Internet of Things

aid: internet-of-things
name: Internet of Things
description: An index and topic collection covering consumer and commercial Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, smart home
  ecosystems, connected device APIs, and the messaging and edge protocols that bind them together. This collection focuses
  on cloud IoT services such as AWS IoT Core, smart home and connected device platforms like Google Nest, Tuya, IFTTT, and
  Reolink, MQTT brokers like HiveMQ and Mosquitto, edge runtimes like KubeEdge and LF Edge, and the standards and SDKs that
  connect millions of devices to APIs every day. Distinct from the Industrial topic, which focuses on OT and manufacturing
  systems.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- IoT
- Smart Home
- Connected Devices
- MQTT
- LoRaWAN
- Edge
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/internet-of-things/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
network:
- name: Amazon IoT Core
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-core/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon IoT Device Management
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-device-management/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon IoT Device Defender
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-device-defender/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon IoT Events
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-events/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon IoT Greengrass
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-greengrass/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon IoT FleetWise
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-fleetwise/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon IoT TwinMaker
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-twinmaker/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Amazon FreeRTOS
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-freertos/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Google Nest
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-nest/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Tuya
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tuya/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: IFTTT
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ifttt/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: HiveMQ
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hivemq/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: MQTT
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mqtt/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: PubNub
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pubnub/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: NATS
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nats/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Cisco Meraki
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cisco-meraki/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Samsara
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/samsara/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Samsung
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/samsung/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Philips
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/philips/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: KubeEdge
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kubeedge/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: LF Edge
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lf-edge/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: OpenYurt
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openyurt/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Aklivity
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aklivity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: mParticle
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mparticle/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Telnyx
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/telnyx/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Reolink
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/reolink/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Neolink
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/neolink/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Parklio
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parklio/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: BLE
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ble/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- name: Zephyr Project
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zephyr/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://apievangelist.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Device Identity and Provisioning
    description: IoT platforms issue per-device credentials, X.509 certificates, and identities so connected devices can authenticate
      to cloud services and to each other across the network.
  - name: MQTT and Pub/Sub Messaging
    description: Lightweight publish/subscribe messaging via MQTT, CoAP, and similar protocols is the dominant pattern for
      moving telemetry from constrained devices to cloud backends.
  - name: Device Shadows and State Synchronization
    description: Cloud IoT services maintain a virtual representation (shadow or twin) of each device that mirrors and synchronizes
      desired and reported state across intermittent connectivity.
  - name: Rules Engines and Telemetry Routing
    description: IoT platforms include rules engines that filter, transform, and route incoming telemetry to databases, analytics
      services, notification channels, and downstream APIs.
  - name: Over-the-Air (OTA) Firmware Updates
    description: Connected device platforms offer managed OTA firmware update delivery, rollout orchestration, and rollback
      for fleets ranging from a few units to millions.
  - name: Edge Computing and Local Runtimes
    description: Runtimes like AWS Greengrass, KubeEdge, and LF Edge push compute, ML inference, and message brokering to
      gateways and devices for low-latency local control.
  - name: Smart Home Integration and Automation
    description: Smart home platforms expose device APIs and event triggers that enable cross-vendor automation, voice control,
      and consumer-facing routines like "good morning" or geofenced actions.
  - name: Long-Range Low-Power Connectivity
    description: LoRaWAN, cellular IoT, and similar long-range low-power networks connect battery-powered sensors and trackers
      that operate for years on a single charge.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Smart Home Automation
    description: Consumers connect lights, locks, cameras, thermostats, and voice assistants through platforms like Google
      Nest, Tuya, and IFTTT to create cross-device routines and remote control.
  - name: Connected Camera and Security
    description: Platforms like Reolink and Neolink expose APIs for live video, motion events, and recording management so
      security cameras can be integrated into broader home and business workflows.
  - name: Fleet and Asset Tracking
    description: Commercial IoT platforms like Samsara stream vehicle telemetry, location, and driver behavior to cloud dashboards
      and APIs for logistics and fleet management.
  - name: Industrial-Grade Device Management at Scale
    description: AWS IoT Device Management and similar services let operators register, organize, monitor, and update millions
      of connected devices through a single API surface.
  - name: Real-Time Telemetry Pipelines
    description: MQTT brokers like HiveMQ and Mosquitto, combined with stream processors, ingest billions of telemetry events
      per day from devices into analytics and storage systems.
  - name: Edge AI and Local Inference
    description: Edge runtimes like AWS Greengrass and KubeEdge run ML models close to devices for fast local decisions in
      industrial cameras, vehicles, and smart appliances.
  - name: Connected Mobility and EVs
    description: Vehicle platforms and OEM APIs expose location, charging, and diagnostic data for electric vehicles and connected
      cars, enabling routing, charging, and maintenance integrations.
  - name: Event-Driven Consumer Automation
    description: IFTTT and similar platforms let consumers wire IoT devices to web APIs through if-this-then-that recipes
      that span dozens of vendors and services.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: AWS IoT Core
    description: Managed cloud service that brokers MQTT, HTTPS, and WebSocket connections from devices and routes messages
      to AWS services through a rules engine.
  - name: HiveMQ
    description: Enterprise-grade MQTT broker platform used for connecting millions of IoT devices with extensions for Kafka,
      security, and observability.
  - name: Google Nest
    description: API platform for thermostats, cameras, and doorbells in the Google smart home ecosystem, exposing device
      state, events, and control.
  - name: Tuya
    description: Global IoT platform powering tens of thousands of branded smart home devices through unified cloud APIs and
      SDKs.
  - name: IFTTT
    description: Consumer automation platform that connects IoT devices, web apps, and services through user-authored conditional
      recipes.
  - name: Cisco Meraki
    description: Cloud-managed networking and IoT platform with APIs for cameras, environmental sensors, and Wi-Fi-connected
      device telemetry.
  - name: Samsara
    description: Connected operations platform for vehicles, equipment, and sites with APIs for telemetry, video, and driver
      safety data.
  - name: KubeEdge
    description: Open-source CNCF project extending Kubernetes orchestration to edge nodes and IoT devices for managed edge
      workloads.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
humanURL: https://apievangelist.com