Developer Guide: How to Integrate Aerial Roof Measurements into Your SaaS Platform
TL;DR
Build better construction tech with the Roof Manager REST API. Order pitch, area, and roof geometry for U.S. and Canadian properties, typically delivered in 1–3 hours. Free tier available.
Your Users Want the Data — Not the Detour
The construction tech industry is moving toward automation. If you are building an application for insurance adjusters, solar installers, or general contractors, your users do not want to leave your app to get roof measurements. They want the data to appear in the background.
That is where the Roof Manager API comes in. We turn a roof traced by our team on aerial and satellite imagery into simple, JSON-formatted data you can drop into your app, typically within 1–3 hours.
What the Roof Manager API Offers Developers
We provide a modern RESTful API that returns roof geometry, traced and reviewed by our team, for properties across Canada and the United States. Usage-based pricing starts at just $10 CAD per report.
- Endpoint Simplicity:
GET /v1/report?address=123+Main+St - Asynchronous Delivery: Reports are typically ready in 1–3 hours, usually under an hour
- Rich Data Structure: Polygons for roof planes, pitch vectors, linear measurements for flashing, and a complete material takeoff
- Accuracy: depends on the imagery over each roof — sharp, recent imagery and a clearly visible roof give the most reliable results
Use Cases for Your Application
- Solar SaaS: Automatically calculate solar irradiance and usable square footage for panel placement
- Insurance Tech: Roof square footage for replacement cost value calculations without a field adjuster
- General Construction: Automated siding, gutter, and paint estimates using the roof perimeter data
Quick Start Guide
- Sign Up: Create a free account at the Roof Manager Developer Portal — no credit card required.
- Get your Key: Navigate to the API section of your dashboard to generate your unique API key.
- Make your First Call: Use our interactive documentation to ping an address and see the full JSON response live.
See how property managers use the API to manage entire portfolios, or how roofing contractors plug it into their CRM to eliminate manual estimates.
Ready to code? View the API documentation and get your sandbox key here.