openHAB

openHAB Configuration Overview API

openHAB Configuration Overview API as documented publicly: 6 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-28); not the provider's own document.

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Operations 6

GET /rest/events GET /rest/events #

GET /rest/items Retrieve a list of all Items and Groups. #

GET /rest/items/My_Item Retrieve a specific item by name. #

POST /rest/items/My_Item POST /rest/items/My_Item #

GET /rest/items/My_Item/state Retrieve the state of a specific item. #

GET /rest/sitemaps Retrieve a list of all sitemaps. #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/openhab/openapi/_ae-authored/openhab-configuration-openapi-generated.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: openHAB Configuration Overview API
  version: '2026-10-28'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-28: 6 operation(s) read from 1 public documentation page(s) (each operation
    names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; openHAB has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline
    could find. Engine: anthropic.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 5
    documentation: 4
    pages-with-code: 3
    pages-read: 3
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-28'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: anthropic
  x-sources:
  - https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
  x-docs-section: configuration
paths:
  /rest/events:
    get:
      operationId: get_rest_events
      tags:
      - Rest
      summary: GET /rest/events
      x-source: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
      parameters:
      - name: topics
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: 'curl "http://{openHAB_IP}:8080/rest/events?topics=openhab/things/{thingUID}/statuschanged" '
  /rest/items:
    get:
      operationId: get_rest_items
      tags:
      - Rest
      summary: Retrieve a list of all Items and Groups.
      x-source: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
      parameters:
      - name: recursive
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /rest/items/My_Item:
    get:
      operationId: get_rest_items_My_Item
      tags:
      - Rest
      summary: Retrieve a specific item by name.
      x-source: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
    post:
      operationId: post_rest_items_My_Item
      tags:
      - Rest
      summary: POST /rest/items/My_Item
      x-source: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: "curl (opens new window) , a common command line tool available for many platforms: Switching My_Item OFF by issuing an http\
          \ POST (opens new window) request: curl -X POST --header \"Content-Type: text/plain\" --header \"Accept: application/json\" -d \"OFF\"\
          \ \"http://{openHAB_IP}:8080/rest/items/My_Item\" \n Setting a Contact item My_Item to CLOSED by issuing an http PUT request to My_Item/state\
          \ : curl -X PU"
  /rest/items/My_Item/state:
    get:
      operationId: get_rest_items_My_Item_state
      tags:
      - Rest
      summary: Retrieve the state of a specific item.
      x-source: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /rest/sitemaps:
    get:
      operationId: get_rest_sitemaps
      tags:
      - Rest
      summary: Retrieve a list of all sitemaps.
      x-source: https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/restdocs
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
tags:
- name: Rest