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Data raw series

Use this endpoint to retrieve raw data from one or multiple variables in a time range

To retrieve raw data from one or multiple variables within a time range, please make a POST request to the following URL:

HTTP MethodURL
POSThttps://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/data/raw/series

Headers

The "X-Auth-Token" and "Content-Type" headers are required to your request:

HeaderValueRequired?Description
X-Auth-TokenTokenYesAuthentication Token of account.
Content-Typeapplication/jsonYesThe type of data of the body.

Body

An object containing the following key parameters:

ParameterTypeRequired?Description
variablesString ArrayYesAn array of variable IDs
columnsString ArrayYesInformation columns to retrieve from each variables.
See note below for a detailed explanation
join_dataframesBooleanNotrue: returns an array. Each element is an array containing the values for the period.
false: [Default] returns an array where each element is separate time-series per variable.
startNumberNoInitial timestamp in milliseconds POSIX format (inclusive).
endNumberNoFinal timestamp in milliseconds POSIX format (inclusive).
limitNumberNoLimits the number of returned values
tzstringNoThe timezone in which the timestamps provided in the request are interpreted.
precisionintegerNoThe decimal places to be used for data aggregation.
{
  "variables": ["618848b4b09758ded46bafda", ···, "618848b7b31be1cb509c0a3c"],
  "columns": ["value.value", "timestamp"],
  "join_dataframes": false,
  "start": 1636321611000,
  "end": 1636321629000,
  "limit": 3,
  "tz" : "America/New_York",
  "precision" : 2
}

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Columns parameter

Options are:

  • value.value
  • variable.id
  • value.context
  • variable.name
  • varible.properties.color
  • device.name
  • device.label
  • timestamp

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Optional parameters

  • If neither start and end are included, the request will use the last 100 values of each variable.
  • If only start is sent, it will include values from that timestamp up until the last value in the time series, regardless if it's in the future.
  • If only end is sent, it will includes values from the beginning of data reception up until that timestamp.
  • If the precision key is not defined, decimal numbers will be displayed according to the calculation.

Query Parameters

You may add optional parameters to the URL of your request:

ParameterTypeDescription
tokenStringThe token to authenticate the request.
While sending it as a query parameter is supported, we strongly recommend using the X-Auth-Token header

Examples

Get the raw data from multiple variables:
Get 1 hour worth of raw data from multiple variables.

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/data/raw/series' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
  "variables": ["618848b4b09758ded46bafda", "618848b7b31be1cb509c0a3c"],
  "columns": ["value.value", "timestamp"],
  "join_dataframes": false,
  "start": 1636318800000,
  "end": 1636322400000,
  "tz" : "America/New_York",
  "precision" : 2
}'

{
  "results": [
    [
      [
        62982.21,
        1636322400000
      ],
      [
        62983.08,
        1636321200000
      ],
      [
        63038.95,
        1636320000000
      ],
      [
        62796.23,
        1636318800000
      ]
    ],
    [
      [
        62850.38,
        1636322101553
      ],
      [
        62883.23,
        1636321804316
      ],
      [
        62870.37,
        1636321503773
      ],
      [
        62983.08,
        1636321204195
      ],
      [
        63038.95,
        1636320901873
      ],
      [
        62954.97,
        1636320604142
      ],
      [
        62889.53,
        1636320302570
      ],
      [
        62804.11,
        1636320003317
      ],
      [
        62796.23,
        1636319701865
      ],
      [
        62773.11,
        1636319402894
      ],
      [
        62752.71,
        1636319101710
      ],
      [
        62704.72,
        1636318807253
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "columns": [
    [
      "5b17df86642ab66a5f6037d8.value.value",
      "timestamp"
    ],
    [
      "5ae73c56bbddbd669ed87e0a.value.value",
      "timestamp"
    ]
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "JSON parse error - Expecting value: line 4 column 22 (char 121)"
}

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

Get the raw data from multiple variables:
Get the last 3 values for multiple variables.

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/data/raw/series' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
  "variables": ["618848b4b09758ded46bafda", "618848b7b31be1cb509c0a3c"],
  "columns": ["value.value", "timestamp"],
  "join_dataframes": false,
  "limit": 3
  "tz" : "America/New_York",
  "precision" : 2
}'

{
  "results": [
    [
      [
        62982.21,
        1636322400000
      ],
      [
        62983.08,
        1636321200000
      ],
      [
        63038.95,
        1636320000000
      ]
    ],
    [
      [
        62850.38,
        1636322101553
      ],
      [
        62883.23,
        1636321804316
      ],
      [
        62870.37,
        1636321503773
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "columns": [
    [
      "5b17df86642ab66a5f6037d8.value.value",
      "timestamp"
    ],
    [
      "5ae73c56bbddbd669ed87e0a.value.value",
      "timestamp"
    ]
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "JSON parse error - Expecting value: line 4 column 22 (char 121)"
}

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