Govee

Govee Devices API

Enumerate account devices and their capabilities.

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GET /user/devices Get devices #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Govee Developer Devices 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: Devices
  description: Enumerate account devices and their capabilities.
paths:
  /user/devices:
    get:
      operationId: getDevices
      summary: Get devices
      description: Returns all supported devices in the account, each with its sku (product model), device id, user-assigned deviceName, and the typed capability list describing what the device can do.
      tags:
      - Devices
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Devices retrieved successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    Device:
      type: object
      properties:
        sku:
          type: string
          description: Product model.
          examples:
          - H6199
          - H7143
        device:
          type: string
          description: Unique device id (MAC-style identifier).
        deviceName:
          type: string
          description: User-assigned name from the Govee Home App.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Device type, e.g. devices.types.light.
        capabilities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Capability'
    CommandResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        code:
          type: integer
          examples:
          - 200
        msg:
          type: string
          examples:
          - success
    DeviceListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          examples:
          - 200
        message:
          type: string
          examples:
          - success
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
    Capability:
      type: object
      description: A typed device capability with its instance and parameter schema.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Capability category, e.g. devices.capabilities.on_off.
          examples:
          - devices.capabilities.on_off
          - devices.capabilities.range
          - devices.capabilities.color_setting
          - devices.capabilities.segment_color_setting
          - devices.capabilities.dynamic_scene
        instance:
          type: string
          description: Specific capability instance, e.g. powerSwitch, brightness, colorRgb.
          examples:
          - powerSwitch
          - brightness
          - colorRgb
          - colorTemperatureK
          - segmentedColorRgb
        parameters:
          type: object
          description: Parameter schema for the capability (dataType plus options, range, or fields).
          additionalProperties: true
  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).