ShotSpotter (SoundThinking)

ShotSpotter is the flagship acoustic gunshot detection service of SoundThinking, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSTI), the public safety technology company formerly named ShotSpotter, Inc. SoundThinking operates a portfolio of law-enforcement and security products including ShotSpotter gunfire detection, SafePointe AI weapons detection, PlateRanger license-plate recognition, CrimeTracer investigative search, CaseBuilder case management, and ResourceRouter patrol analytics. Developers integrate via the SoundThinking developer documentation at docs.soundthinking.com, which publishes REST data APIs for ShotSpotter (incident data, CAD incident ID, ILS) and SafePointe (alert data, line-crossing data), plus NAPI, a webhook/push notification interface that delivers real-time XML alert documents (ShotSpotter IALRT incident presentations and SafePointe SPALRT alerts) to a customer network endpoint, alongside an Applications IT Resource Guide.

ShotSpotter (SoundThinking) publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Public Safety, Gunshot Detection, Law Enforcement, and Weapons Detection.

The ShotSpotter (SoundThinking) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

ShotSpotter (SoundThinking)’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, authentication, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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28.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

2 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyPublic SafetyGunshot DetectionLaw EnforcementWeapons DetectionAcoustic SensorsGovernmentSecurityWebhooks

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 28.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · 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 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 2

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

ShotSpotter Data APIs

REST data APIs for ShotSpotter gunfire detection — incident data, CAD incident ID lookup, and ILS (Investigative Lead Summary) retrieval.

SafePointe Data APIs

REST data APIs for SafePointe AI weapons detection — alert data and line-crossing data.

MCP Servers 1

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

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

MCPServer

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Webhooks

Webhooks

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: shotspotter
name: ShotSpotter (SoundThinking)
description: 'ShotSpotter is the flagship acoustic gunshot detection service of SoundThinking, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSTI), the public
  safety technology company formerly named ShotSpotter, Inc. SoundThinking operates a portfolio of law-enforcement and security
  products including ShotSpotter gunfire detection, SafePointe AI weapons detection, PlateRanger license-plate recognition,
  CrimeTracer investigative search, CaseBuilder case management, and ResourceRouter patrol analytics. Developers integrate
  via the SoundThinking developer documentation at docs.soundthinking.com, which publishes REST data APIs for ShotSpotter
  (incident data, CAD incident ID, ILS) and SafePointe (alert data, line-crossing data), plus NAPI, a webhook/push notification
  interface that delivers real-time XML alert documents (ShotSpotter IALRT incident presentations and SafePointe SPALRT alerts)
  to a customer network endpoint, alongside an Applications IT Resource Guide.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/shotspotter/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- norwest-venture-partners
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-developer-docs
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
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tags:
- Company
- Public Safety
- Gunshot Detection
- Law Enforcement
- Weapons Detection
- Acoustic Sensors
- Government
- Security
- Webhooks
image: https://www.soundthinking.com/wp-content/themes/soundthinking/assets/images/soundthinking-logo.svg
apis:
- name: ShotSpotter Data APIs
  description: REST data APIs for ShotSpotter gunfire detection — incident data, CAD incident ID lookup, and ILS (Investigative
    Lead Summary) retrieval.
  humanURL: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/ShotSpotter/incident_data_api
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/ShotSpotter/incident_data_api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/ShotSpotter/cad_id_api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/ShotSpotter/ils_api
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/authentication
- name: SafePointe Data APIs
  description: REST data APIs for SafePointe AI weapons detection — alert data and line-crossing data.
  humanURL: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/SafePointe/alert_data_api
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/SafePointe/alert_data_api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/SafePointe/linecrossing_data_api
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/authentication
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/overview
- type: Authentication
  url: https://docs.soundthinking.com/api/authentication
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/shotspotter-napi-webhooks.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://www.soundthinking.com/contact/support-and-training/support/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.soundthinking.com/blog/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.soundthinking.com/privacy-policy/
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/shotspotter-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/shotspotter-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/shotspotter-mcp.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/shotspotter-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.soundthinking.com