Create Device Type

Request

To create a new Device Type please make a POST request to the following URL:

HTTP Method	URL
POST	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/device_types/`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Use	Description
token	String	Authentication	Authentication Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter.

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required?	Default Value	Description
label	String	Yes	N/A (required)	API label of Device Type
name	String	No	slug(`label`)	Name of Device Group
description	String	No	`""`	Description of Device Group
deviceColor	String	No	`""`	Color of Device Type
deviceIcon	String	No	`""`	Color of Device Type
variableColor	String	No	`""`	Color of Variables related to Device Type
syntheticVariableColor	String	No	`""`	Color of Synthetic Variables related to Device Type
variables	Object Array	No	`[]`	Variables related to Device Type
properties	Object Array	No	`[]`	Properties of Device Type
tasks	Object Array	No	`[]`	Tasks of Device Type

Header

Parameter	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	String	Authentication Token of account
Content-Type	String (application/json)	Content type of body

curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/device_types/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
    "name": "device-name",
    "label": "device-label",
    "description": "Brief description for the device",
    "deviceColor": "#3BA9F5",
    "deviceIcon": "pencil",
    "variableColor": "#FFAE58",
    "syntheticVariableColor": "#",
    "variables": [
                {
                    "properties": {
                        "isLocationVariable": false,
                        "hidden": false,
                        "_color": "#FFAE58",
                        "_icon": "cloud-upload"
                    },
                    "label": "var0",
                    "name": "var0",
                    "description": "",
                    "tags": null,
                    "type": 0,
                    "unit": ""
                }
            ],
    "properties": [],
    "tasks": [
                {
                    "id": "acbdee1d8472323763ff1b",
                    "type": "dashboard",
                    "name": "{{device.name}} Dashboard"
                }
            ]
}'

{
    "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/device_types/5e1f7e5789f9bd7c4e7f1e2c",
    "id": "5e1f7e5789f9bd7c4e7f1e2c",
    "name": "device-name",
    "label": "device-label",
    "description": "Brief description for the device",
    "deviceColor": "#3BA9F5",
    "deviceIcon": "pencil",
    "variableColor": "#FFAE58",
    "syntheticVariableColor": "#",
    "variables": [
                {
                    "properties": {
                        "isLocationVariable": false,
                        "hidden": false,
                        "_color": "#FFAE58",
                        "_icon": "cloud-upload"
                    },
                    "label": "var0",
                    "name": "var0",
                    "description": "",
                    "tags": null,
                    "type": 0,
                    "unit": ""
                }
            ],
    "properties": [],
    "tasks": [
                {
                    "id": "acbdee1d8472323763ff1b",
                    "type": "dashboard",
                    "name": "{{device.name}} Dashboard"
                }
            ],
    "createdAt": "2020-01-15T21:04:23.602975Z"
}

{
    "code": 400001,
    "message": "Validation Error.",
    "detail": {
        ....
    }
}

{
    "code": 401001,
    "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided.",
    "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

Response

Returns an Device Type object of the Device Type created.