Samsung SmartThings Locations API

Locations (homes) and their Modes.

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smartthings-locations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Samsung SmartThings Apps Locations 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: Locations
  description: Locations (homes) and their Modes.
paths:
  /locations:
    get:
      operationId: listLocations
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: List Locations
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of locations.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  items:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createLocation
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Create a Location
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created location.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /locations/{locationId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LocationId'
    get:
      operationId: getLocation
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Get a Location
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The location.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateLocation
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Update a Location
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated location.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: patchLocation
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Patch a Location
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The patched location.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteLocation
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Delete a Location
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /locations/{locationId}/modes:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LocationId'
    get:
      operationId: listModes
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Get the Modes of a Location
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The modes of the location.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createMode
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Create a Mode
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                label:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created mode.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /locations/{locationId}/modes/current:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LocationId'
    get:
      operationId: getCurrentMode
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Get a Location's Current Mode
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The current mode.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    put:
      operationId: setCurrentMode
      tags:
      - Locations
      summary: Change a Location's Current Mode
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                modeId:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated current mode.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  parameters:
    LocationId:
      name: locationId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The identifier of the location.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    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
    LocationInput:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - countryCode
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        countryCode:
          type: string
        latitude:
          type: number
        longitude:
          type: number
        temperatureScale:
          type: string
    Location:
      type: object
      properties:
        locationId:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        countryCode:
          type: string
        latitude:
          type: number
        longitude:
          type: number
        temperatureScale:
          type: string
        timeZoneId:
          type: string
  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'
  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