SpotHero

SpotHero is the leading digital parking marketplace in North America, offering a flexible parking API and developer toolkit that connects vehicles, drivers, and mobility apps with the largest network of off-street parking facilities. The platform enables navigation apps, rideshare services, connected cars, and enterprise fleets to seamlessly book and manage parking reservations. SpotHero was acquired by Uber in 2026 to power parking reservation experiences within the Uber app.

SpotHero publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Availability API, Facilities API, Rates API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Parking, Mobility, Transportation, Navigation, and Reservations.

The SpotHero catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SpotHero’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 16 more developer resources.

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36.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

Parking Mobility Transportation Navigation Reservations

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 36.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 15.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spothero Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONLD

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: spothero
name: SpotHero
description: SpotHero is the leading digital parking marketplace in North America, offering a flexible parking API and developer
  toolkit that connects vehicles, drivers, and mobility apps with the largest network of off-street parking facilities. The
  platform enables navigation apps, rideshare services, connected cars, and enterprise fleets to seamlessly book and manage
  parking reservations. SpotHero was acquired by Uber in 2026 to power parking reservation experiences within the Uber app.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/spothero.png
tags:
- Parking
- Mobility
- Transportation
- Navigation
- Reservations
created: '2025-02-06'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spothero/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: spothero:spotnow-api
  name: SpotHero SpotNow API
  description: SpotNow is SpotHero's server and API built in Kotlin for real-time parking availability and instant booking
    functionality, exposed via the HeroLab platform.
  humanURL: https://github.com/spothero/herolab-spotnow
  baseURL: https://api.spothero.com
  tags:
  - Parking
  - Real-Time
  - Availability
  - Kotlin
  properties:
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/spothero/herolab-spotnow
- aid: spothero:spothero-availability-api
  name: SpotHero Availability API
  description: Check real-time parking availability
  humanURL: https://spothero.com/developers
  baseURL: https://api.spothero.com/v2
  tags:
  - Availability
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spothero-availability-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://api.spothero.com/v2/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
- aid: spothero:spothero-facilities-api
  name: SpotHero Facilities API
  description: Retrieve facility details, amenities, pricing, and directions
  humanURL: https://spothero.com/developers
  baseURL: https://api.spothero.com/v2
  tags:
  - Facilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spothero-facilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://api.spothero.com/v2/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
- aid: spothero:spothero-rates-api
  name: SpotHero Rates API
  description: Retrieve pricing and rate information
  humanURL: https://spothero.com/developers
  baseURL: https://api.spothero.com/v2
  tags:
  - Rates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spothero-rates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://api.spothero.com/v2/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
- aid: spothero:spothero-reservations-api
  name: SpotHero Reservations API
  description: Create, manage, and cancel parking reservations
  humanURL: https://spothero.com/developers
  baseURL: https://api.spothero.com/v2
  tags:
  - Reservations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spothero-reservations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://api.spothero.com/v2/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
- aid: spothero:spothero-search-api
  name: SpotHero Search API
  description: Search for available parking locations and facilities
  humanURL: https://spothero.com/developers
  baseURL: https://api.spothero.com/v2
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spothero-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://api.spothero.com/v2/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spothero.com/developers
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/spothero/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spothero-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spothero-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/spothero-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spothero
- type: Documentation
  url: https://spothero.com/developers
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.spothero.com/v2/docs
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://spothero.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://spothero.com/privacy
- type: Website
  url: https://spothero.com
- type: Contact
  url: mailto:partner.support@spothero.com
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/spothero-reservation-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/spothero-facility-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/spothero-reservation-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/spothero-facility-structure.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/spothero-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/spothero-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spothero-vocabulary.yml
- url: https://blog.spothero.com/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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