Update Device Type

Request

To update one or more attributes of a specific Device Type please make a PUT request to the following URL:

HTTP Method	URL
PUT	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/device_types/<device_type_key>/`

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
device_type_key	String	The id or label of the Device Type, label should use the prefix `~`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Use	Description
token	String	Authentication	Authentication Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter.
update_devices	Boolean	Update	Apply changes to all devices under thee Device type
apply_tasks	Boolean	Run tasks	Run tasks for all devices under the Device type

Body Parameters

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

Header

Parameter	Required?	Description
X-Auth-Header	Yes	Authentication Token of account

$ curl -X PUT 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/device_types/<device_type_key>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73'
 -d ' {
    "name": "el type aquel",
    "label": "el-type-quel",
    "description": "La description aquella",
    "deviceColor": "#3BA9F5",
    "deviceIcon": "pencil",
    "variableColor": "#FFAE58",
    "syntheticVariableColor": "#",
    "variables": [],
    "properties": [],
    "tasks": []
}'

{
    "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/device_types/5e1f7e5789f9bd7c4e7f1e2c",
    "id": "5e1f7e5789f9bd7c4e7f1e2c",
    "name": "el type aquel",
    "label": "el-type-quel",
    "description": "La description aquella",
    "deviceColor": "#3BA9F5",
    "deviceIcon": "pencil",
    "variableColor": "#FFAE58",
    "syntheticVariableColor": "#",
    "variables": [],
    "properties": [],
    "tasks": [],
    "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 a Device Type object with the updated Device Type.