Samsung SmartThings Device Commands & Status API

Execute commands, create events, and read device/component/capability status.

Operations 5

POST /devices/{deviceId}/commands Execute Commands on a Device #
POST /devices/{deviceId}/events Create Device Events #
GET /devices/{deviceId}/status Get the Full Status of a Device #
GET /devices/{deviceId}/components/{componentId}/status Get the Status of a Device Component #
GET /devices/{deviceId}/components/{componentId}/capabilities/{capabilityId}/status Get the Status of a Capability #

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OpenAPI Specification

smartthings-device-commands-status-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Samsung SmartThings Device Commands & Status API
  description: The SmartThings API is the RESTful core of the SmartThings smart-home IoT platform.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: SmartThings Developers
    url: https://developer.smartthings.com
servers:
- url: https://api.smartthings.com/v1
  description: SmartThings Cloud API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Device Commands & Status
  description: Execute commands, create events, and read device/component/capability status.
paths:
  /devices/{deviceId}/commands:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    post:
      operationId: executeDeviceCommands
      tags:
      - Device Commands & Status
      summary: Execute Commands on a Device
      description: Executes one or more capability commands on a device (up to 10 commands per request).
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Command execution results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommandResults'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /devices/{deviceId}/events:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    post:
      operationId: createDeviceEvents
      tags:
      - Device Commands & Status
      summary: Create Device Events
      description: Creates one or more state events for a device (up to 50 per request), typically for cloud-connected or virtual devices.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                deviceEvents:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Events accepted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /devices/{deviceId}/status:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    get:
      operationId: getDeviceStatus
      tags:
      - Device Commands & Status
      summary: Get the Full Status of a Device
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The full status of the device across all components and capabilities.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /devices/{deviceId}/components/{componentId}/status:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ComponentId'
    get:
      operationId: getDeviceComponentStatus
      tags:
      - Device Commands & Status
      summary: Get the Status of a Device Component
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The status of the component.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /devices/{deviceId}/components/{componentId}/capabilities/{capabilityId}/status:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ComponentId'
    - name: capabilityId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: getDeviceCapabilityStatus
      tags:
      - Device Commands & Status
      summary: Get the Status of a Capability
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The status of the capability on the component.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    CommandsRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - commands
      properties:
        commands:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            required:
            - capability
            - command
            properties:
              component:
                type: string
                default: main
              capability:
                type: string
              command:
                type: string
              arguments:
                type: array
                items: {}
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
    CommandResults:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                - ACCEPTED
                - COMPLETED
                - FAILED
  parameters:
    DeviceId:
      name: deviceId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The identifier of the device.
      schema:
        type: string
    ComponentId:
      name: componentId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The identifier of the device component (e.g. main).
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'A Personal Access Token (PAT) from https://account.smartthings.com/tokens or an OAuth 2.0 access token, passed as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`.'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for production integrations.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.smartthings.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.smartthings.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            r:devices:*: Read devices
            x:devices:*: Control devices
            r:locations:*: Read locations
            w:locations:*: Manage locations
            r:scenes:*: Read scenes
            x:scenes:*: Execute scenes
            r:rules:*: Read rules
            w:rules:*: Manage rules