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ADT Security Systems API

Manage security systems and arming states

ADT Security Systems API is one of 10 APIs that ADT publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Security Systems. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.adt.com/business/v1.

4 operations 4 paths 6 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1
Base URL
https://api.adt.com/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ADT Security Systems API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 4 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Security Systems 4

Manage security systems and arming states

GET
/systems
ADT List Security Systems
getSystems → 200401
GET
/systems/{systemId}
ADT Get a Security System
getSystem 1 param → 200404
POST
/systems/{systemId}/arm
ADT Arm a Security System
armSystem 1 param body → 200400
POST
/systems/{systemId}/disarm
ADT Disarm a Security System
disarmSystem 1 param body → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are System (6 properties), SystemStatusResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties), ArmRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SystemStatusResponse
object
Response to an arm or disarm command.
3 properties
System
object
An ADT security system.
6 properties
SystemList
object
List of ADT security systems.
1 property
ArmRequest
object
Request to arm a security system.
2 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
API error response.
2 properties
DisarmRequest
object
Request to disarm a security system.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adt-security-systems-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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