Samsung SmartThings Devices API

Access, control, install, update, and delete devices.

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smartthings-devices-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Samsung SmartThings Apps Devices API
  description: 'The SmartThings API is the RESTful core of the SmartThings smart-home IoT platform. It is used to control devices, read device status, manage Locations, Rooms, and Modes, build Automations with Rules and Scenes, inspect Capabilities, and build SmartApps (Apps and Installed Apps) that subscribe to events and run Schedules. Requests are authenticated with a Personal Access Token (PAT) for testing or an OAuth 2.0 access token for production integrations, passed as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`. This document is grounded in the official SmartThings Swagger definition (https://swagger.api.smartthings.com/public/st-api.yml); some less-common endpoints (Apps, History, Virtual Devices, individual Subscription operations) are modeled from the public docs and SDK where a full path was not directly confirmed.'
  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: Devices
  description: Access, control, install, update, and delete devices.
paths:
  /devices:
    get:
      operationId: listDevices
      tags:
      - Devices
      summary: List Devices
      description: Lists the devices accessible to the authenticated principal, optionally filtered by location, capability, or type.
      parameters:
      - name: locationId
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: capability
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of devices.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeviceList'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: installDevice
      tags:
      - Devices
      summary: Install a Device
      description: Installs (creates) a device, for example a virtual or cloud-connected device.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The installed device.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /devices/{deviceId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    get:
      operationId: getDevice
      tags:
      - Devices
      summary: Get the Description of a Device
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The device description.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateDevice
      tags:
      - Devices
      summary: Update a Device
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated device.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteDevice
      tags:
      - Devices
      summary: Delete a Device
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /devices/{deviceId}/health:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeviceId'
    get:
      operationId: getDeviceHealth
      tags:
      - Devices
      summary: Get the Health State of a Device
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The device health state (ONLINE/OFFLINE).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  deviceId:
                    type: string
                  state:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - ONLINE
                    - OFFLINE
                    - UNHEALTHY
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Device:
      type: object
      properties:
        deviceId:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        locationId:
          type: string
        roomId:
          type: string
        deviceTypeName:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        components:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
    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
    DeviceList:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Device'
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid access token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: The request violated a platform guardrail or failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    DeviceId:
      name: deviceId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The identifier of the device.
      schema:
        type: string
  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