The API, built on the REST principles, will allow for easier integration of third-party applications with Mark43’s various offerings. In its nine years, the company has made a point of partnering with many other public safety tech businesses — especially startups, such as Carbyne and Callyo. To date, it’s struck up at least 36 such partnerships, according to a press release.
“Effective public safety requires collaboration and goes beyond what any single company can offer,” said project lead Anne Kochanski in the statement. “We are dedicated to promoting cooperative efforts that will bring much-needed innovation to public safety.”
While the API is open in the sense that it’s built on open standards and available over the Internet, it is restricted to Mark43’s customers and vendor partners.
It also comes with a developer website which contains documentation of the API, example code and contact information. Example code is available in nine programming languages, including Ruby, Python and JavaScript.
