The latest articles on Forem by Jeff Smith (@deere-sdk). https://forem.com/deere-sdk https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3715512%2Fb3ec9128-d092-4aa2-ab31-2d139a0535c7.jpg https://forem.com/deere-sdk en Jeff Smith Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:38:18 +0000 https://forem.com/deere-sdk/i-built-a-typescript-sdk-for-john-deere-because-nobody-else-did-2eb6 https://forem.com/deere-sdk/i-built-a-typescript-sdk-for-john-deere-because-nobody-else-did-2eb6 <p>John Deere has a surprisingly robust API. Their Operations Center exposes data for fields, farms, equipment telemetry, machine locations, harvest data — basically everything a precision agriculture app could need.</p> <p>What they don't have is an SDK.</p> <p>If you want to integrate with Deere, you're reading OpenAPI specs and writing boilerplate. Pagination? Handle it yourself. Retries? Figure it out. TypeScript types? Generate your own.</p> <p>I needed this for a project, so I built it. Then I figured: why keep it to myself?</p> <p><strong>deere-sdk</strong> is a fully-typed TypeScript SDK covering 28 APIs and 123 operations. Auto-pagination, HAL link support, exponential backoff retries, the works.</p> <p>It's free and MIT licensed. Here's how to use it:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>npm <span class="nb">install </span>deere-sdk </code></pre> </div> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/ProductOfAmerica/deere-sdk" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/ProductOfAmerica/deere-sdk</a></p> typescript opensource agriculture javascript