High Tech

aid: high-tech
name: High Tech
kind: topic
description: High Tech indexes the APIs, data services, and reference artifacts that power the electronics, semiconductor,
  hardware, and IoT industries. The landscape covers electronic component data and distribution (Octopart / Nexar, Digi-Key,
  Mouser, Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Newark / element14), ECAD and PCB design data (SnapEDA, Ultra Librarian, Altium 365 via
  Nexar Design), hardware lifecycle and IoT device management (AWS IoT, Azure IoT Hub, Particle, Golioth), bill-of-materials
  and component-search workflows used across hardware product engineering, and the authoritative manufacturer data that anchors
  a component record (manufacturer part number, manufacturer, datasheet, lifecycle status, RoHS / REACH compliance, real-time
  inventory and pricing across distributors). This index captures the canonical providers, the shape of a component record
  as JSON Schema, a JSON-LD context aligning with schema.org Product / Offer / Organization, and the domain vocabulary used
  across the high-tech component supply chain.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/high-tech/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Reference
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
- Arrow Electronics
- Availability
- Bill of Materials
- BoM
- Component Data
- Datasheets
- Digi-Key
- Distributors
- ECAD
- Electronic Components
- Electronics
- Footprints
- Hardware
- High Tech
- IoT
- Lifecycle
- Manufacturer Part Number
- Manufacturers
- Mouser
- MPN
- Nexar
- Octopart
- PCB Design
- Pricing
- RoHS
- Semiconductors
- SnapEDA
- Supply Chain
- Symbols
- Ultra Librarian
apis:
- aid: high-tech:octopart-nexar
  name: Octopart / Nexar Supply API
  description: Nexar Supply (formerly Octopart API v4) is a GraphQL API that aggregates electronic component data from manufacturers
    and distributors worldwide. Returns parts, manufacturers, sellers, offers, datasheets, lifecycle status, compliance, and
    CAD models for tens of millions of MPNs. Free Evaluation plan up to 100 matched parts; Enterprise plans for production
    use.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://nexar.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.nexar.com/graphql
  tags:
  - Component Data
  - Distributors
  - GraphQL
  - Nexar
  - Octopart
  - Supply Chain
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nexar.com/api
  - type: Portal
    url: https://portal.nexar.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://nexar.com/api/compare-plans
  - type: GraphQLEndpoint
    url: https://api.nexar.com/graphql
  - url: graphql/high-tech-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: high-tech:digi-key
  name: Digi-Key Product Information API
  description: Digi-Key's developer portal exposes a suite of OAuth 2.0 APIs including Product Information V4 (search by MPN,
    description, manufacturer, category), Quote, Ordering, Order Status, Order Management, MyLists, Supply Chain, Product
    Change Notifications, and Barcode. Sandbox and production environments separated; supports two-legged and three-legged
    OAuth flows.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.digikey.com/products
  baseURL: https://api.digikey.com
  tags:
  - Digi-Key
  - Distributors
  - OAuth
  - Ordering
  - Product Information
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.digikey.com/products
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.digikey.com/
  - type: OAuthAuthorization
    url: https://api.digikey.com/v1/oauth2/authorize
  - type: OAuthToken
    url: https://api.digikey.com/v1/oauth2/token
- aid: high-tech:mouser
  name: Mouser Electronics Search API
  description: Mouser Electronics exposes a REST Search API (SearchByPartNumber, SearchByKeyword, SearchByManufacturer), a
    Cart API, and an Order API. Authentication uses a per-application API key issued through Mouser's developer portal. Responses
    include MouserPartNumber, ManufacturerPartNumber, Manufacturer, Description, DataSheetUrl, ProductDetailUrl, Category,
    Availability, LeadTime, and PriceBreaks.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.mouser.com/api-search/
  baseURL: https://api.mouser.com
  tags:
  - API Key
  - Distributors
  - Mouser
  - REST
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mouser.com/api-search/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.mouser.com/api-hub/
  - type: OrderAPI
    url: https://www.mouser.com/api-order/
- aid: high-tech:arrow
  name: Arrow Electronics Pricing & Availability API
  description: Arrow Electronics provides a Pricing & Availability API and an Order API. Responses returned as JSON (XML available).
    Partners request an authorization key through Arrow's developer onboarding. A Quote API is marked "Coming soon".
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developers.arrow.com/api/
  baseURL: https://api.arrow.com
  tags:
  - Arrow Electronics
  - Distributors
  - Ordering
  - Pricing
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.arrow.com/api/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developers.arrow.com/
- aid: high-tech:avnet
  name: Avnet Developer APIs
  description: Avnet provides distributor APIs for part search, pricing, availability, and order management, primarily for
    established partner accounts.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.avnet.com/
  tags:
  - Avnet
  - Distributors
  - Pricing
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.avnet.com/
- aid: high-tech:newark-element14
  name: Newark / element14 API
  description: Newark and element14 (Premier Farnell) expose component search and pricing data via partner APIs for hardware
    engineers and maker communities.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.newark.com/
  tags:
  - Distributors
  - element14
  - Newark
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.newark.com/
- aid: high-tech:snapeda
  name: SnapEDA Symbols & Footprints API
  description: SnapEDA is a library of free CAD models for electronic components — schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and
    3D models — keyed off manufacturer part numbers. Used by PCB design tools to auto-resolve CAD assets for a BoM.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.snapeda.com/home/
  tags:
  - 3D Models
  - ECAD
  - Footprints
  - PCB Design
  - SnapEDA
  - Symbols
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.snapeda.com/home/
- aid: high-tech:ultra-librarian
  name: Ultra Librarian ECAD API
  description: Ultra Librarian (an EMA Design Automation service) publishes symbols, footprints, and 3D models for over 16
    million components, with integrations to major ECAD tools.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.ultralibrarian.com/
  tags:
  - 3D Models
  - ECAD
  - Footprints
  - Symbols
  - Ultra Librarian
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.ultralibrarian.com/
- aid: high-tech:altium-365
  name: Altium 365 / Nexar Design API
  description: Nexar Design exposes Altium 365 workspace data — components, nets, MCAD geometry, and positional data — via
    GraphQL for programmatic access to PCB designs.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://nexar.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.nexar.com/graphql
  tags:
  - Altium 365
  - Design
  - GraphQL
  - Nexar
  - PCB Design
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nexar.com/api
- aid: high-tech:aws-iot-core
  name: AWS IoT Core
  description: AWS IoT Core provides device registry, MQTT message broker, device shadow, jobs, and rules engine for connected
    hardware at scale. Anchors the AWS IoT family (Device Management, Device Defender, Events, FleetWise, Greengrass, SiteWise,
    TwinMaker).
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/iot-core/
  tags:
  - AWS
  - Device Management
  - IoT
  - MQTT
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/
- aid: high-tech:azure-iot-hub
  name: Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
  description: Azure IoT Hub provides bi-directional device-to-cloud and cloud-to-device messaging, device twins, direct methods,
    and device provisioning service (DPS).
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/iot-hub/
  tags:
  - Azure
  - Device Twins
  - IoT
  - MQTT
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-hub/
- aid: high-tech:particle
  name: Particle Device Cloud API
  description: Particle provides a Device Cloud REST API plus webhooks for managing cellular and Wi-Fi connected hardware,
    firmware OTA, and variable / function / event APIs against devices.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.particle.io/reference/cloud-apis/api/
  baseURL: https://api.particle.io
  tags:
  - Device Cloud
  - IoT
  - OTA
  - Particle
  - REST
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.particle.io/reference/cloud-apis/api/
common:
- type: ComponentSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/high-tech/refs/heads/main/json-schema/high-tech-component-schema.json
- type: ComponentStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/high-tech/refs/heads/main/json-structure/high-tech-component-structure.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/high-tech/refs/heads/main/json-ld/high-tech-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/high-tech/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/high-tech-vocabulary.yml
- type: Examples
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/high-tech/refs/heads/main/examples/