Developer Guide: How to Integrate Aerial Roof Measurements into Your SaaS Platform
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 complex aerial imagery and LiDAR data into simple, JSON-formatted intelligence you can drop into your app in milliseconds.
What the Roof Manager API Offers Developers
We provide a modern RESTful API that returns high-confidence roof geometry for addresses across Canada and the United States. Usage-based pricing starts at just CAD per report.
- Endpoint Simplicity:
GET /v1/report?address=123+Main+St - Real-time Delivery: Most complex roofs return data in under 60 seconds
- Rich Data Structure: Polygons for roof planes, pitch vectors, linear measurements for flashing, and a complete material takeoff
- Accuracy Guarantee: Google Solar API with LiDAR-calibrated 3D models — 99% accuracy vs. manual tape measurements
Use Cases for Your Application
- Solar SaaS: Automatically calculate solar irradiance and usable square footage for panel placement
- Insurance Tech: Instant 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.