IA

insp.ac API

Developer platform

Core concepts

Understand the foundational patterns that make integrations with the insp.ac API secure, reliable, and forward-compatible.

Authentication

API key management, Bearer token usage, and secure key storage patterns.

Security

Rate limits

Per-key per-route throttling, response headers, and backoff strategies.

Reliability

Scopes

Least-privilege key configuration, scope enforcement, and permission errors.

Security

Field operations workflows

How users, check-ins, logs/comments, and sensor input work together in API integrations.

Integration

Errors

Error envelope structure, status codes, machine-readable codes, and retry classification.

Integration

Idempotency

Safe retries with Idempotency-Key for POST and PATCH operations.

Reliability

Versioning and deprecation

API versioning scheme, deprecation signals, and migration guidance.

Lifecycle