canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/rentometer.com/rentometer

# Rentometer API

Rentometer provides rent comparison and estimation data for residential properties in the United States. The API allows developers to retrieve rent statistics, property-level rent data, nearby comparable properties, and generate professional reports. The API exposes 7 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically check API key authorization, get rent summary (quickview). Covers 7 operations with apiKey authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for e-commerce only.

## Capabilities

- Check API key authorization
- Get rent summary (QuickView)
- Request a Pro Report
- Download Pro Report
- Monitor Rentometer API operational status and events

## Use cases

### E-Commerce Operations

Use the Rentometer API to perform e commerce operations programmatically. The API provides 7 endpoints covering core functionality including check API key authorization, get rent summary (quickview), get property-level rent data.

Example prompt: Call GET /auth to check API key authorization

### Automated Authentication Management

Automate authentication operations by combining multiple Rentometer API endpoints. Agents can get rent summary (quickview) and then get property-level rent data in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET /summary to get rent summary (quickview), then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Rentometer API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'check API key authorization', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `/auth` | Check API key authorization |
| GET | `/summary` | Get rent summary (QuickView) |
| GET | `/property_rents` | Get property-level rent data |
| GET | `/nearby_comps` | Get nearby comparable properties |
| GET | `/request_pro_report` | Request a Pro Report |
| GET | `/pro_report_status` | Check Pro Report status |
| GET | `/download_pro_report` | Download Pro Report |

## Key resources

- **Authentication** — API key validation
- **Rent Data** — Rent statistics and comparables
- **Reports** — Pro report generation and download

## AI readiness

This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.

- **Score:** 48 / 100
- **Maturity:** Foundational
- **Dimensions:**
  - Foundational Compliance: 100 / 100
  - Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility: 63 / 100
  - AI-Readiness & Agent Experience: 47 / 100
  - Agent Usability: 94 / 100
  - Security: 15 / 100
  - AI Discoverability: 100 / 100
- **View full report:** https://jentic.com/apis/rentometer.com/rentometer/scorecard
- **How the score is calculated:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/overview/
- **More about the dimensions:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/specification/#dimensional-model-overview

### Score it yourself

Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required.

- **Score your own API:** https://jentic.com/scorecard.md
- **Scoring CLI agent skill:** https://github.com/jentic/jentic-api-scorecard/blob/main/skills/jentic-api-scorecard/SKILL.md

```sh
npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>
```

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring Rentometer by hand means passing your api_key as a query parameter to rentometer.com and managing its summary, comps, and pro-report endpoints yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import Rentometer from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Rentometer takes its lookups as query parameters rather than resource ids in the URL path, so limit the agent to the operations it needs, such as reading a rent summary or nearby comps. You choose the operations it may call, so requesting a pro report is not included unless you add it.
- **Credential handling:** Your Rentometer API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'get a rent summary' or 'find nearby comps', and Jentic returns the matching Rentometer operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Shopify** — Alternative e commerce API
- **Stripe** — Alternative e commerce API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Rentometer API use?

The Rentometer API uses an API key passed in the `api_key` query. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I check API key authorization with the Rentometer API?

Yes. Use the GET /auth endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Rentometer API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I check API key authorization through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'check API key authorization'. Jentic returns the matching Rentometer API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Rentometer API have?

The Rentometer API exposes 7 endpoints covering authentication, rent data, reports operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Rentometer API?

Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Rentometer operations and credentials the agent may use, so you can allow only the read calls it needs, such as GET /summary for a rent summary, GET /nearby_comps for comparables, or GET /property_rents for property-level data. Rentometer passes its lookups as query parameters rather than resource ids in the path, so scoping is done per operation rather than per record. Costlier or write-style actions like GET /request_pro_report, GET /pro_report_status, and GET /download_pro_report stay off limits unless you explicitly add them. Your API key is injected at execution time and never enters the agent's prompt or context.