Starlink provides official APIs for provisioning, activation and device telemetry — a powerful toolkit for integrators, fleet managers, and advanced users. The Activation API lets you programmatically create service lines and bind a terminal to an account; the Telemetry API exposes low-latency device metrics (link quality, throughput, signal angles) that are ideal for dashboards and automated alerts.
Practical steps to get started:
Create a service account in the Starlink dashboard and generate API credentials (service accounts are managed under Settings → Service Accounts). Use those credentials in a secure server environment (never embed in client apps).
Automation ideas: poll telemetry every 30–60s for mobile fleets — flag sustained drops in SNR or throughput and trigger fallback power modes or restart scripts. Example: if throughput < X Mbps for Y minutes → send SMS to technician or switch to cache mode.
Monitoring & logging: store historical telemetry in time-series DB (InfluxDB/Prometheus) and create retention policies for compliance and troubleshooting.
Security best practices: rotate keys, use least privilege service accounts, and protect API endpoints behind a VPN or private network. Starlink’s docs include the exact activation/telemetry endpoints and rate limits — check the support pages before building heavy polling.
Why this matters for Starlink Mini sellers: if you sell power kits or rack enclosures, bundling a small monitoring stack (a Raspberry Pi that consumes Telemetry and posts simple health checks to a dashboard) significantly raises perceived value and lowers churn.