignition-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/scada/.