Adafruit IO API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Adafruit IO API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Adafruit IO: Adafruit IO HTTP API wrapper for feeds, data, groups, webhooks, dashboards, permissions, users, tokens, actions, and blocks. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Adafruit IO request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Adafruit IO connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Adafruit IO action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/adafruitIO/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Adafruit IO connection. Then call an action such as Chart Feed Data:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/adafruitIO/latest/actions/chart-feed-data" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authentication

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected Adafruit IO account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Adafruit IO credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

Adafruit IO actions

All 40 published actions for this Adafruit IO version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• PUTAdd Feed to Group
• GETChart Feed Data
• POSTCreate Action
• POSTCreate Data
• POSTCreate Feed
• POSTCreate Feed in a Group
• POSTCreate Group
• POSTCreate Multiple Data Records
• POSTCreate Token
• DELETEDelete Action
• DELETEDelete Data Point
• DELETEDelete Feed
• DELETEDelete Group
• DELETEDelete Token
• GETGet Action
• GETGet Data Point
• GETGet Detailed User Info
• GETGet Feed
• GETGet First Data
• GETGet Group
• GETGet Last Data
• GETGet Most Recent Data
• GETGet Next Data
• GETGet Previous Data
• GETGet Token
• GETGet User Info
• GETList Actions
• GETList Feed Data
• GETList Feeds
• GETList Group Feeds
• GETList Groups
• GETList Tokens
• DELETERemove Feed from Group
• PUTReplace Action
• POSTSend Arbitrary Data via Webhook
• POSTSend Data via Webhook
• POSTSend Notification via Webhook
• PUTUpdate Data Point
• PUTUpdate Feed
• PUTUpdate Group

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