Create Variable

Request

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

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

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

HTTP Method	URL
POST	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/<device_key>/variables/`

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 Variable
name	String	No	Same as `label`	Name of Variable
description	String	No	`""`	Description of Variable
device	<device_key>	Yes	N/A (required)	Key of Device (id or label)
tags	String Array	No	`[]`	Variable tags
properties	Object	No	`{}`	Variable properties. Allowed attributes: `_icon`, `_color`, `minimum_value`, `maximum_value`, `isLocationVariable`, `_position`, `_scale`, `_offset`
type	String	No	`raw`	Variable type. Allowed values `raw` (default) and `synthetic`
unit	String	No	`""`	Variable unit
syntheticExpression	String	No	`""`	Synthetic Expression of Variable

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Properties Attributes Explained
_icon: Icon of Variable (FontAwesome)
_color: HEX, RGB and RGBA
minimum_value: Lowest value allowed (Dots posted with a value below the minimum_value will not be saved)
maximum_value: Highest value allowed (Dots posted with a value above the maximum_value will not be saved)
isLocationVariable: Boolean value if the Variable should be taken as location Variable (device location mode: specified)
_scale: All incoming values will be multiplied with this value
_offset: All incoming values will be summed with this value

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/variables/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
    "label": "second-variable",
    "name": "Second Variable",
    "description": "my second variable",
    "device": "~first-device",
    "tags": ["blue", "yellow"],
    "properties": {},
    "icon": "pencil",
    "unit": "meters"   
}'

{
    "createdAt": "2019-12-18T14:38:38.354415Z",
    "syntheticExpression": "",
    "description": "my second variable",
    "device": {
        "id": "6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
        "label": "first-device",
        "name": "First Device",
        "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa"
    },
    "icon": "pencil",
    "id": "5dfa39ee1a9ca53020c69391",
    "label": "var0",
    "lastActivity": null,
    "lastValue": {},
    "name": "var0",
    "properties": {},
    "tags": ["blue", "yellow"],
    "type": "raw",
    "unit": "meters",
    "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/variables/5dfa39ee1a9ca53020c69391",
    "valuesUrl": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/variables/5dfa39ee1a9ca53020c69391/values"
}

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

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

Response

Returns a Variable object of the Variable created.