Sense Authentication API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Sense Client Authentication API
  description: The Sense Client REST API provides access to historical trend data and account information for Sense home energy monitors. Authenticated users can retrieve aggregated energy consumption and solar production statistics across configurable time scales including day, week, month, year, and billing cycle. The API returns device-level disaggregation data showing individual appliance consumption, grid exchange metrics, and monitor health information.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Sense Support
    url: https://help.sense.com
servers:
- url: https://api.sense.com/apiservice/api/v1
  description: Sense REST API
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Authenticate and manage sessions
paths:
  /authenticate:
    post:
      operationId: authenticate
      summary: Authenticate with email and password
      description: Authenticate with a Sense account using email and password. Returns an access token, user ID, refresh token, and a list of associated monitors. If MFA is enabled, a 401 with an mfa_token is returned requiring a follow-up call to /authenticate/mfa.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - email
              - password
              properties:
                email:
                  type: string
                  format: email
                  description: The user's Sense account email address
                  example: user@example.com
                password:
                  type: string
                  format: password
                  description: The user's Sense account password
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful authentication
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthResponse'
        '401':
          description: Authentication failed or MFA required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MFARequired'
  /authenticate/mfa:
    post:
      operationId: validateMfa
      summary: Validate MFA code
      description: Validate a Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) code after initial authentication returned a 401 with an mfa_token. On success returns full auth credentials identical to the /authenticate response.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - totp
              - mfa_token
              - client_time
              properties:
                totp:
                  type: string
                  description: The 6-digit TOTP code from the authenticator app
                  example: '123456'
                mfa_token:
                  type: string
                  description: The mfa_token returned from the initial authenticate call
                client_time:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: Current UTC time in ISO 8601 format
                  example: '2026-06-13T12:00:00Z'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: MFA validated, authentication complete
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthResponse'
        '401':
          description: Invalid MFA code
  /renew:
    post:
      operationId: renewAuth
      summary: Renew access token using refresh token
      description: Exchange a refresh token for a new access token. Call this when the current access token is expired (401 response from any authenticated endpoint).
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - user_id
              - refresh_token
              properties:
                user_id:
                  type: string
                  description: The user's Sense user ID from the original auth response
                  example: '123456'
                refresh_token:
                  type: string
                  description: The refresh token from the original auth response
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Token renewed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthResponse'
        '401':
          description: Refresh token invalid or expired
  /logout:
    get:
      operationId: logout
      summary: Log out and invalidate the current session
      description: Invalidates the current access token and ends the session.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully logged out
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
components:
  schemas:
    MFARequired:
      type: object
      description: Response when MFA code is required to complete authentication
      properties:
        mfa_token:
          type: string
          description: Token to pass to the /authenticate/mfa endpoint
        error_reason:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation of why MFA is required
          example: MFA required
    MonitorSummary:
      type: object
      description: Summary of a Sense monitor returned in authentication responses
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique monitor ID
          example: '12345'
        serial_number:
          type: string
          description: Physical device serial number
          example: SN1234567890
        time_zone:
          type: string
          description: IANA time zone identifier for the monitor location
          example: America/New_York
        solar_configured:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether solar monitoring is configured for this monitor
          example: false
    AuthResponse:
      type: object
      description: Successful authentication response containing credentials and monitor list
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
          description: Bearer token for authenticating subsequent API calls
          example: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...
        user_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the authenticated user
          example: '654321'
        refresh_token:
          type: string
          description: Long-lived token for renewing the access token
          example: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9...
        monitors:
          type: array
          description: List of Sense monitors associated with the account
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorSummary'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Bearer token obtained from the /authenticate or /renew endpoints. Include as "Authorization: bearer <access_token>" header.'