Govee

Govee Device Control API

Send capability commands to a device.

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POST /device/control Control device #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Govee Developer Device Control API
  version: '1.0'
  description: The Govee Developer API is a free, cloud REST API for controlling and querying Govee smart lighting and smart-home devices.
  contact:
    name: Govee Developer Platform
    url: https://developer.govee.com/
  license:
    name: Govee Developer API Terms
    url: https://developer.govee.com/
servers:
- url: https://openapi.api.govee.com/router/api/v1
  description: Govee Developer API v1 (cloud, production)
security:
- GoveeApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Device Control
  description: Send capability commands to a device.
paths:
  /device/control:
    post:
      operationId: controlDevice
      summary: Control device
      description: Sends a single typed capability command to a device - for example on_off/powerSwitch to turn power on or off, range/brightness to set brightness, color_setting/colorRgb or colorTemperatureK to set color, dynamic_scene or diy_scene to apply a scene, or segment_color_setting/segmentedColorRgb and segmentedBrightness to address individual RGBIC segments.
      tags:
      - Device Control
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceControlRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Command accepted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid capability, instance, or value for this device.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    CommandResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        code:
          type: integer
          examples:
          - 200
        msg:
          type: string
          examples:
          - success
    ControlCapability:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - instance
      - value
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          examples:
          - devices.capabilities.on_off
        instance:
          type: string
          examples:
          - powerSwitch
        value:
          description: Control value; its shape depends on the capability. Integer for on_off (0/1) and range/brightness, integer 0-16777215 for colorRgb, Kelvin integer for colorTemperatureK, or an object for segment_color_setting and work_mode.
          oneOf:
          - type: integer
          - type: string
          - type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    DeviceControlRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - payload
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
          description: Client-generated correlation id (a UUID).
        payload:
          type: object
          required:
          - sku
          - device
          - capability
          properties:
            sku:
              type: string
            device:
              type: string
            capability:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ControlCapability'
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded. The account-wide limit is 10,000 requests per day; a per-device per-minute limit also applies. Inspect the API-RateLimit-* response headers and back off.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Govee-API-Key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    GoveeApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Govee-API-Key
      description: API key issued in the Govee Home App (Profile > About Us > Apply for API Key).