Device Object

A Device in Ubidots can store one or more Variables. Devices can have an exact location and a predefined type.

Property	Type	Description
id	String	Id of Device
label	String	Label of Device
name	String	Name of Device
createdAt	String	Date Device was created
description	String	Description of Device
isActive	Boolean	True if Device is active
lastActivity	Number	Date of of Device's last activity
organization	Organization Model	Organization the Device belongs to.
location	Object	GPS position as set in Device properties. This is a read-only field; to set a position, send the `_location_fixed` object in the `properties` body parameter.
tags	String Array	Tags of Device
url	String	URL of Device
variables	String	Variables URL of Device
variablesCount	Integer	Number of Variables in the Device
properties	Object	Properties of Device, including support for: `_color`: Device color in `#rrggbb` hexadecimal format. `_icon`: Font Awesome v6.1.1 label of device icon.

Device

{
    "properties": {
        "_color": "#EA6F4C",
        "_icon": "cloud-sun",
        "_location_fixed": {
            "lat": 6.2486,
            "lng": 75.5742
           }
    },
    "createdAt": "2019-11-25T19:35:08.975270Z",
    "description": "some description",
    "id": "6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
    "isActive": true,
    "label": "first-device",
    "lastActivity": null,
    "name": "First Device",
    "organization": {
        "id": "af92e4c82bf1d39cc21882f5b",
        "label": "my-first-customer",
        "name": "My First Customer",
        "url": "http://industrial.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/organizations/af92e4c82bf1d39cc21882f5b"
    },
    "tags": ["first"],
    "url": "http://industrial.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
    "variables": "http://industrial.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa/variables",
    "variablesNumber": 1
}

Properties object

The properties key object describes the following about a Device:

Color.
Icon.
Configuration for of these types of properties : Boolean, Date, List, Number, Text.
Properties values.
Device type (Read only).
Location mode and its respective derivates.

Property	Type	Description
icon	String	Fontawesome’s icon name. This icon will be set to the device. For example, "cow"
color	String	Device color in hexadecimal format. For example, "`#rrggbb`"
config	Object	Object to configure the properties of a device. See examples below.
device_type	String	Device Type label applied to the device. Read only.
location_type	String	It can be either `auto`, `specified` or `manual`. Learn more

Configuration of properties

Setting up properties for a Device is done through the _config key object. All properties will follow the below structure, and then some of them will apply some modifications:

{
  "<property-key>": {
    "key": "<property-key>",
    "text": "Text here", // How the property will be seen in the platform
    "type": "<type>", // Can be "boolean", "date", "list", "number" or "text"
    "value": "<default-value>",
    "description": "Description here"
  }
}

This is how each type of property should be set up in the _config key object:

{
  "key": "boolean",
  "Text": "Boolean property",
  "type": "boolean",
  "value": true,
  "description": "description"
}

{
  "key": "date",
  "Text": "Date property",
  "type": "date",
  "value": null,
  "description": "description"
}

{
  "key": "list",
  "Text": "List property",
  "type": "list",
  "value": "",
  "options": [
    {
      "text": "Option 1",
      "value": "option-1"
    },
    {
      "text": "Option 2",
      "value": "option-2"
    }
  "description": "description"
}

{
  "key": "number",
  "Text": "Number property",
  "type": "number",
  "value": "10",
  "description" "description"
}

{
  "key": "text",
  "Text": "Text property",
  "type": "text",
  "value": "",
  "description" "description"
}

{
  "key": "json",
  "text": "JSON",
  "type": "json",
  "value": {},
  "description": "Description"
}

Properties object example:

{
  "properties": {
    "p1": "Test Demo",
    "p2": 10,
    "p3": "t1",
    "p4": "2021-01-21",
    "p5": true,
    "p6": {},
    "_icon": "cloud",
    "_color": "#477bbe",
    "number": "3174427149",
    "_config": {
      "p1": {
        "key": "p1",
        "text": "P1",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "",
        "description": "P1"
      },
      "p2": {
        "key": "p2",
        "text": "P2",
        "type": "number",
        "value": 10,
        "description": "P2"
      },
      "p3": {
        "key": "p3",
        "text": "P3",
        "type": "list",
        "value": "",
        "options": [
          {
            "text": "t1",
            "value": "t1"
          },
          {
            "text": "t2",
            "value": "t2"
          }
        ],
        "description": "P3"
      },
      "p4": {
        "key": "p4",
        "text": "P4",
        "type": "date",
        "value": null,
        "description": "P4"
      },
      "p5": {
        "key": "p5",
        "text": "P5",
        "type": "boolean",
        "value": true,
        "description": "P5"
      },
      "p6": {
  			"key": "p6",
  			"text": "P6",
  			"type": "json",
  			"value": {},
  			"description": "Description 6"
			}
    },
    "_device_type": "demo-devices",
    "_location_type": "manual",
    "_location_fixed": {
      "lat": 6.1232,
      "lng": -75.34
    },
    "_location_variable": "demo"
  }
}