AVEVA PI System REST API

The AVEVA PI System REST API (PI Web API) provides RESTful HTTP access to time- series sensor data, asset metadata, and event frames stored in PI Server. Supports GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE operations for reading real-time and historical process data, managing PI AF asset hierarchies, and streaming data via WebSocket.

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aid: aveva:aveva-pi-system-rest-api
name: AVEVA PI System REST API
description: The AVEVA PI System REST API (PI Web API) provides RESTful HTTP access to time- series sensor
  data, asset metadata, and event frames stored in PI Server. Supports GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE
  operations for reading real-time and historical process data, managing PI AF asset hierarchies, and
  streaming data via WebSocket.
humanURL: https://www.aveva.com/en/products/aveva-pi-system-developer-technologies/
baseURL: https://{pi-server}/piwebapi
tags:
- Industrial Data
- Time Series
- Process Control
- Historian
- REST
- WebSocket
properties:
- url: https://www.aveva.com/en/products/aveva-pi-system-developer-technologies/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://docs.aveva.com/
  type: Portal