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Send data to a Device

Use this endpoint to send data to one or more variables of a Device

To send data to one or more variables of a Device please make a POST request to the following URL:

HTTP MethodURL
POSThttps://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/

Where <device_label> is a string with the label of the Device to which data will be sent to.

Headers

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

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

Body

An object containing keys as variable labels and Dots as values. The following are all valid payloads:

{
  "temperature": 10,
  "humidity": 90,
  "pressure": 78
}

{
  "temperature": {
    "value": 10,
    "timestamp": 1634311791000,
    "context": {
      "status": "cold"
    }
  },
  "humidity": {
    "value": 90,
    "timestamp": 1634311791000,
    "context": {
      "status": "High humidity"
    }
  },
  "pressure": {
    "value": 78,
    "timestamp": 1634311791000,
    "context": {
      "status": "Normal"
    }
  }
}

{
  "position": {
    "value": 1, 
    "context": {
      "lat": "6.5423", 
      "lng": "-70.5783"
    }
  }
}

{
  "temperature": [{
    "value": 10,
    "timestamp": 1702933911000
  },
  {
    "value": 12,
    "timestamp": 1702933912000
  }]
}

For a detailed explanation of a Dots' keys, please see here.

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timestamp and context

The timestamp and context parameters are optional.

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Maximum length

The maximum character length for the body is 10kb

Query Parameters

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

ParameterTypeDescription
timestampIntegerOptional. Timestamp in milliseconds POSIX format. When present, this timestamp will be applied to all Dots in the body unless a local timestamp is sent.
tokenStringOptional.The token to authenticate the request. While sending it as a query parameter is supported, we strongly recommend using the X-Auth-Token header
typeStringOptional. Device type label to be applied to the Device if the Device doesn't exist yet. Learn more
statusBooleanOptional. When set to "true" then an additional "_status" object will appear in the response, containing the IDs of the device and variables, as well as a "new" field indicating whether they were just created or not. Example:
{ "_status": { "_datasource": { "id": "61d8a6731d84726e96dba805", "new": false }, "temperature": { "id": "61d8a6751d84726d00e5b7b8", "new": true } }, "temperature": [ { "status_code": 201 } ] }

Sending location data

You may use the context key to send location data. Ubidots will automatically recognize location data when using these variable labels:

  • position
  • location
  • gps

There are 3 ways to send location data:

{
  "position": {
    "value": 1, 
    "context": {
      "lat": "6.5423", 
      "lng": "-70.5783"
    }
  }
}

// Since the "value" of a dot is mandatory, this option will set the variable value to "1".

{
  "position": {
      "lat": "6.5423", 
      "lng": "-70.5783"
    }
}

// Since the "value" of a dot is mandatory, this option will set the variable value to  "1".

{
  "position": {
      "latitude": "6.5423", 
      "longitude": "-70.5783"
    }
}

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Location modes

The location of a device can be determined by a variable or a fixed property. Please see here to learn more about Device Location modes.

Examples

Send a value to a single variable:
Update a variable and let Ubidots apply a timestamp equal to the reception time:

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{"temperature": 10}'

{
  "temperature":[{"status_code":201}]
}

{
  "code":400001,
  "message":"The payload sent is not a valid json document."
}

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

Send a value to multiple variables:
Update two variables and let Ubidots apply a timestamp equal to the reception time:

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{"temperature": 10, "humidty": 90}'

{
  "temperature":[{"status_code":201}],
  "humidity":[{"status_code":201}]
}

{
  "code":400001,
  "message":"The payload sent is not a valid json document."
}

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

Send a Dot to multiple variables:
Update multiple variables, including context and timestamp:

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
  "temperature": {
    "value": 10,
    "timestamp": 1634311791000,
    "context": {
      "status": "cold"
    }
  },
  "humidity": {
    "value": 90,
    "timestamp": 1634311791000,
    "context": {
      "status": "High humidity"
    }
  },
  "pressure": {
    "value": 78,
    "timestamp": 1634311791000,
    "context": {
      "status": "Normal"
    }
  }
}'

{
  "temperature":[{"status_code":201}],
  "humidity":[{"status_code":201}],
  "pressure":[{"status_code":201}]
}

{
  "code":400001,
  "message":"The payload sent is not a valid json document."
}

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

Send location data:
Update a position variable so that the Device displays its location:

curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{"position":{"lat":6.2442, "lng":-75.5812}}'

{
  "position":[{"status_code":201}],
}

{
  "code":400001,
  "message":"The payload sent is not a valid json document."
}

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

Send data with global timestamp:
Update multiples variables with a global timestamp sent as a query parameter. Variables with an individual timestamp will override the global timestamp:

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/?timestamp=1634311791000' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
  "temperature": {
    "value": 10,
    "context": {
      "status": "cold"
    }
  },
  "humidity": {
    "value": 90,
    "context": {
      "status": "High humidity"
    }
  },
  "pressure": {
    "value": 78,
    "timestamp": 1634336087000,
    "context": {
      "status": "Normal"
    }
  }
}'

Send historical data to a Device (data logger):
Send multiple Dots per variable. Each Dot requires its own timestamp

$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<device_label>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
  "temperature": [
    {"value": 10,"timestamp": 1634336087000},
    {"value": 11,"timestamp": 1634336088765}
  ],
  "humidity": [
    {"value": 90,"timestamp": 1634336087000},
    {"value": 95,"timestamp": 1634336088765}
  ],
  "pressure": [
    {"value": 78,"timestamp": 1634336087000},
    {"value": 82,"timestamp": 1634336088765}
  ]
}'