Formant Commands API

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Formant Admin Authentication Commands API
  description: Welcome to Formant's developer documentation. This page covers the common API endpoints for making custom experiences with Formant.io — a robotics and physical-operations cloud platform. The API covers authentication, device and fleet management, command dispatch, stream current-value queries, and more.
  version: 1.37.3
  contact:
    name: Formant Support
    url: https://docs.formant.io
servers:
- url: https://api.formant.io/v1
  description: Formant production API
tags:
- name: Commands
paths:
  /admin/command-templates/:
    get:
      description: List commands that you can send to your devices.
      operationId: CommandTemplateController.list
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of command templates
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandTemplateListResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: List the commands available
      tags:
      - Commands
  /admin/commands:
    post:
      description: Create a command that will be received by a device when it is next online.
      operationId: CommandController.post
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Command'
        description: Command
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Command created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Command'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      summary: Send a command to a device
      tags:
      - Commands
components:
  schemas:
    Command:
      description: A command dispatched to a Formant-connected device.
      example:
        commandTemplateId: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
        organizationId: 12326c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
        deviceId: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
        command: my_command
        parameter:
          scrubberTime: 2000-01-23 04:56:07+00:00
          value: hello!
      properties:
        organizationId:
          format: uuid
          type: string
          description: UUID of the organization that owns the device.
        deviceId:
          format: uuid
          type: string
          description: UUID of the target device.
        commandTemplateId:
          format: uuid
          type: string
          description: UUID of the command template this command is based on.
        command:
          type: string
          description: Command string identifier (must match a registered command template).
        parameter:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandParameter'
      required:
      - command
      - deviceId
      - parameter
      type: object
    CommandTemplate:
      description: A reusable command definition stored in Formant for dispatching to devices.
      example:
        organizationId: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
        parameterMeta:
          key: parameterMeta
        createdAt: 2000-01-23 04:56:07+00:00
        name: my-command
        parameterEnabled: true
        description: Moves robot to a waypoint
        id: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
        parameterValue: ''
        command: move_to_waypoint
        enabled: true
        tags:
          env: production
        updatedAt: 2000-01-23 04:56:07+00:00
      properties:
        organizationId:
          format: uuid
          type: string
          description: UUID of the owning organization.
        name:
          maxLength: 32
          type: string
          description: Human-readable name for the command template.
        command:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable command identifier sent to the device.
        tags:
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          type: object
          description: Key-value tags for filtering or labelling.
        description:
          maxLength: 1024
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of what this command does.
        parameterEnabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this command accepts a parameter value.
        parameterValue:
          maxLength: 1024
          type: string
          description: Default parameter value.
        parameterMeta:
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          type: object
          description: Metadata about the parameter (e.g. units, label).
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the command template is active.
        id:
          format: uuid
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for this command template.
        createdAt:
          format: date-time
          type: string
          description: Creation timestamp.
        updatedAt:
          format: date-time
          type: string
          description: Last-modification timestamp.
      required:
      - command
      - name
      - parameterEnabled
      - tags
      type: object
    CommandTemplateListResponse:
      description: Paginated list of command templates.
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandTemplate'
          description: Array of command template objects.
      type: object
    CommandParameter:
      description: Optional parameter value and scrubber time attached to a command.
      example:
        scrubberTime: 2000-01-23 04:56:07+00:00
        value: hello!
      properties:
        value:
          maxLength: 1024
          type: string
          description: String value of the command parameter.
        scrubberTime:
          format: date-time
          type: string
          description: Timestamp used for timeline scrubbing context.
      required:
      - scrubberTime
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http