HeadSpin

HeadSpin is a real-device digital-experience, functional, and performance testing platform for mobile, web, and OTT applications. Teams test, monitor, and optimize app behavior on real devices and real SIMs across 60+ locations in 50+ countries, running manual and automated tests through frameworks such as Appium and Selenium while capturing 130+ performance KPIs across app, device, browser, audio-video, and network layers. HeadSpin exposes a v0 REST API (Bearer API-token auth) for authentication, device management, capture sessions, app instrumentation, biometrics, and audio/video capture, plus an official `hs` command-line interface and a family of open-source Appium drivers for Roku, LG WebOS, and Samsung Tizen TV.

HeadSpin publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Testing, Mobile, Performance, and Real Device Testing.

HeadSpin’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, engineering blog, pricing, authentication, CLI, and 14 more developer resources.

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21.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Company Testing Mobile PerformanceReal Device TestingAutomation Appium OTT Quality Assurance Monitoring

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scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

Composite quality — 21.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Access Clarity 7.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 13

Contract Governance 0.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 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 Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 1

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

HeadSpin REST API (v0)

HeadSpin's v0 REST API for authentication, real-device management, capture sessions, app (APK/IPA) instrumentation, biometrics, and audio/video capture. Authenticates with a Hea...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Conventions

Conformance

Conformance

Lifecycle

Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: headspin
name: HeadSpin
description: HeadSpin is a real-device digital-experience, functional, and performance testing platform for mobile, web, and
  OTT applications. Teams test, monitor, and optimize app behavior on real devices and real SIMs across 60+ locations in 50+
  countries, running manual and automated tests through frameworks such as Appium and Selenium while capturing 130+ performance
  KPIs across app, device, browser, audio-video, and network layers. HeadSpin exposes a v0 REST API (Bearer API-token auth)
  for authentication, device management, capture sessions, app instrumentation, biometrics, and audio/video capture, plus
  an official `hs` command-line interface and a family of open-source Appium drivers for Roku, LG WebOS, and Samsung Tizen
  TV.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/headspin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
- gv
- iconiq-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/619e15d781b212391a206fb2/67c6baa984aae71625255247_home-headspin.jpg
tags:
- Company
- Testing
- Mobile
- Performance
- Real Device Testing
- Automation
- Appium
- OTT
- Quality Assurance
- Monitoring
apis:
- name: HeadSpin REST API (v0)
  description: HeadSpin's v0 REST API for authentication, real-device management, capture sessions, app (APK/IPA) instrumentation,
    biometrics, and audio/video capture. Authenticates with a HeadSpin API token as an HTTP Bearer token.
  humanURL: https://www.headspin.io/docs
  baseURL: https://api-dev.headspin.io/v0
  tags:
  - Testing
  - Mobile
  - Real Device Testing
  - Automation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.headspin.io/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.headspin.io/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/headspin-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/headspin-conventions.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/headspin-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/headspin-lifecycle.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/headspin-mcp.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.headspin.io
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.headspin.io/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.headspin.io/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.headspin.io/docs
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.headspin.io/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.headspin.io/pricing
- type: Login
  url: https://ui.headspin.io
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.headspin.io/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.headspin.io/terms/privacy-policy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/headspinio
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/headspin-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/headspin-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/headspin-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/headspin-lifecycle.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/headspin-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/headspin-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/headspin-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/headspin-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/headspin-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/headspin-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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