Roboflow API
Artificial Intelligence
End-to-end computer vision dataset management, auto-annotation, and hosted object detection inference API
Roboflow API Highlights
Roboflow API is best for engineers and researchers building custom computer vision applications and smart camera integrations
API Key (Query parameter api_key)
Free tier: up to 10,000 images and hosted API inference requests; scales with plan
Nigeria
Ghana
KenyaRoboflow provides an end-to-end computer vision platform and hosted inference API. It empowers software developers to manage image and video datasets, collaborate on bounding box annotations, apply automated data augmentations, train custom YOLO and Foundation models, and deploy real-time object detection endpoints via REST API, Python SDK, or edge devices.
In Nigeria, Roboflow powers innovative solutions across agritech (identifying crop diseases, weed infestation, cocoa pod counting), retail checkout automation, license plate recognition, and security perimeter monitoring.
Roboflow API Core Features & Capabilities
| Feature | Status | Description & Capabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Object Detection & Bounding Boxes | ✓ Supported | Provides native Object Detection & Bounding Boxes capabilities integrated within the API. |
| Instance Segmentation & Polygon Masking | ✓ Supported | Provides native Instance Segmentation & Polygon Masking capabilities integrated within the API. |
| Image Classification | ✓ Supported | Provides native Image Classification capabilities integrated within the API. |
| Edge Device Model Export | ✓ Supported | Provides native Edge Device Model Export capabilities integrated within the API. |
| Video Frame Parsing | ✓ Supported | Provides native Video Frame Parsing capabilities integrated within the API. |
| Cloud Hosted Inference REST API | ✓ Supported | Provides native Cloud Hosted Inference REST API capabilities integrated within the API. |
- Free Public plan includes up to 10,000 source images, public workspaces, and hosted inference API credits
- Paid Starter/Enterprise plans for private workspaces and elevated limits
Required Access Documents for Roboflow API
- Roboflow AccountRequiredRegister at roboflow.com to get your private API key
Different Roboflow API use cases
- Agricultural Crop Health Diagnosis:Detect cassava mosaic disease or maize stem borers from smartphone leaf photos.
- Logistics Parcel Counting & Sizing:Automatically count and classify packages on warehouse conveyor belts.
- Retail Smart Inventory Monitoring:Identify out-of-stock supermarket shelf slots using in-store CCTV camera streams.