Ring

Ring is an Amazon home-security company (doorbells, cameras, alarm systems, and the Ring Protect subscription) that in 2026 launched the Ring Developer platform and Ring Appstore. Third-party developers can build video-powered apps against the Ring Partner API — a REST API served from api.amazonvision.com (Amazon Vision API / AVA) that follows the JSON:API format and is secured with OAuth 2.0 one-way account linking. The API exposes device discovery, device status/capabilities/location/configurations, event history, WebRTC/WHEP live video, media clip and image downloads, subscription queries, and a webhook event surface (motion, button press, device online/offline, subscription changes). Ring also publishes a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server backed by an Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base so AI coding assistants can query the documentation while building integrations, and publishes a HackerOne bug-bounty via a /.well-known/security.txt.

Ring publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Home Security, Smart Home, IoT, and Video.

The Ring catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Ring’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, changelog, support, engineering blog, and 22 more developer resources.

39.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 50/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyHome SecuritySmart HomeIoTVideoCamerasDoorbellsWebhooksWebRTCAmazonDeveloper PlatformMCP

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 39.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 50/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Ring Partner API

The Ring Partner API (Amazon Vision API / AVA) lets certified Ring Appstore partners access Ring device data and media on behalf of consenting users: list and inspect devices, r...

MCP Servers 1

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

ring-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Ring Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 3

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

Ring Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Ring Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Ring Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Scroll for all 7

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
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name: Ring
description: Ring is an Amazon home-security company (doorbells, cameras, alarm systems, and the Ring Protect subscription)
  that in 2026 launched the Ring Developer platform and Ring Appstore. Third-party developers can build video-powered apps
  against the Ring Partner API — a REST API served from api.amazonvision.com (Amazon Vision API / AVA) that follows the JSON:API
  format and is secured with OAuth 2.0 one-way account linking. The API exposes device discovery, device status/capabilities/location/configurations,
  event history, WebRTC/WHEP live video, media clip and image downloads, subscription queries, and a webhook event surface
  (motion, button press, device online/offline, subscription changes). Ring also publishes a remote Model Context Protocol
  (MCP) server backed by an Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base so AI coding assistants can query the documentation while building
  integrations, and publishes a HackerOne bug-bounty via a /.well-known/security.txt.
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  public: false
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  source:
  - authentication
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image: https://developer.ring.com/og-image.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ring/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Home Security
- Smart Home
- IoT
- Video
- Cameras
- Doorbells
- Webhooks
- WebRTC
- Amazon
- Developer Platform
- MCP
apis:
- name: Ring Partner API
  description: 'The Ring Partner API (Amazon Vision API / AVA) lets certified Ring Appstore partners access Ring device data
    and media on behalf of consenting users: list and inspect devices, read status/capabilities/location/configurations, pull
    event history, stream live video over WebRTC/WHEP, download media clips and image snapshots, and query subscriptions.
    All endpoints follow the JSON:API format and require an OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained through one-way account linking;
    requests must be made server-to-server.'
  humanURL: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/api-documentation.html
  baseURL: https://api.amazonvision.com
  tags:
  - Home Security
  - Video
  - Devices
  - Webhooks
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/api-documentation.html
  - type: APIReference
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  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/ring-authentication.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/ring-webhooks.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/ring-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/ring-conventions.yml
  - type: Idempotency
    url: conventions/ring-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/ring-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/ring-conformance.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: Website
  url: https://ring.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.ring.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/api-documentation.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/api-documentation.html#endpoint-reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/get-started.html
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/ring-mcp.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ring-authentication.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/ring-webhooks.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/ring-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/ring-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/ring-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ring-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.ring.com/
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ring-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/ring-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/ring-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/ring-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/ring-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/ring-security.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ring-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/ring-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://ring.com/.well-known/security.txt
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/release-notes.html
- type: Support
  url: https://support.ring.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.ring.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://ring.com/protect-plans
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://ring.com/privacy-notice
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://ring.com/terms
- type: Store
  url: https://ring.com/appstore