Use Case

Smart Home & Buildings

Automating homes, offices, and building systems.

17 providers 45 APIs 14 declared variants

Controlling and automating connected environments — lighting, HVAC, access, and occupancy across homes and commercial buildings, plus the scenes and schedules that drive them.

17 API providers on the APIs.io network offer smart home & buildings. The highest-rated are Amazon FreeRTOS, Tibber, Amazon IoT Core, Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, Amazon IoT TwinMaker.

Providers

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Amazon FreeRTOSAmazon FreeRTOS is an open source, real-time operating system for microcontrollers that makes it easy to pr...1 API67.5
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
TibberTibber is a fully-digital Nordic and European retail electricity provider operating in Norway, Sweden, Germ...1 API62.3Amazon IoT CoreAWS IoT Core is a managed cloud service that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud...2 APIs54.7Amazon Kinesis Video StreamsAmazon Kinesis Video Streams makes it easy to securely stream video from connected devices to AWS for analy...1 API54.7
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon IoT TwinMakerAWS IoT TwinMaker makes it easier for developers to create digital twins of real-world systems such as buil...1 API53.8AmazonAmazon is a global technology and e-commerce company offering a wide range of consumer and developer APIs i...3 APIs51.5WeatherAPIWeatherAPI.com provides real-time, forecast, historical, marine, future, astronomy, air quality, pollen, sp...1 API50.0OpenUVOpenUV provides a global real-time UV index API. The service combines meteorological inputs (ozone, cloud c...1 API48.8AccuWeatherAccuWeather provides the world's most sophisticated weather intelligence to make lives simpler, safer, and ...1 API46.0
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
WattTimeWattTime is a nonprofit organization that provides real-time, forecast, and historical data for electric gr...6 APIs37.1RokuRoku is the leading TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, offering a comprehensive operati...1 API36.9ADTADT is a provider of monitored security, interactive home and business automation, and related monitoring s...10 APIs34.3
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
BLEBluetooth Low Energy (BLE), also known as Bluetooth Smart, is a wireless personal area network technology d...3 APIs25.6AirconA curated index of APIs, data sources, and developer resources related to air conditioning, HVAC (Heating, ...6 APIs22.2AmerenAmeren Corporation is a regulated electric and natural gas utility serving customers in Missouri and Illino...2 APIs17.5BoschBosch is a German multinational engineering and technology company producing automotive components, industr...5 APIs13.3
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
BeldenBelden Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets networking, connectivity, and cable products and solutions f...9.6

What Providers Actually Declared

This use case is a canonical term. These are the free-text strings providers wrote in their own apis.yml that map onto it.

Home Assistant / Smart Home IntegrationHome Automation IntegrationIoT and Smart Home AutomationSmart Building ManagementSmart Building NetworksSmart Building OptimizationSmart HomeSmart Home & IoTSmart Home AutomationSmart Home DevicesSmart Home IntegrationSmart Home SecurityTV Remote and Home AutomationVoice Commerce and Smart Home

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