Google Nest Smart Device Management

The Smart Device Management (SDM) API is a REST API that allows developers to manage Google Nest devices including thermostats, cameras, doorbells, and displays. It provides access to device traits and commands using a trait-based model, enabling applications to read device state, execute commands to control devices, and manage structures and rooms within a home.

Google Nest Smart Device Management publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Devices API, Rooms API, and Structures API. Tagged areas include Camera, Device Management, Doorbell, Google Nest, and IoT.

The Google Nest Smart Device Management catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Google Nest Smart Device Management’s developer surface includes developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, authentication, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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41.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Camera Device ManagementDoorbellGoogle NestIoT Smart Home Thermostat

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 41.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.5 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 7.1 / 18

Access Clarity 6.6 / 18

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 12

Contract Governance 1.5 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices API

Manage and control Nest devices

Google Nest Smart Device Management Rooms API

Manage rooms within structures

Google Nest Smart Device Management Structures API

Manage structures (homes)

Postman Collections 3

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices API

POSTMAN

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices Rooms API

POSTMAN

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices Structures API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices Rooms API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices Structures API

OPEN COLLECTION

Google Nest Smart Device Management API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Google Nest / Smart Device GraphQL Schema

This GraphQL schema models the Google Nest Smart Device Management (SDM) API, which provides access to Nest thermostats, cameras, doorbells, displays, and the structures and roo...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Nest Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Nest Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Nest Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Google Nest Context

0 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Nest Smart Device Management API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Google Nest Smart Device Management API Rules

16 rules · 10 errors 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Nest Smart Device Management API Schema

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Nest Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Nest Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Nest Agentic Access

5 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-nest
name: Google Nest Smart Device Management
description: The Smart Device Management (SDM) API is a REST API that allows developers to manage Google Nest devices including
  thermostats, cameras, doorbells, and displays. It provides access to device traits and commands using a trait-based model,
  enabling applications to read device state, execute commands to control devices, and manage structures and rooms within
  a home.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-nest.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
tags:
- Camera
- Device Management
- Doorbell
- Google Nest
- IoT
- Smart Home
- Thermostat
apis:
- aid: google-nest:google-nest-devices-api
  name: Google Nest Smart Device Management Devices API
  description: Manage and control Nest devices
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
  baseURL: https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-nest-devices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorization
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/get-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-nest.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-nest.jsonld
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/google-nest-graphql.md
- aid: google-nest:google-nest-rooms-api
  name: Google Nest Smart Device Management Rooms API
  description: Manage rooms within structures
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
  baseURL: https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - Rooms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-nest-rooms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorization
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/get-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-nest.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-nest.jsonld
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/google-nest-graphql.md
- aid: google-nest:google-nest-structures-api
  name: Google Nest Smart Device Management Structures API
  description: Manage structures (homes)
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
  baseURL: https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - Structures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-nest-structures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorization
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/get-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-nest.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-nest.jsonld
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/google-nest-graphql.md
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.google.com/
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-nest-smart-device-management/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-nest-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-nest-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-nest-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/google
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/google-nest
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/get-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/authorization
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/json-ld/google-nest.jsonld
- url: https://blog.google/products/google-nest/rss/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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