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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30.6/100 thin Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers 0 Features
CompanyTestingMobilePerformanceReal Device TestingAutomationAppiumOTTQuality AssuranceMonitoring

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4
Composite quality — 30.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 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
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APIs

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

headspin-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Login
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
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs
 CLI
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)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
specificationVersion: '0.20'
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