Please ensure that your application complies with the following Security Guidelines:

• A user has to be informed about any start or stop of a program. It is strongly encouraged to start or stop programs only by user triggers, e.g. the user pressing a button.
• All functions have to be used carefully and efficiently to solve the envisaged objectives. A high number of requests, i.e. multiple requests per minute per device, or invalid requests may be blocked. Please refer to the section Limitations for more details.
• Any information exchanged with the API must not be presented to the user with semantic changes. For instance, it is prohibited to show ‘Eco 50°C Program has been started’ instead of ‘Auto 65-75°C Program has been started’.
• Error messages like ‘Program cannot be started due to open door’ returned by the API have to be shown to the user.
• The user interface for the authentication/authorization of users has to be shown unmodified in a maximized web form/browser. It is not allowed to change or embed it.
• A user has to confirm any disclosure of any information gained or derived from the Home Connect system to 3^rd parties. For instance, forwarding presence information detected by a user opening the oven door has to be explicitly confirmed by the user.
• Access and refresh tokens have to be stored in a secure way.
• Client Secret data has to be kept secret and are not be disclosed without the prior written agreement of Home Connect.

Any data that is generated through the usage of our API is neither allowed to be sold or provided to another party nor to be monetized without the prior written agreement of Home Connect GmbH.

Home Connect is not the owner of the trademarks “Bosch”, “Siemens”, "Neff", "Thermador" and "Gaggenau" and is also not entitled to grant you a license to use these trademarks. You may state that your application is compatible with Home Connect enabled home appliances, if this is technically correct. Please note that you may not use any Home Connect branding in the app icon, app, service or any other graphics without our written consent.

To implement the best working solution please check our best practices section. Especially take note of how to monitor program progress. Please use the event channel if you need to react to any state change. Polling for state changes shall be limited to a minimum.

Once you have completed testing, you have the opportunity to share your work with the world!

When you create your developer account, we will ask you basic questions about you and your company. Once you have finished testing your application, you can submit a request to publish your application. We will review your request before approving it for release to Home Connect users, based on the above guidelines.
After you have submitted your publication request, you won't be able to make any changes, so make sure to double check your work before doing so!